COLL 509 |
| Paul S. Weiss, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Penn State University, 152 Davey Lab, Department of Chemistry, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802 |
| As a result of a decade of fruitful and exciting collaboration with Dave Allara, we have devised strategies for placing molecules in self-assembled monolayers. Our early work together showed that these films were not at equilibrium and that we could control the exchange and motion of molecules by controlling the types and densities of film defects. We have since applied these strategies to isolate molecules with electronic function to determine the mechanisms of function, and the relationships between molecular structure, environment, connection, coupling, and function. We have shown how to use self- and directed assembly to control deposition and to build nanostructures based on self-assembly. Much remains to be understood in terms of retaining structures at the nanoscale while selectively reacting the films to pattern desired chemical functionality on the surface. We will discuss our current approaches to this goal. |
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Adamson Award Symposium Honoring Dave Allara and Ralph Nuzzo
Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry |