10.15

Coffee and registration

10.45

Session 1 - Welcome

10.45 – 11.25

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

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