Instructors: Kazuo Tanaka, Kyoto University; Zijie Qiu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Sijie Chen, Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet; Andrey Klymchenko, University of Strasbourg; Jim De Yoreo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Washington; Pupa Gilbert, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Lili Liu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

This tutorial will cover a broad range of topics that focus on building advanced materials via aggregation and/or self-assembly, both experimental and theoretical. Aggregation or self-assembly is an important pathway on the formation of natural minerals and has become to an important method to fabricate advanced materials in both laboratory and industrial scales. To date, plentiful materials synthesized via aggregation or self-assembly pathways have been applied in various fields such as biomedicine, energy, environment, catalysis, optics, electrics, and magnetics. For example, the interconnected nanoparticle superlattices, which were fabricated by self-assembly of Fe3O4 nanoparticles, have been used as anodes to improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries; the advanced luminescent materials have been prepared by aggregation-induced emission (AIE) of intrinsically non-emissive molecules.

The objective of the tutorial is to bring the researchers updated information on the fundamental aggregation or self-assembly research through theory to experiments. It is also designed for the experienced researchers to reinforce their knowledge on the scopes of development of new techniques, especially the state-of-the-art in situ characterization tools, to understand aggregation or self-assembly mechanisms. In the morning session, there are four instructors will introduce the background and the challenges on the field of aggregation-induced emission (AIE). In the afternoon session, there are four instructors will introduce the background and the challenges on the field of aggregation based crystal.

Tutorial Schedule