Division/Committee: [COLL] Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry

"Active materials able to dynamically change their physical and chemical state in response to external stimuli has attracted significant interest from the colloids and interfacial science community. This large interest is primarily due to the potential to impact the future design of smart devices that are able to respond and adapt to virtually any surrounding environment. This symposium will focus on the fundamental colloids and interfacial aspects involved in the synthesis, assembly and modeling of such multiresponsive materials. Particular interest is the outward looking approach that integrates diverse colloidal units into a single mesoscopic platform with preprogrammable physiochemical behavior. Appropriate topics for the symposium include, but are not limited to: • Colloidal particle synthesis and characterization • Interparticle interactions and assembly in solvent bulk • Assembly of particles under external fields • Self-propelling and active colloids • Collective and emergent behavior of active colloids • Adsorption of particles onto solid-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces • Multiresponsive surfaces and their spatial and temporal reconfiguration • Dynamic surface wetting and adhesion • Surface tribology of multiresponsoive surfaces "

Bhuvnesh Bharti

Louisiana State University

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