SELF-ORGANIZED NANOSTRUCTURES
(SONS II)
Prague, 19 - 22 October 2009
SCOPE OF THE MEETING
Technological advances in many scientific areas lead to investigation,
understanding and exploiting of structures of continually smaller
dimensions. The purpose of this networking activity is to gather people
active in SONS 2 projects in the field of both soft matter and hard
matter research, and to set a frame for presenting results obtained
within these projects, share general ideas on self-organization of
matter and promote the cooperation of various scientists taking part in
these activities.
In the field of soft matter the meeting will thus offer a
forum for people active in complementary areas of polymer, biopolymer,
colloidal and liquid crystal research.
In terms of the surface-confined organisation of molecules the
meeting aims to report on cutting-edge experimental and theoretical
activities to promote the understanding of the self-organisation,
interaction and steering of nanoscaled (supra)molecular systems (e.g.
molecules, metal centers, nanoparticles) at surfaces.
A common aspect of all these efforts is self-organization that
the individual researchers and working groups exploit in order to reach
a particular technical application or to acquire understanding of the
underlying physical and physico-chemical principles that are always
required to lay solid grounds for a particular practical application.
The aim of the proposed workshop is a comprehensive
interdisciplinary review of the current status of the subject and
discussion of the most challenging problems and links between
fundamental research and the nano-technological applications.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
