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Workshop 7

"Biologically Directed Self-Assembly of Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Characterization"

Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Organizer(s):
Qian Wang (University of South Carolina) wang@mail.chem.sc.edu
Lin Yang (National Synchrotron Light Source) lyang@bnl.gov
Oleg Gang (Center for Functional Nanomaterials) ogang@bnl.gov

Location: Bldg. 555, Chemistry, Hamilton Room

Description:

The controllable organization of spatially structured nano-systems is crucial for development of novel nanoscale optical, electronic, acoustic and magnetic materials. Compared to synthetic nanomaterials, the genetic programmability and site-specific chemistry of biological entities, i.e. DNA, RNA, peptides, protein, and protein assemblies, provide highly promising opportunities for the construction of well organized nanoscale materials with novel functionalities. In particular, biological systems offer a molecular precision of assembly, component repeatability and self-organization properties that are often not feasible, but highly desirable for the synthetic counterparts. While the rich behavior associated with bio-nanomaterials is evident, there is a need for development of comprehensive fabrication strategies and a detailed quantitative description of the structural and physical properties of such materials.

This workshop will bring together researchers working on the synthesis of bionanomaterials and researchers working on characterization of nanostructured biomaterials. The focus of the workshop will be to identify the key scientific questions in the synthesis, characterization and application of novel bionanomaterials.

Agenda
Session 1 Qian Wang, Session Chair
9:00 am –
9:05 am		  Welcome – Qian Wang
9:05 am –
9:40 am		  Hyunmin Yi, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University
“Biofabrication: Integrating Devices and Biology”
9:40 am –
10:15 am		  Oleg Gang, CFN Brookhaven National Laboratory
“Designing and Probing DNA-Mediated Particle Assemblies”
10:15 am -
10:35 am 		Coffee Break
Session 2 Oleg Gang, Session Chair
10:35 am -
11:10 am		  Hiroshi Matsui, Dept. of Chemistry, City University of New York
"Peptide Assemblies for Smart Building Blocks and Room-Temperature Nano-Reactors”
11:10 am -
11:45 am		  Qian Wang, University of South Carolina
“Plant Virus as Scaffold for Nanomaterials Development”
11:45 am –
12:20 am 		Jeeseong Hwang, National Institute of Standards and Technology
“Quantitative Optical Metrology of Single Nanocrystals as Building Blocks and Probes Toward Directed Nanoassembly”
12:20 pm –
1:30 pm 		Lunch
Session 3 Lin Yang, Session Chair
1:30 pm –
1:35 pm 		Welcome Back - Lin Yang
1:35 pm –
2:10 pm		  Claudio Nicolini, Nanoworld Institute, University of Genova and Fondazione Elba, Italy
“Study of Nanotemplate-Induced Growth of Protein Microcrystals by mGISAXS”
2:10 pm –
2:45 pm		  Eugenia Pechkova, Nanoworld Institute , University of Genova and Fondazione Elba, Italy
“Atomic Force Microscopy of Protein Films and Crystals”
2:45 pm-
3:00 pm		  Coffee Break
Session 4 Lin Yang, Session Chair
3:00 pm –
3:35 pm 		Catherine Vénien-Bryan, Biochemistry Department, Univeristy of Oxford, Oxford, UK
“2D Crystallization of Soluble and Membrane Proteins on a Hipid Monolayer”
3:35 pm –
4:10 pm 		Byeongdu Lee, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab
“Effect of Interfacial Interaction on the Cross-Sectional Morphology of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Using GISAXS"
4:10 pm –
4:45 pm 		Masafumi Fukuto, Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department, BNL
“Monitoring Structural Ordering in Two-Dimensional Assemblies of Proteins and Viruses”
4:45 pm Adjourn