When:
Friday, November 21, 2014
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Technological Institute, LR3, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Contact:
Michelle Obuhanich
(847) 491-5371
Group: Department of Chemistry
Category: Academic
Mircea Dinca, MIT
When:
Friday, December 5, 2014
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Technological Institute, LR3, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Contact:
Michelle Obuhanich
(847) 491-5371
Group: Department of Chemistry
Category: Academic
Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University
Title: "From Molecules to Materials"
When:
Friday, December 12, 2014
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Technological Institute, LR3, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Contact:
Michelle Obuhanich
(847) 491-5371
Group: Department of Chemistry
Category: Academic
Robert Scheidt, Notre Dame
Seminar Sponsored by Chemistry of Life Processes Predoctoral Training Program 1T32GM105538-01
When:
Friday, January 9, 2015
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Technological Institute, LR3, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Contact:
Michelle Obuhanich
(847) 491-5371
Group: Department of Chemistry
Category: Academic
Andy Borovik, UC Irvine
When:
Friday, January 23, 2015
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Technological Institute, LR3, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Contact:
Michelle Obuhanich
(847) 491-5371
Group: Department of Chemistry
Category: Academic
Timothy Swager, MIT
“Dynamic Morphologies in Particles and at Interfaces”
Abstract:
This lecture will focus on the design of systems wherein a reconfiguration of the materials can be triggered chemically of mechanically. The utility of these methods is to generate transduction mechanisms by which chemical and biological sensors can be developed. Three different types of systems will be discussed. (1) Particles wherein a protease enzyme releases strain in the particle by breaking crosslinks. (2) Assemblies of polymers at air water interfaces and the demonstration of a luminescence strain response upon compression. (3) Dynamic colloids produced from immiscible fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon mixtures and ability to convert the core and shell layers of the particles as well as the conversion to Janus particles. The latter system’s morphology changes can be triggered chemically or optically.