Reports: SE

47908-SE Nanoassembly-from Fundamentals to Applications, at the ACS National Meeting, August 17-21, 2008, Philadelphia, PA

Yuri M. Lvov, Louisiana Tech University

Brief Description of Topics Covered:
Layer-by-layer assembly by alternate adsorption of oppositely charged polyions, nanoparticles and proteins (on planar surfaces and on microtemplates). 3D nanoassembly. Biocompatible and biofunctional nanoassemblies.  Sol-gel multilayer assembly. Drug and protein encapsulation in nanoshells.  Bio/nanoreactors.  Block-copolymer nanostructures and dendrimer assemblies.  Nanoorganized and nanoporous materials.  Thin film multilayer heterostructures for optical and electronic applications.  Special efforts to present nano/manufacturing and nanotechnology industrial applications  were made.  Invited Speakers: The following prominent researchers presented  invited talks at the symposium: Robert Cohen, MIT; Paula Hammond, MIT; Gero Decher, University Louis Pasteur,  France; Junbai Li, Institute of Chemistry, China; Katsuhiko Ariga, NIMS, Japan; Dmitry Fix, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Germany; Frank Caruso, University of Melbourne, Australia; Peter Schaaf, University Louis Pasteur,  France; Andreas Fery, University of Bayreuth, Germany; Gleb Sukhorukov, Queen Mary London University, UK; Nick Kotov, Michigan State;  Svetlana Sukhishvili, Stevens Institute Technology;  David Lynn, Wisconsin University;  Joe Schlenoff, Florida State University; Vladimir Tsukruk, Georgia Tech, Darrel Irvine, MIT. It was successful  symposium with overage attendance of 80-90 people:

August 17, Sunday
Morning:   Nanoassembly - Fundamentals
Presiding  Paula Hammond, Pierre Shaaf
Organizers Michael Rubner, Yuri Lvov
8:20 a.m. Rubner and Lvov opening remarks
8:30 a.m. Gero Decher, Self-Assembly and Beyond: Rational Design of LbL-based Materials
9:00 a.m. Joseph Schlenoff, Mechanisms and Mechanics of Multilayers
9:30 a.m.  Svetlana Sukhishvili, Control of pH Response and Permeability of Polymer Multilayer Films and Capsules
10:00 a.m.  Mario Tagliazucchi, Federico J. Williams, Igal Szleifer, and Ernesto Julio Calvo, Electron, ions and solvent exchange in redox polyelectrolytes self-assembled multilayers
10:20 a.m.   Break 10 min
10:30 a.m.   David Bléger, David Kreher, Fabrice Mathevet, Surface noncovalent bonding for rational design of polymer-like topologies by self-assembly
10:50 a.m.  Philippe J. Mésini, François-Xavier Simon, , Self-assembly of diamides into nanotubes and application for the synthesis of mesoporous polymeric materials
11:10 a.m  J. Nathan Ashcraft, Avni Argun, and Paula T. Hammond, Highly conductive polyelectrolyte multilayers for fuel cells
11:30 a.m. Alexander Vaskevich, Miryam Greenstein, Rivka Ben Ishay, , Accelerated self-assembly procedure (ASAP) for multilayer preparation

Afternoon: Structure and Properties of Nanoassemblies
Presiding  Gero Decher
Organizers Michael Rubner, Yuri Lvov
2:00 p.m. Robert Cohen, Template-Based Layer-by-Layer Assembly
2:30 p.m. Pierre Schaaf,  Damien Mertz, Ph. Lavalle, -, Polyelectrolyte Multilayers : A Tool to Design Mechanically Responding Films
3:00 p.m. Vladimir Tsukruk, Freely Standing LbL Structures: Reinforced, Sculptured, and Nanoporous Films
3:30 p.m.  Tabbetha Dobbins, Layer-by-layer nanoassembly of polyelectrolytes performed using non-aqueous working solvents
3:50 p.m. Rigoberto Advincula , Electrochemical cross-linking, electro-nanopatterning, and nano-charge writing in layer-by-layer ultrathin films
4:10 p.m. Stephanie Lim and Chuan-Jian Zhong,  Molecularly mediated assembly of metal nanoparticles: From fundamentals to potential applications
4:30 p.m. Atsushi Harada, Ken-ichi Nakanishi, Chie Kojima, and Kenji Kono  Spontaneous formation of narrowly-distributed polymersomes from PAMAM dendron-b-poly(L-lysine)

August 18, Monday
Morning: Nanoassembly for Biomaterials
Presiding  Frank Caruso, Andreas Fery
Organizers Michael Rubner, Yuri Lvov
8:30 a.m.  Darrel Irvine,  Applying Nanomaterials to Immunology
9:00 a.m. David M. Lynn, Tunable disruption of polyelectrolyte multilayers in aqueous environments: From degradable cationic polymers to ‘charge-shifting' polyelectrolytes
9:30  a.m.  Junbai Li, Nanostructure Transition of Dipeptide for DNA Delivery

