M-13 Composite and self-assembled materials

Materials Science and Nanotechnology

Self-assembly is a generic property of many systems at all scales in physics, chemistry and biology, and it is a powerful tool for formation of composite systems with nanoscale dimensions.  Many of the self-assembly systems and composite entities span length scales from nanometers to microns and the current development in research warrants extensive use of novel microscopy techniques on all levels ranging from scanning probe techniques over electron microscopy to advanced laser and confocal light microscopy techniques.  This session encourages contributions to a broad range of microscopy techniques to the whole field of applications for characterization and studies of self-assembled systems and composite nanoscale materials covering the entire field ranging from physics and chemistry to biology.  We would particularly like to encourage contributions representing cross-disciplinary research and combined applications of several microscopy techniques.  Last but not least we hope to see contributions to the field of composite and self-assembled materials on new techniques and new systems using the newest developments and instrumentations in all types of microscopy.

Chairpersons:

Invited Speakers:
- Kimberly Dick Thelander, Lund University, Sweden
- Thomas Hoeche, University of Leipzig, Germany