Programme
Programme
- Venue: Rooms G05, G9 and G10, Percy Building, Newcastle University
- Start: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:15:00 BST
- End: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:00:00 BST
10.15 |
Coffee and registration |
10.45 |
Session 1 - Welcome |
10.45 – 11.25 |
DNA bases beyond Watson and Crick - Prof. Thomas Carell, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
11.25 – 11.40 |
Braided helices and lilypad gels: controlling hierarchical self-assembly over a range of lengthscales - Dr. Chris Jones, Chemistry Dept., Durham |
11.40 – 11.55 |
Transition Metal encapsulated Si Clusters on Si surface for nanodevices - Vaida Arcisauskaite, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Oxford |
11.55 – 12.25 |
Exploring energy, environmental, and biomedical challenges with functionalized silicon nanoparticles - Dr Yimin Chao, Chemistry Dept, University of East Anglia |
12.25 – 2.00 |
Lunch + Posters |
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Session 2 |
2.00 – 2.40 |
Taking inspiration from the structure and function of bacterial biofilms - Prof. Cait MacPhee, Physics Dept, Edinburgh University |
2.40 – 2.55 |
Nano-MRI Contrast Agents - the Importance of Nanoparticle Design - Gemma-Louise Davies, IAS Global Research Fellow, University of Warwick |
2.55 – 3.25 |
Li+ diffusion and structural investigations of nanostructured battery electrodes - Dr. Serena Corr, Chemistry Dept, Glasgow University |
3.25 – 3.45 |
Coffee |
3.45 – 4.00 |
Self-assembled semiconductor block copolymers for building nanodevices - Dr. Osama El-Zubir, School of Chemistry, Newcastle University |
4.00 – 4.15 |
Multifunctional and robust composite materials comprising gold nanoparticles at a spherical polystyrene particle surface - Samir A.Belhout, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin |
4.05 – 4.45 |
Plasmonic Nanostructures and Single Electron Devices Based on DNA Constructions - Dr. Jussi Toppari, University of Jyvaskla, Finland |
4.45 – 4.50 |
Prizes |
4.50 |
Reception |