Assembly and Disassembly of Nanostructures for
Stimuli-Responsive Materials Prof. Yadong Yin University of
California, Riverside 201312122:00 221 Abstract: Self-Assembly has
been employed as a very useful method for the fabrication of
functional materials from nanoscale building blocks. New properties
unavailable from individual nanoparticles are often created through
the collective effects such as interparticle coupling and
structural ordering. An important consequence of the formation of
such secondary structures is that the properties of nanoparticle
ensembles can be dynamically controlled by manipulating the
assembly and disassembly behaviors, making them excellent
candidates for constructing stimuli-responsive or smart materials.
In this presentation, I will use a number of examples recently
developed in my group to demonstrate that dynamic assembly and
disassembly processes can be utilized as powerful tools to
construct functional optical materials that can effectively respond
to stimuli such as solvent, temperature, and electric and magnetic
fields. BiographyProf. Yadong Yin received his B.S. (1996) and M.S.
(1998) in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology
of China. From 1999 to 2002, he studied as a graduate student at
the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the
University of Washington, Seattle. In 2003, he moved to the
University of California, Berkeley and worked as a postdoctoral
fellow. Soon he joined the Molecular Foundry at the Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, as initially a postdoctoral fellow
and then a staff scientist. Since 2006, he has been a faculty
member at the Department of Chemistry, University of California,
Riverside. His research interest focuses on the synthesis,
self-assembly, and functionalization of nanostructured materials
for catalytic, analytical, and photonic applications. Prof. Yin has
received a number of national awards, including Cottrell Scholar
Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, DuPont
Young Professor Grant, 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant, the Faculty
Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science
Foundation, and the Distinguished Junior Faculty Award from the
Chinese-American Chemistry Professor Association.
