Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Crystallization and Assembly Spanning Multiple Length Scales
Discussion Leader: Bart Kahr (New York University, USA)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:30 pm
Juan Garcia-Ruiz (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) / University of Granada, Spain)
"Patterns on the Rocks: What Drives Mineral Growth Patterns?"
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:20 pm
Alfons Van Blaaderen (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Surprises in the Self-Assembly of Hard Particles in Slowly Drying Droplets"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Fundamentals of Assembly
Discussion Leader: Julia Dshemuchadse (Cornell University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Christopher Murray (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Building with Artificial Atoms: The Design of Multifunctional Nanomaterials and Devices Through Nanocrystal Self-Assembly"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Marjolein Dijkstra (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Structuring Matter of Multiple Length Scales Using Colloidal Self-Assembly in Spherical Confinement"
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Tobias Hanrath (Cornell University, USA)
"Fundamental Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of Interfacial Nanoparticle Assembly and Attachment"
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Cindy Zheng (Northwestern University, USA)
"Tunable Fluorescence from Dye-Modified DNA-Assembled Plasmonic Nanocube Arrays"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Rodrigo Freitas (Stanford University, USA)
"Uncovering Atomistic Mechanisms of Crystallization Using Machine Learning"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Kristen Fichthorn (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Yael Tsarfati (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Advanced Nanomaterials
Discussion Leader: Raymond Schaak (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Younan Xia (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Predictable and Deterministic Synthesis of Colloidal Metal Nanocrystals"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Jianwei Miao (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
"Capturing Nucleation at 4D Atomic Resolution"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Christian Jenewein (University of Konstanz, Germany)
"Binary Mesocrystals from Anisotropic Nanoparticles"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Nonclassical Crystallization and Assembly
Discussion Leader: Willem Noorduin (AMOLF, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Jim De Yoreo (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
"Interfacial Structure, Interparticle Forces and Assembly Dynamics During Oriented Attachment"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Utkur Mirsaidov (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
"Revealing the Hidden Pathways of Nucleation and Self-Assembly of Nanomaterials"
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Ou Chen (Brown University, USA)
"Self-Assembly of Anisotropic Nanocrystals"
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Pamela Knoll (Florida State University, USA)
"Nanodot-to-Rod Transition and Oriented Attachment in Self-Organized Polycrystalline Aggregates"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Assaf Ben-Moshe (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"Why Do Chiral Nanocrystals Appear Chiral?"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Crystal Growth at the Nanoscale
Discussion Leader: Ying Diao (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Kimberly Dick (Lund University, Sweden)
"Exploring Semiconductor Crystal Growth at the Nanoscale Using In Situ TEM"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Brandi Cossairt (University of Washington, USA)
"Crystallization Mechanisms of Nanoscale InP"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Daniel Davies (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Understanding the Polymorphic Transition Mechanisms of n-Type Organic Semiconductors"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Fundamentals of Crystallization
Discussion Leader: Peter Vekilov (University of Houston, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Michael Doherty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Predicting Growth Rates for Solution-Grown Crystals Is Becoming a Reality"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
James Lutsko (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
"The Role of Fluid Transport in Crystal Growth: Simulation Studies of the Effect of Impurities and Flow"
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Elias Vlieg (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
"Structure of Solid-Liquid Interfaces"
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Damian Palin (Cornell University, USA)
"Calcite Discs Grown in an Anisotropically Structured Gel: Assessing the Role of Gel Structure in Physically Modulating Crystal Form"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Yuechuan Xu (University of Houston, USA)
"What Determines the Rate of Amyloid Aggregation?"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Biogenic and Bio-Inspired Materials
Discussion Leader: Pupa Gilbert (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Derk Joester (Northwestern University, USA)
"Crystallization Kinetics of Amorphous Carbonates in Confinement"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Laurie Gower (University of Florida, USA)
"Weird Crystals Formed from Polymer-Induced Amorphous Precursors"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Yifei Xu (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
"Aragonite Formation Induced by the Confinement of Graphene Pockets"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Nucleation and Polymorphism
Discussion Leader: Boris Rybtchinski (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Valeria Molinero (The University of Utah, USA)
"Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation, and Beyond"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Susan Reutzel-Edens (Eli Lilly and Company, USA)
"Lighting the Path from Crystal Structure Prediction to Polymorph Nucleation"
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Alastair Florence (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
"Cures and Curious Crystals: Structure Property Diversity in Pharmaceutical Crystals"
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Mark van Rijt (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"CryoTEM Studies into the Mechanism of Hydrothermal Zinc Oxide Nucleation and Growth"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Jiajun Chen (University of Washington, USA)
"Building Two-Dimensional Materials One Row at a Time: Avoiding the Nucleation Barrier"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Shape and Function of Ordered Materials
Discussion Leader: Yves Geerts (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Johannes Overvelde (AMOLF, The Netherlands)
"Transforming Materials"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Julia Greer (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Materials by Design: Three-Dimensional Nano-Architected Meta-Materials"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Xiaojie Xu (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
"Unlocking the Relationship Between Superlattice Grain Size and Electronic Properties in Polycrystalline Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystal Films"
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure