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

Tue Nov 17 15:23:48 CST 2009

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:56:01 -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

CANCELLED

     The Special Tuesday JFI Seminar
  PRESENTS:

"Charge Transport in Nanostructured Artificial Materials Fundamentals  
and Applications"

Al-Amin Dhirani

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Department of Chemistry

University of Toronto

Abstract

Nanostructures - frequently referred to as â€œartificial atomsâ€ -  
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