[Psec] [P-FAC ] Special JFI Tuesday Seminar, Prof. Al-Amin Dhirani, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto-Canada (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:50:11 -0600
From: Brenda Thomas <bthomas at uchicago.edu>
To: JFI at lists.uchicago.edu, Phys. Faculty <physics-faculty at lists.uchicago.edu>
Subject: [P-FAC ] Special JFI Tuesday Seminar, Prof. Al-Amin Dhirani,
     Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto-Canada




      The Special Tuesday JFI Seminar
   PRESENTS:

"Charge Transport in Nanostructured Artificial Materials Fundamentals
and Applications"



Al-Amin Dhirani

   
Department of Chemistry

University of Toronto



Abstract



Nanostructures - frequently referred to as “artificial atoms” -
can be viewed as building blocks for "artificial materials".  Given
the tremendous choice of nanostructures and material architectures,
such materials can serve as a new test-bed for studying charge
transport - one that is both rich and controllable.  A goal of our
research has been to map and understand structure - property
relationships in these materials and to explore applications.

As a prototype system, we have been using nano-building blocks with
very different properties, namely conducting (gold) nanoparticles and
insulating (alkanedithiol) molecular crosslinkers.  A goal of this
talk is to provide a survey of the rich range of electrical
behaviours that these materials can exhibit, e.g. single electron
effects, metal-insulator transitions, transistor-like conductance
gating, analog data storage, quantum interference, and chemical
sensing.  The talk will highlight both new insights and new
opportunities in charge transport revealed as a direct result of
using nanostructures to fashion materials.




Tuesday, November 17, 2009

4:00 PM

GCIS W301



Questions, call Brenda Thomas at 2-7156 or Host: Philippe Guyot-
Sionnest, 2-7461

http://jfi.uchicago.edu/events/tuesdayseminars.shtml