10:00 a.m. Stefano Leporatti, Antonella Zacheo, Daniele Vergara, Viviana Vergaro, Giuseppe Maruccio, Yuri M. Lvov, Roberto Cingolani, and Ross Rinaldi , Engineering microenvironment by layer-by-layer biocomposite films for breast cancer cells controlled growth: Morphostructure and cytomechanics study
10:20 a.m.  Break 10 min
10:30 a.m. Hiroshi Matsui,  Biomimetic assemblies of peptide nanowires and their controlled mineralization at room temperature
10:50 a.m. Mara L Macdonald, Robert Langer, and Paula T. Hammond , Multilayer films for the release of active therapeutic proteins in medical device implantation, chemotherapy, and tissue engineering
11:10 a.m. Ronak V. Rughani, Darrin J. Pochan, and Joel P. Schneider, Material Properties of Photopolymerized Self-Assembled ?-Hairpin Peptide Hydrogels
11:30 a.m.  Hua Ai, Amphiphilic polyelectrolyte solubilized nanoparticles: Building blocks for self-assembly
11: 50 a.m. Martin Müller, Wuye Ouyang, Dietmar Appelhans, and Brigitte Voit   Enantiospecific binding at chiral polyelectrolyte multilayers

Afternoon: 3D Nanoassembly- Capsules, and Patterns
Presiding   Katsuhiko Ariga, Nicholas Kotov
Organizers Michael Rubner, Yuri Lvov
2:00 p.m.  Frank Caruso, Mesoporous Particle-Directed Synthesis of Advanced Polymer Capsules.
2:30 p.m. Gleb Sukhorukov,  Oliver Kreft, Matthieu Bedard, Almudena Munoz Javier, Multifunctional layer-by-layer assembled capsules: Towards its Implementation as Biomaterials
3:00 p.m. Andreas Fery, Alexander Böker, Controlling Mechanics on the Nanoscale - From Sensitive Microcapsules to  Tailored Surface-Topography by Wrinkling
3:30 p.m.   Xiang Gao, Wei Feng, Shiping Zhu, Heather Sheardown, and John L. Brash , Facile method of forming nanoscale patterns on poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based surfaces by self-assembly of randomly grafted block copolymer brushes
3:50 p.m. Andreas Taubert,  Well-defined aggregates from nonionic bis-hydrophilic block copolymers
4:10 p.m. Ron Oren, Ziqi Liang, Controlled infiltration of gold nanoparticles into polymer brushes
4:30 p.m   Joan K. Bosworth, Marvin Y. Paik, Evan L. Schwartz,  Morphology control of lithographically patternable diblock copolymer by solvent annealing
4:50  p.m.  Ihor Tokarev, Iryna Tokareva, and Sergiy Minko., Surface plasmon resonance effects in stimuli-sensitive polyelectrolyte/gold nanoparticles hybrid membranes

August 19 Tuesday
Morning: Approaching Applications
Presiding  Gleb Sukhorukov, David Lynn
Organizers Michael Rubner, Yuri Lvov
8:30 a.m.  Paula Hammond, Manipulating Structure in Dynamic Layer-by-Layer Systems: Biomedical to Energy Applications
9:00 a.m.  Katsuhiko Ariga, Hierarchic Nanostructures from Layer-by-Layer and Mesoporous Technologies: Fabrication and Application
9:30 a.m. Dmitry Fix, Dmitry Shchukin, and Helmuth Moehwald, Feedback-Active Coatings Based on Nanocontainers with Sensitive Polyelectrolyte Shell
10:00 a.m. Nicholas Kotov, Paul Podsiadlo, Ultrastrong Nanocomposites and Materials with Hierarchical Organization Made by Layer-by-Layer Assembly

10:30 a.m.  Break 10 min
10:40 Merlin L. Bruening, David M. Dotzauer, Somnath Bhattacharjee, and Sylvain Miachon,  Selective, confined nanoparticle catalysts prepared by layer by layer deposition
11:00 a.m. Mangilal Agarwal, Qi Xing, ,  Integrated composite of carbon nanotubes and cellulose wood microfibers for conductive paper
11:20 p.m.  Jaime C. Grunlan, Multifunctionality of layer-by-layer assemblies containing clay platelets
11:40 a.m.  Jianhua Zou, Qun Huo, and Lei Zhai, Dispersion and self-assembly of carbon nanotubes using conjugated block copolymers
12:00 a.m. Young-Seok Shon, Hyung Y. Choi, Preparation of gold nanoisland arrays from polymer-nanoparticle multilayer films