The fabrication of core-shell nanoparticles, hollow-shell, and other layered colloidal nanoparticle materials has been of high interest due to their controlled architectures and surface functionality. They have been used as biosensors, theranostic and drug delivery vehicles, light emitting and solid state materials, etc. By coupling nanoparticles with various shell organic polymer materials, e.g. dendrimers, copolymers, and grafted polymers, it is possible to create high peripheral functionality and a host of gradient properties controlled by the size, shape, and generational growth of the layers. This talk will focus on the class of hybrid nanoparticle materials with interesting gradient properties produced by coupling a solid-state nanocrystal or nanoparticle (metal, semiconductor, etc.) with the properties of organic polymers and dendrimers. The analytical characterization of the synthesis and the fabrication of the solid state films.
Summary
Date:
August 09 2018 - August 09 2018
Time:
09:30 - 10:30
(GMT-05:00) Eastern [US & Canada]
Event type:
Webinar - Live
Language:
English
Speakers
Professor Rigoberto Advincular
Rigoberto Advincula, Ph.D. is Professor at the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Fellow of the Polymer Science and Engineering Division (ACS), Fellow of the Polymer Chemistry Division (ACS). He received the Mark Scholar Award in 2013 and was elected to the World Economic Forum Future Materials Research Council in 2016. He served as past Chair of the Polymer Division, ACS. He is Editor in Chief of MRS Communications, Editor of Reactive and Functional Polymers and recent Associate Editor of Polymer Reviews. His group does research in polymer synthesis and materials, nano-materials, colloidal science, 3D printing and ultra thin films towards applications from smart coatings to biomedical devices.