Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Atomically Precise Modifications in Functional Nanomaterials
Discussion Leader: Andrew Laluk (Queens University, Canada)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm
Jarad Mason (Harvard University, United States)
"Manipulating Phase Transitions and Porosity in Metal–Organic Materials"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Structure-Property Relationships of Atomically Precise Nanomaterials
Discussion Leader: Amoghavarsha R Kini (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Rweetuparna Guha (University of California Irvine, United States)
"Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationships of Near-Infrared Emissive DNA-Stabilized Silver Nanoclusters"
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Simon Nier (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
"Organotetrel Chalcogenide Clusters as Inkjet Printed 3D Molecular Material"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Subrata Duary (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
"A few Atomic Copper Nanoclusters with ‘Turn off’ Luminescence by Ambient Mechanical Grinding"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Patryk Obstarczyk (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland)
"Aliphatic Crown-Ethers and Gold: Towards Smart and Atomically-Precise Nanomaterials"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Yuki Fujiwara (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Photoelectron Spectroscopy of [Au21(SR)14]– and [Au17(SR)10]– with 8 Electrons: Characterization of Geometric and Electronic Structures"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Green Applications of Atomically Precise Nanomaterials
Discussion Leader: Cecilia Cerretani (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Paulami Bose (Tampere University, Finland)
"Interparticle Anti-Galvanic Reactions of Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles by Atomically Precise Silver Clusters"
9:15 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Vanessa Rück (University of Copenhagen , Denmark)
"Bioconjugation of a NIR Emissive DNA-Stabilized Silver Nanocluster to Peptides and Insulin by Copper-Free Click Chemistry"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Rares Banu (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
"Directing Chirality on Gold Nanoclusters and their Activity in LEX and Asymmetric Catalysis"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Swetashree Acharya (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
"Soft Synthesis of Molybdenum-Oxo Clusters and Their Applications for Clean Water"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Caitlin McCandler (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Uncovering Complex Mechanisms in Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanoclusters with an Efficient, Accurate and Flexible Interatomic Potential"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Future Paths for Early Career Scientists Post PhD
Discussion Leader: Gina Stuhrmann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Possibilities in Industry, Publishing and Academia
Tracy Lohr (Shell, United States)
Jeremy Allen (Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom)
Jarad Mason (Harvard University, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes