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

Nanoscale confinement of dimensionality in three, two and even only one dimension affords new and emergent properties that impact the fundamental chemistry and physics of nanomaterials. Basic research in nanomaterials synthesis, interactions and properties, especially those related to the colloidal nature of the nanomaterial or to effects governed by chemistry at nanoscale surfaces and interfaces will be appropriate for this symposium. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: • Fundamentals of nanomaterials synthesis • Surface modification • Self-assembly: influences of surface chemistry, shape, solution additives • Directed assembly: influences of functionalization, shape and structure-directing/ templating agents, and substrate effects • Advanced characterization techniques to probe nanomaterials synthesis and assembly • Basic research into functional properties of nanomaterials • Multi-component nanomaterials, e.g., heterostructured (comprising semiconducting, metallic and/or dielectric segments) and doped nanocrystals • 0-dimensional materials (e.g., quantum dots, metal nanoparticles), 1-dimensional materials (e.g., nanowires, nanotubes), and 2-dimensional materials (e.g., graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, nanoplatelets, nanosheets, colloidal quantum wells) Topics covered by other nanomaterials related thematic symposia within the COLL Division will not be emphasized in this symposium.