Division/Committee: [COLL: Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry] [PMSE: Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering]

Many inorganic nanoparticles show interesting optical, electronic, and magnetic properties that are strongly dependent on their aggregation or assembly states. Engineering the spatial organization of inorganic nanoparticles into larger or hierarchically ordered structures as macroscopic materials is essential to control their ensemble properties. When hybridizing inorganic nanoparticles with polymers, polymers can direct the self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles to nanostructures in a controlled manner in two ways. On one hand, polymers have rich self-assembled nanostructures either in solution or in thin films. Co-assembly or post functionalization can integrate inorganic nanoparticles into well-defined nanostructures of polymers. On the other hand, polymers can act as surface ligands to refine the interparticle interaction through weakening the long-range interparticle forces. Polymers as surface ligands also stabilize the assembled nanostructures of inorganic nanoparticles in various media which play a key role in the applications of those hybrid nanostructures in nanomedicine and biosensors. This symposium will be a forum for the community to discuss new polymer-assisted self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles. A broad range of topics from molecular designs, synthesis, mechanisms, theory modeling to applications of those hybrid materials are welcomed to submit to this symposium.

So-Jung Park

Ewha Womans University

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