Nanoparticles with Morphological and Functional Anisotropy: Faraday Discussion

Introduction

Anisotropy at the nanoscale is a critical factor in the mechanical, optical, electronic, and magnetic properties of nanoparticles. Indeed, many unusual properties of colloidal materials arise due to heterogeneous spatial confinement of electrons, plasmons and electric fields around the particles. As the field of nanoparticle synthesis and application matures, there is an increasing need for the design of novel and more complex nanosized objects. In particular, the incorporation of multiple functionalities, the directionality of such functions, and the incorporation of lower or higher dimensional order have great relevance and interest for biomolecule detection, diagnosis and therapeutic medical applications

Themes

Anisotropic nanoparticles
Synthesis, formation mechanisms and novel characterization tools of (mainly colloidal) anisotropic nanoparticles of different compositions (metal, metal oxide, semiconductor, polymer). Emphasis will be on growth mechanisms as well as surface and optical properties
Janus and patchy particles
Preparation and properties of particles with two or multiple domains. Selective functionalization of specific domains, modelling of ligand distribution and self-assembly
Particles at interfaces
Morphology dependent wetting processes, which influence interfacial activity of Janus and patchy particles. Related self-assembly processes at liquid-liquid and liquid-air interfaces will also be included, with ample comparison between experimental and modelling observations
Biomedical applications
Ranging from targeting to bioimaging through drug delivery, multiple applications in the biomedical field have been identified for anisotropic and patchy particles. Contributions in this field will be highly encouraged as the more practical part of the meeting

Aims

This Faraday Discussion aims to bring together some of the most active and recognised chemists, physicists, theoreticians, engineers, and biomedical researchers to discuss the use of anisotropy as a tool to design, organize and provide special functions to nanoparticles of various kinds
Poster Prize

The Faraday Division poster prize was won by two presenters

Programmable assembly of hybrid colloidal molecules
Songbo Ni
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Self-assembly of patchy nanoparticles in hierarchical structures
Elizabeth Galati
University of Toronto, Canada

Deadlines

Feb 15 2016
Full paper submission deadline

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Abstract Submission

Abstract Submission for Nanoparticles with Morphological and Functional Anisotropy is now open

Submit your oral/paper abstract by 19 October 2015
Submit your poster abstract by 25 April 2016

Oral Abstracts and Research Papers

A full research paper containing new unpublished results always accompanies oral presentations at Faraday Discussions. Submit an oral/paper abstract if you wish to be considered for an oral presentation and associated published paper. The oral/paper abstract should outline current research in progress. Authors of the selected abstracts must then submit a full research paper with a significant amount of new, unpublished work by 15 February 2016.

The research papers are reviewed upon submission and are sent to all delegates 4 weeks before the meeting so they can be read in advance. At the meeting the presenting author is allowed five minutes to highlight the main points of their paper, and the rest of the time is for discussion. The discussion is recorded and will be published alongside the research paper in the Faraday Discussion Volume.

Poster Abstracts

Submit your poster abstract by 25 April 2016. Posters are displayed throughout the meeting and a poster session is held on the first evening. The Faraday Division Poster Prize will be awarded to the best poster presented by a student at the conference.

Additional Information

Authors will be notified of the outcome of the review process within about 6 weeks of the submission deadline. The abstracts should be no longer than one A4 page in portrait layout. Please ensure you provide the details of the presenting author and indicate whether you are submitting an abstract for oral or poster presentation.

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Registration

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Please read the registration information on this page before registering.
Register by clicking on the online registration link on this page.
Please note accommodation is not included in the registration fee.

Registration includes

Attendance at the sessions
Refreshments throughout the meeting
Lunch on Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 July
Attendance at the poster drinks reception on Monday 4 July
Attendance at the conference dinner on Tuesday 5 July
A copy of the discussion pre-prints
A copy of the final theme issue of Nanoparticles with Morphological and Functional Anisotropy: Faraday Discussion containing papers presented at the Discussion (issued approximately 6 months after the meeting)**
For non-member registrants, membership of the 91AV until the end of 2016

Registration fees are as follows:

	Early Bird (By 16 May 2016)	Standard (By 6 June 2016)
Members*	£335	£385
Non-members	£435	£485
Student members*	£160	£210
Student non-members	£185	£235

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Student Delegates

In order to encourage undergraduate or postgraduate students to attend the Discussion, a reduced conference fee (to include a set of pre-prints but not the final Discussion Volume) is available. This fee applies to those undertaking a full time course for a recognised degree or a diploma at a university or equivalent institution.

A copy of the publication may be purchased at less than half price, only for orders placed at the meeting where an application form will be made available.

Conference Banquet

The conference banquet on Tuesday 5 July is included in the registration fee.

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Bursaries

There are a number of 91AV bursaries available to student and younger members of the 91AV in the early stages of their career (typically within 5 years of completing a first or postgraduate degree) who do not have support available from their employer or a research grant.

Applicants should be 91AV members at the time of application and at the meeting for which the travel bursary is being given.

The bursary is £150 per applicant and funding is supplied by the RSC Travel Grant Scheme.

The application form which is available to download from this page should be completed and returned to RSC Events by email by the deadline.

Deadline for applications: 16 May 2016

Deadlines

May 16 2016
Bursary deadline

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Programme & pre-prints

Once available, the preprints are available to download from this page by clicking the 'Link' after each article title.
These will be password protected downloads and only available to those who have registered for the meeting.
You will also be able to download the preprints by session or as one pdf from the Introduction section.

Presenting authors are indicated in the programme by an underline. The affiliation is for the presenting author. If the presenting author of your paper has changed since abstract selection please email events@rsc.org. Please note that this is a draft programme and timings may change.

11:00	Registration, Tea and Coffee
12:00	Lunch
12:45	Welcome and Introductions Luis Liz-Marzán Chair of Scientific Committee
12:55	Outline of Discussion Format Samantha Ivell and Michael Spencelayh 91AV Publishing Editors
13:00	Introductory Lecture (Session Chair: Luis Liz-Marzán) Catherine J. Murphy University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
14:00	Session 1: Janus and Patchy Nanoparticles Session Chair: Francesco Stellacci
14:00	Natural selection in the colloid world: active chiral spirals Steve Granick IBS Center for Soft and Living Matter, South Korea Paper 9306
14:05	Synthesis of Janus plasmonic–magnetic, star–sphere nanoparticles, and their application in SERS detection Javier Reguera CIC biomaGUNE Paper 10664
14:10	Self-folding nanostructures with imprint patterned surfaces (SNIPS) David Gracias Johns Hopkins University Paper 10713
14:15	Discussion
15:30	Afternoon tea
16:00	Session 1 resumes: Janus and Patchy Nanoparticles (Session Chair: Francesco Stellacci)
16:00	Organic–inorganic patchy particles as a versatile platform for fluid-in-fluid dispersion stabilisation Krassimir Velikov Unilever R&D Vlardingen Paper 10747
16:05	Programmed assembly of oppositely charged homogeneously decorated and Janus particles Alla Synytska Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden Paper 10742
16:10	Templated growth of gold satellites on dimpled silica cores Etienne Duguet University of Bordeaux - CNRS Paper 10749
16:15	Discussion
17:30	Lightning presentations (by invitation of the scientific committee)
18:00	Poster Session and Wine Reception

09:00	Session 2: Anisotropic Nanoparticles Session Chair: TBC
09:00	Optical anisotropy and sign reversal in layer-by-layer assembled films from chiral nanoparticles Nicholas Kotov University of Michigan Paper 9304
09:05	Template-assisted colloidal self-assembly of macroscopic magnetic metasurfaces Tobias König Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research (IPF) Dresden Paper 10689
09:10	Studying nanoparticles' 3D shape by aspects maps: Determination of the morphology of bacterial magnetic nanoparticles Davide Peddis ISM-CNR Paper 10729
09:15	Discussion
10:30	Morning Tea
11:00	Session 2 resumes: Anisotropic Nanoparticles Session Chair: TBC
11:00	Linear assembly of patchy and non-patchy nanoparticles Eugenia Kumacheva University of Toronto Paper 9303
11:05	Gold nanorod synthesis catalysed by Au clusters Arturo López-Quintela University of Santiago de Compostela Paper 9432
11:10	Gold nanotriangles decorated with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: a compositional and microstructural study Anna Roig Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Paper 10693
11:15	Discussion
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Session 3: Particles at interfaces Session Chair: TBC
13:30	Novel stabilisation of emulsions by soft particles: polyelectrolyte complexes Bernie Binks University of Hull Paper 9305
13:35	Numerical analysis of Pickering emulsion stability: insights from ABMD simulations Francois Sicard University College London Paper 10732
13:40	Wetting and orientation of catalytic Janus colloids at the surface of water Antonio Stocco Laboratoire Charles Coulomb CNRS Paper 10721
13:50	Discussion
15:00	Afternoon Tea
15:30	Session 3 resumes: Particles at interfaces Session Chair: TBC
15:30	From near hard spheres to colloidal surfboards Jan Vermant ETH Zürich Paper 9307
15:35	Anisotropic surface functionalization of Au nanorods driven by molecular architecture and curvature effects Estefania Gonzalez Solveyra Northwestern University Paper 10706
15:40	Anisotropic optical and conductive properties of oriented 1D-nanoparticle thin films made by spray-assisted self-assembly Matthias Pauly Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS & Strasbourg University, France) Paper 10735
15:45	Behaviour of hybrid inside/out Janus nanotubes at an oil/water interface. A route to self-assembled nanofluidics? Antoine Thill CEA Paper 10714
15:50	Discussion
17:30	Close of sessions
18:30	Pre-Dinner Drinks
19:00	Conference Dinner

09:00	Session 4: Applications Session Chair: TBC
09:00	Surface heterogeneity: a friend or foe of protein adsorption – insights from theoretical simulations Irene Yarovsky RMIT University Paper 9309
09:05	Anisotropic lanthanide-based nanoclusters for imaging applications Richard Jones University of Texas Paper 10746
09:10	A multi-coordinating polymer ligand optimized for the functionalization of metallic nanocrystals and nanorods Hedi Mattoussi Florida State University Paper 10701
09:15	Design of artificial membrane transporters from gold nanoparticles with controllable hydrophobicity Mathias Brust University of Liverpool Paper 10715
09:20	Discussion
11:00	Morning Tea
11:30	Session 4 resumes: Applications Session Chair: TBC
11:30	New route toward nanosized crystalline metal borides with tuneable stoichiometry and variable morphologies Clement Sanchez College de France, UPMC, CNRS Paper 9310
11:35	Routes to the preparation of mixed monolayers of fluorinated and hydrogenated alkanethiolates grafted on the surface of gold nanoparticles Maria Sologan, Silvia Bidoggia, Cristina Cantarutti, Stefano Polizzi, Paolo Pengo, and Lucia Pasquato University of Trieste Paper 10911
11:40	Amphiphilic brush polymers produced using the RAFT polymerisation method stabilise and reduce the cell cytotoxicity of lipid lyotropic liquid crystalline nanoparticles Calum Drummond CSIRO Melbourne Paper 10649
11:45	Discussion
13:00	Perspective Lecture: Rational design of ABC triblock terpolymer solution nanostructures with controlled patch Axel H. E. Müller Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
13:15	Closing Remarks Symmetry Reduction in Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assembly (Session Chair: TBC) Younan Xia Georgia Institute of Technology Paper 9302
13:55	Acknowledgements
14:00	Close of meeting and Lunch

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Technology & Innovation Centre

Technology & Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD, United Kingdom

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