【18th.Dec.】Supramolecular Nanocomposites: A Possible Path Toward Metamaterials
日期：2017-12-18
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题目：Supramolecular Nanocomposites: A Possible Path Toward Metamaterials
报告人：Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley.
时间：12月18日（周一），上午10：00
地点：化学A楼五楼518会议室
邀请人：周永丰 教授
Abstract: The periodic table provides the most basic and richest building blocks one can use to meet material needs. However, it remains a daunting task to generate new materials by combining elements at will. It is particularly difficult to generate new class of functional material with combined properties from both the soft matter and hard materials. We hypothesize that once we gain control over the spatial arrangement of each building block and the inter-component coupling in organic/inorganic nanocomposites, it is possible to manipulate energy flow and transformation in different forms and access properties never seen before. To this end, we need to carefully design and synthesize each component, achieve structural control over multiple length scales, and engineer various interfaces for tunable inter-component coupling. I am going to discuss our efforts in understanding basic principles governing the phase behavior supramolecular nanocomposites and how to manipulate the supramolecular assemblies toward functional metamaterials.
