Symposium CH01-Understanding Dynamic Processes of Materials Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Processing via In Situ Techniques
In-situ imaging and spectroscopy techniques have emerged as primary tools for characterizing the dynamics of materials formation. The development of in situ capabilities, such as liquid/gas cell holders for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), has led to rapid advances in our understanding of a range of dynamic processes, that can not be fully understood via ex-situ experiments. For example, recently developed 3D fast force mapping of interfacial structures via AFM provides a deep understanding of interfacial-driven processes of self-assembly in colloidal solution. This symposium primarily focuses on studies of dynamic processes of materials synthesis, self-assembly, and processing via in situ techniques. The symposium covers a range of topics including particle nucleation, crystal growth, phase transformations, polymeric and organic/inorganic self-assembly, electrochemical processes, and interface dynamics in gases and liquids. This symposium aims to provide a platform of discussion to understand the physics and chemistry of materials formation for researchers from various fields.
Topics will include:
- Self-assembly in colloidal, polymeric, and biomolecular systems
- Self-assembly, oriented attachment, and nanoparticle-mediated growth
- Hierarchical structural through nanoparticle-mediated growth and oriented attachment
- Interface-driven processes and interface dynamics in gases and liquids
- The interfacial structure between solid and liquid and the interplay of the solution structures
- Mechanically, electrically, or magnetically driven processes
- Phase transformation process and its related structure-function relationship
- Nucleation and crystal growth from solutions, melts, and vapors
- Developments in microscopes, data analysis and mining, and practical challenges for microscopy
- A tutorial complementing this symposium is tentatively planned.
Invited Speakers (tentative):
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Michele Conroy
(Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
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Peter Crozier
(Arizona State University, USA)
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Jim De Yoreo
(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
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Koji Harano
(university of Tokyo, Japan)
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Khalid Hattar
(Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
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Stig Helveg
(DTU Physics, Denmark)
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Andrej Kuznetsov
(University of Oslo, Norway)
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Andrew Lupini
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
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Utkar Mirsaidov
(National University of Singapore, Singapore)
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Xiaoqing Pan
(University of California, Irvine, USA)
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Jungwon Park
(Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)
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Quentin Ramasse
(University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
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Frances Ross
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
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See Wee
(Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany)
Symposium Organizers
Dongsheng Li
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
USA
Qian Chen
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
USA
Yu Han
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Saudi Arabia
Barnaby Levin
Direct Electron LP
USA