Faraday Discussions 143: Soft Nanotechnology

Topics: Physical Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Keywords: see below

Date: /15/16/17/ June 2009, London, United Kingdom, Europe

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Fundamental questions that will be addressed during the discussion are:

• What are the new effects when patterning soft materials at the nanoscale? (i.e. where do 'materials' break up into 'molecules', how do physical/mechanical properties change with size).
• How can these effects be understood and exploited?
• Is it possible to go one step further and predict yet unencountered behaviour? 
• What are the limitations in feature shape, sizes, complexity and function that are accessible via direct patterning and self-assembly? 
• How much progress is being made into fabricating/assembling devices based on such structured polymers. Can we ever rival silicon devices or cellular function?