Topic: Colloidal Crystal Materials

Colloidal crystals prepared through the ordered packing of nanoparticles have many potential applications both in themselves and in the preparation of templated materials based on the colloidal crystal. This session focussed on novel methods for preparation for these materials and on their properties and applications. 

Session: Colloidal Crystal Materials - Wednesday 4 July (am)

Keynote: Enhancing the optical response of colloidal crystals through materials chemistry
Paul V Braun
University of Illinois, USA

Design of self-assembled metal oxide micelles for encapsulation of bacteria in bio-control applications
Vadim G Kessler*, Gulaim  A Seisenbaeva, Sebastian Håkansson and Maria Unell
SLU, Sweden

Nanostructured organic thin films prepared by colloidal crystal templating
M A Mclachlan*, S Berhanu, D W McComb and T S Jones
Imperial College London, UK

Mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride: a versatile material for catalysis and the generation of nanostructured metal nitrides
Frederic Goettmann, Anna Fischer, Markus Antonietti and Arne Thomas*
Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany

Ordered nanoporous metal oxides: synthesis and application as gas sensors
Michael Tiemann*, Jan Roggenbuck, Thomas Waitz and Thorsten Wagner
Justus Liebig University, Germany

Directing colloidal self-assembly
N Thomson*, C Bower and D W McComb
Imperial College London, UK