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Noble Metal Nanoparticles
Preparation, Modeling and Applications
June 20-25, 2010
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
Chair:
Teri W. Odom

Vice Chair:
Michael J. Natan

This new Gordon Conference on Noble Metal Nanoparticles will define the frontiers of science associated with metal nanostructures. The chemical and materials aspects of plasmonics - a field that uses metals to manipulate light on the nanoscale through surface plasmons - has exploded recently because of simultaneous breakthroughs in synthesis, characterization, and theory. Conference session topics range from Advances in Synthesizing and Assembling Metal Nanoparticles to Applications in Biomedicine, Catalysis, Energy, and the Environment to New Nanoscale Tools for Probing Structure and Non-linear Properties. The Conference will bring together leading and young scientists in three often-separated but interrelated roles - makers, modelers, and measurers - in order to provide opportunities for brainstorming and collectively identifying new fundamentals and applications based on noble metal nanoparticles. We strongly encourage all attendees to participate in the poster presentations in the afternoons and evenings.

Contributors
SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmKEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN NOBLE METAL NANOPARTICLES
Discussion Leader: Teri W Odom (Northwestern University)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pmMostafa El-Sayed (George Tech)
"Gold Nanoparticles confine Photons Ten Time Their Own Sizes: Consequences and Applications in Material Science, in Biology and in Cancer Therapy"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pmAlexander M. Cruickshank Lecture:
Chad A. Mirkin (Northwestern University)
"Nanoparticle Bioconjugates: A New Frontier in Materials Science, Biology, and Medicine"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:45 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmADVANCES IN SYNTHESIZING NOBLE METAL NANOPARTICLES
Discussion Leader: Jennifer Shumaker-Parry (University of Utah)
9:05 am - 9:30 amYounan Xia (Washington University, St Louis)
"Etching and growth: An intertwinned pathway to nanocrystals with different shapes"
9:30 am - 9:45 am Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 amJuergen Biener (Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
"The role of surface chemistry on the properties of nanoporous gold"
10:10 am - 10:25 am Discussion
10:25 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 amFrancesco Stellacci (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and EPFL)
"Ligand Coated Gold Nanoparticles: a great tool to study solid-liquid and bio-interfaces"
11:25 am - 11:40 am Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am Hot Topic Talk: Marc Knecht (University of Kentucky)
"Bio-inspired strategies to design efficient nanocatalysts: elucidating the role of the biotic/abiotic interface"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm Hot Topic Talk: Nathaniel Rosi (University of Pittsburgh)
"Designed peptide conjugates for the simultaneous synthesis and assembly of nanoparticles"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 1
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmASSEMBLY AND PROPERTIES OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES
Discussion Leader: Andrea Tao (UCSD)
7:35 pm - 8:00 pmCarsten Sonnichsen (University of Mainz)
"Plasmonic single particle biosensors"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pmMarie-Paule Pileni (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
"Nanocrystals organized in 2D superlattices and 3D Supra crystals: a new challenge for a new chemistry and physics"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pmBartosz Gryzbowski (Northwestern University)
"Photoconductance and inverse photoconductance in assemblies of metal nanoparticles"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm Poster Session 1 (continued)
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:25 amMODELING
Discussion Leader: Cecilia Noguez (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
9:05 am - 9:30 amChristine Aikens (Kansas State University)
"Achieving Theory-Experiment Agreement for the Optical Absorption, EPR, and Chiroptical Properties of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles"
9:30 am - 9:45 am Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 amPeter Nordlander (Rice University)
"Plasmonic nanoparticle clusters: Sharp plasmon resonances for LSPR sensing and SERS"
10:10 am - 10:25 am Discussion
10:25 am Coffee Break
10:55 am - 12:30 pmYOUNG INVESTIGATORS
Discussion Leader: Michael Natan (Oxonica)
11:00 am - 11:20 amHao Yan (Arizona State University)
"Organizing Metal Nanoparticles using DNA Tiles"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 amRongchao Jin (Carnegie Mellon)
"Quantum Sized Gold Nanoclusters: Bridging the Gap between Organometallics and Nanocrystals"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pmAmanda Haes (University of Iowa)
"Noble Metal Nanoparticle Rattles as SERS Substrates"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 2
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNEW TOOLS FOR DETERMINING STRUCTURE/NON-LINEAR PROPERTIES
Discussion Leader: Katherine Willets (UT Austin)
7:40 pm - 8:15 pmAnton Plech (University of Konstanz)
"Understanding the structural dynamics of nanoparticles in strong laser fields"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pmGregory Hartland (U. Notre Dame)
"Coupling to light, energy transport and dissipation in metal nanoparticles and nanowires studied by single particle transient absorption spectroscopy"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm Poster Session 2 (continued)
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmNOBLE METAL NANOPARTICLES AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Discussion Leader: Naomi Halas (Rice University)
9:05 am - 9:35 amRebekah Drezek (Rice University)
"Activatable Multimodal Gold Nanostructures for Cancer Theranostics"
9:35 am - 9:50 am Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 amJin Zhang (University of California, Santa Cruz)
"Hollow Gold Nanospheres for SERS and Photothermal Ablation Therapy of Cancer"
10:20 am - 10:35 am Discussion
10:35 am Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:35 amKimberly Hamad-Schiffer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"How to Deliver Nanoparticles into Tumors: Probing the Interactions of Nanoparticles with Biological Systems"
11:35 am - 11:50 am Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pmCatherine Murphy (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
"The Interface of Gold Nanorods with Living Systems"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 3
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSUPPORTED PARTICLES AND CATALYSIS
Discussion Leader: Israel Rubenstein (Weizmann Institute of Science)
7:35 pm - 8:00 pmSean McClure (Texas A&M University)
"Simulating the Complexities of Heterogeneous Catalysts with Model Systems"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pmPeng Chen (Cornell University)
"Single Molecule Nanocatalysis"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pmMichael Wong (Rice University)
"Harnessing the Catalytic Properties of Metallic Nanoparticles to Clean Contaminated Water"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm Poster Session 3 (continued)
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 amBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
9:00 am - 12:30 pmNANOPARTICLES, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ENERGY
Discussion Leader: Jiaxing Huang (Northwestern University)
9:05 am - 9:40 amJim Hutchison (University of Oregon)
"Green Nanotechnology and Nano Safety"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:20 amVicki Colvin (Rice University)
"Cytotoxicity of Noble Metal Nanoparticles"
11:20 am - 11:40 am Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am Hot Topic Talk: Stephan Link (Rice University)
"Energy transport in one-dimensional plasmonic nanostructures"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm Hot Topic Talk: Sang-Hyun Oh (University of Minnesota)
"Plasmonic nanohole arrays for membrane protein biosensing"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 4
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSINGLE MOLECULE SENSING AND SERS
Discussion Leader: Richard Van Duyne (Northwestern University)
7:35 pm - 8:00 pmMartin Moskovitz (University of California, San Diego)
"How well do we currently understand SERS"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pmJohn Lombardi (City College New York)
"Unifying the Disparate Strands of SERS"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pmDana Dlott (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
"Ultrashort laser pulse surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm Poster Session 4 (continued)
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart
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