Programme

Introductory Lecture

Session 1: Soft Nanotechnology: Mechanotransduction In Silico and In Vitro

Session Chair: Wilhelm Huck, University of Cambridge, UK

Chemo and phototactic nano/microbots
Ayusman Sen*, Michael Ibele, Yiying Hong and Darrell Velegol
The Pennsylvania State University, USA

The efficiency of encapsulation within surface rehydrated polymersomes
A J Parnell*, N Tzokova, P D Topham, C M Fernyhough, A J Ryan and R A L Jones
University of Sheffield, UK

Session Chair: Joachim Steinke, Imperial College London, UK

Molecular control of ionic conduction in polymer nanopores
Eduardo R Cruz-Chu, Thorsten Ritz, Zuzanna S Sivvy and Klaus J Schulten*
University of Illinois, USA

Nanomechanics of organic/inorganic interfaces: a theoretical insight
Maria L Sushko*
University College London, UK

Session 2: Polymer Assembly: Physical Measurements

Session Chair: Ulrich Steiner, University of Cambridge, UK

Solid state nanofibrils based on self-assemblies: from cleaving from self-assemblies to multilevel hierarchical constructs
Olli Ikkala*, Robin H A Ras, Nikolay Houbenov, Janne Ruokolainen, Marjo Pääkkö, Janne Laine, Markku Leskelä, Lars A Berglund, Tom Lindström,  Gerrit ten Brinke, Hermis Iatrou, Nikos Hadjichristidis and Charl F J Faul
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

Nanoparticles at electrified liquid-liquid interfaces: new options for electro-variable optics
M E Flatté, A A Kornyshev* and M Urbakh
Imperial College London, UK

Free-standing porous supramolecular assemblies of nanoparticles made using a double templating strategy
Xing Yi Ling, In Yee Phang, David N Reinhoudt, G Julius Vansco and Jurriaan Huskens*
University of Twente, The Netherlands

Session Chair: Rein V Ulijn, University of Strathclyde, UK

Polymer crystallization under nano-confinement of droplets studied by molecular simulations
Wenbing Hu*, Tao Cai, Yu Ma, Jamie K Hobbs, O Farrance and Günter Reiter
Nanjing University, China

Nanostructured wrinkled surfaces for templating bionanoparticles
Anne Horn, Heiko G Schoberth, Stephanie Hiltl, Arnaud Chiche, Qian Wang, Alexandra Schweikart, Andreas Fery** and Alexander Böker*
University of Bayreuth, Germany
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Silica nano-particle super hydrophobic surfaces: the effects of surface morphology and trapped air pockets on hydrodynamics drainage forces
Derek Y C Chan*, Md Hemayet Uddin, Kwun L Cho, Irving I Liaw, Robert N Lamb, Geoffrey W Stevens, Franz Grieser and Raymond R Dagastine
University of Melbourne, Australia

Session 3: Encoding Self-Assembly from DNA and Peptides to Synthetic Polymers

Session Chair: Klaus Schulten, University of Illinois, USA

Counterion-activated polyions as soft sensing systems in lipid bilayer membranes: from cell-penetrating peptides to DNA
Toshihide Takeuchi, Naomi Sakai and Stefan Matile*
University of Geneva, Switzerland

Recognition of sequence-information in synthetic copolymer chains by a conformationally-constrained tweezer molecule
Howard M Colquhoun*, Zhixue Zhu, Christine J Cardin, Michael G B Drew and Yu Gan
University of Reading, UK

DNA self-assembly: from 2D to 3D
Chengde Mao*
Purdue University, USA

Session Chair: Stefan Matile, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Self-assembly of liquid crystal block copolymer PEG-b-smectic polymer in pure state and in dilute aqueous solution
Bing Xu, Rafael Piñol*, Merveille Nono-Djamen, Sandrine Pensec, Patrick Keller, Pierre-Antoine Albouy, Daniel Lévy and Min-Hu Li
Institut Curie, France

A novel self-healing supramolecular polymer system
Stefano Burattini, Howard M Colquhoun, Barnaby W Greenland, and Wayne Hayes*
University of Reading, UK

Session 4: Functional Assembly Using Biological and Synthetic Components

Session Chair: Howard Colquhoun, University of Reading, UK

Quantitive approaches to defining normal and aberrant protein homeostasis
Michele Vendruscolo* and Chris Dobson
University of Cambridge, UK

Evolving nanomaterials using enzyme-driven dynamic peptide libraries (eDPL)
Apurba K Das, Andrew Hirst and Rein V Ulijn*
University of Strathclyde, UK

Rational design of peptide-based building blocks in nanoscience and synthetic biology
Craig T Armstrong, Aimee L Boyle, Elizabeth H C Bromley, Zahra N Mahmoud, Lisa Smith, Andrew R Thomson and Derek N Woolfson*
University of Bristol, UK

Session Chair: David Reinhoudt, University of Twente, The Netherlands

The influence of viscosity on the functioning of molecular motors
Martin Klok, Leon P B M Janssen, Wesley R Browne* and Ben L Feringa
University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Template sol-gel synthesis of mesostructured silica composites using metal complexes bearing amphiphilic side chains: immobilization of a polymeric Pd complex formed by a metallophilic interaction
Wataru Otani, Kazushi Kinbara and Takuzo Aida*
University of Tokyo, Japan

Self-assembled interpenetrating networks by orthogonal self assembly of surfactants and hydrogelators
Aurlei M Brizard, Marc C A Stuart and Jan van Esch*
Delft Chem Tech, The Netherlands

Concluding Remarks

George Whitesides*
Harvard University, USA

* Denotes presenting author to whom affiliation applies