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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Hierarchical Assembly of Functional Materials
Discussion Leader: Jim De Yoreo (PNNL/University of Washington , United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
Sharon Glotzer (University of Michigan, United States)
"Towards a Unifying Picture of Complexity in Crystals"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
Chad Mirkin (Northwestern University, United States)
"Repurposing the Blueprint for Life through Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Nanocrystal Growth
Discussion Leader: Xingchen Ye (Indiana University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Raymond Schaak (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Controlling Multi-Element Composition Distributions in Colloidal Nanocrystals"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Lotem Alus (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Refractive Index of Biogenic and Bioinspired Crystalline Organic Spherulites"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Riccardo Ferrando (University of Genoa, Italy)
"Growth of Highly Symmetric Nanoparticles -- A subtle Interplay of Equilibrium and Kinetics"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Matthew Jones (Rice University, United States)
"Nanoclusters Act as Seeds for the Growth of Anisotropic Nanoparticles"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Woohyeon Baek (University of Michigan, United States)
"Quasicrystal Bulk and Surface Energies from Density Functional Theory"
12:25 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 diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Bryan Alamani (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines) and Christine Orme (Lawrence Livermore National Labs, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Non-Classical Crystal Growth
Discussion Leader: Xin Zhang (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Dongsheng Li (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
"Materials Structures Form via Nanoparticle Assembly and Oriented Attachment"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Helmut Cölfen (University of Konstanz, Germany)
"Investigation of Nucleation and Early Growth Species by Analytical Ultracentrifugation"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Michele Chen (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
"Mesoscale Clusters in the Crystallization of Amino Acids"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Understanding Nucleation
Discussion Leader: Jerome Delhommelle (University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Pablo Piaggi (Princeton University, United States)
"Understanding Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation on Feldspar from First Principles"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:05 am
Nadine CANDONI (Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille - FRANCE, France)
"Droplet-Based Microfluidics for Nucleation Studies"
11:05 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:55 am
James Evans (Iowa State University, United States)
"Nucleation-Mediated Processes for Metallic Nanoclusters During and After Synthesis"
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Michele Chen (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
"Mesoscale Clusters in the Crystallization of Amino Acids"
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
Molecular-Level Understanding of Organic Crystal Growth
Discussion Leader: Xin Qi (Dartmouth College, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Matteo Salvalaglio (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Modelling Crystal Nucleation from Solution with Molecular Dynamics-Based Methods"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Sarah (Sally) Price (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Can we Predict the Polymorphs of Organic Molecules?"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Kunyi Leng (The Univeristy of Tokyo, Japan)
"Photochemical Surgery: A New Strategy to Realize Spatially Controlled Hybridization of Metal-Organic Frameworks"
9:25 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
Synthesis Science of Crystalline Materials
Discussion Leader: Stephanie Lee (New York University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Robert Macfarlane (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Nanoparticle Assembly into Ordered Superlattices: When and Why these 'Artificial Atoms' Break Conventional Rules for Crystallization"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Yuanwei Li (Northwestern University, United States)
"Functional Nanostructured Crystals through Geometry-Inspired Design Principles"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Jeffrey Rimer (University of Houston, United States)
"Band of Brothers: The Unique and Unexpected Interplay of Major/Minor Tautomers in Crystallization"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:55 am
Michael Bellucci (XtalPi Inc., United States)
"Intelligent Cloud-Based Algorithms for Reducing Risk in Crystallization Process Development"
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Maya Martirossyan (Cornell University, United States)
"Emergent Order during Crystallization of Complex Structures Tracked via an Unsupervised Machine-Learning-Based Order Parameter"
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
Assembly in Action: Mechanisms and Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Julia Dshemuchadse (Cornell University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Michael Grünwald (University of Utah, United States)
"Predicting Crystal Structures from Solution Species: From Simple Models to Real Molecules"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Asaph Widmer-Cooper (The University of Sydney, Australia)
"Destabilization Mechanisms in Nanoparticle Dispersions"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Elias Nakouzi (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
"Ion Correlation Increases Hydration Force and Influences Solution Structure at Interfaces"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Organic and Biogenic Crystals
Discussion Leader: Peter Vekilov (University of Houston, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Lia Addadi (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Cholesterol Crystal Structures, Assembly, Formation, Dissolution, and Atherosclerosis"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Diana Nelli (Università di Genova, Italy)
"Hydrogen-Mediated Symmetry Breaking Growth Pathway Of Pt Nanopyramids"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Fiona Meldrum (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
"Controlling Crystallization using Confinement and Surface Topography"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Paolo Raiteri (Curtin University, Australia)
"Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Ion Binding at Mineral Surfaces in Solution"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Shihao Zang (New York University, United States)
"Low Refractive Index Binary Colloidal Crystals from Charged Fluorinated Polymers"
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
Keynote Session: Directing Growth and Assembly from the Bottom Up
Discussion Leader: Elias Vlieg (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Frances Ross (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Modifying the properties of 2D crystals through growth and patterning in the electron microscope"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Qian Chen (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"Dynamics of Nanoparticle Superlattices: Nucleation, Growth Modes, and Phononic Relaxation"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure