Interfaces as bridges between organic chemistry and material science

ORGN 395

Stephen L. Craig, stephen.craig@duke.edu, Jun Xu, xujun1@duke.edu, David M. Loveless, dml8@duke.edu, and Farrell R. Kersey, frk@duke.edu. Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Gross Chemical Laboratory, Box 90346, Durham, NC 27708
The physical and chemical boundaries of an interface provide a nanoscale environment in which material properties differ from those found in the bulk. The control of molecular and supramolecular architecture presents an opportunity for organic chemists to manipulate interfacial properties. Relationships between interfacial properties and small molecule structure are potentially quite valuable, for example as they control the ordering of nanoparticle arrays and mechanics related to self-repair in composite materials.
 

Organic Approaches to Nanotechnology
1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, 12 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Room 135, Oral

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006