Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Hierarchical Assembly of Functional Materials
Discussion Leader: Jim De Yoreo (PNNL/University of Washington , United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
Sharon Glotzer (University of Michigan, United States)
"Towards a unifying picture of complexity in crystals"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
Chad Mirkin (Northwestern University, United States)
"Repurposing the blueprint for life through colloidal crystal engineering with DNA"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Nanocrystal Growth
Discussion Leader: Xingchen Ye (Indiana University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Raymond Schaak (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Controlling multi-element composition distributions in colloidal nanocrystals"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Riccardo Ferrando (University of Genoa, Italy)
"Growth of highly symmetric nanoparticles -- A subtle interplay of equilibrium and kinetics"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:55 am
Matthew Jones (Rice University, United States)
"Nanoclusters act as seeds for the growth of anisotropic nanoparticles"
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Bryan Alamani (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines) and Christine Orme (Lawrence Livermore National Labs, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Non-Classical Crystal Growth
Discussion Leader: Xin Zhang (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Dongsheng Li (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
"Materials structures form via nanoparticle assembly and oriented attachment"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Helmut Cölfen (University of Konstanz, Germany)
"Investigation of nucleation and early growth species by analytical ultracentrifugation"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Understanding Nucleation
Discussion Leader: Jerome Delhommelle (University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Pablo Piaggi (Princeton University, United States)
"Understanding heterogeneous ice nucleation on feldspar from first principles"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Nadine Candoni (Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille, France)
"Droplet-based microfluidics for nucleation studies"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:55 am
James Evans (Iowa State University, United States)
"Nucleation-mediated processes for metallic nanoclusters during and after synthesis"
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular-Level Understanding of Organic Crystal Growth
Discussion Leader: Xin Qi (Dartmouth College, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Matteo Salvalaglio (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Modelling crystal nucleation from solution with molecular dynamics-based methods"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Sarah (Sally) Price (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Can we predict the polymorphs of organic molecules?"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Synthesis Science of Crystalline Materials
Discussion Leader: Stephanie Lee (New York University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Jeffrey Rimer (University of Houston, United States)
"Band of Brothers: The unique and unexpected interplay of major/minor tautomers in crystallization"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Robert Macfarlane (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Nanoparticle assembly into ordered superlattices: When and why these 'artificial atoms' break conventional rules for crystallization"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:55 am
Michael Bellucci (XtalPi Inc., United States)
"Intelligent cloud-based algorithms for reducing risk in crystallization process development"
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Assembly in Action: Mechanisms and Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Asaph Widmer-Cooper (The University of Sydney, Australia)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Qian Chen (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"Dynamics of nanoparticle superlattices: nucleation, growth modes, and phononic relaxation"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Michael Grünwald (University of Utah, United States)
"Predicting crystal structures from solution species: From simple models to real molecules"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Organic and Biogenic Crystals
Discussion Leaders: Peter Vekilov (University of Houston, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Lia Addadi (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Cholesterol crystal structures, assembly, formation, dissolution, and atherosclerosis"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Fiona Meldrum (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
"Controlling crystallization using confinement and surface topography"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:55 am
Paolo Raiteri (Curtin University, Australia)
"Thermodynamics and kinetics of ion binding at mineral surfaces in solution"
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Directing Growth and Assembly from the Bottom Up
Discussion Leader: Elias Vlieg (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Frances Ross (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Modifying the properties of 2D crystals through growth and patterning in the electron microscope"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Nicholas Kotov (University of Michigan, United States)
"Graph theory and self-assembly of complex chiral nanostructures."
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure