The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM)

NEWS

Centimeter-scale Binary Nanocrystal Superlatices

The group of Prof. Chris Murray (Chemistry and Materials Science) has created a method to rapidly grow centimeter-scale membranes of binary nanocrystal superlattices by crystallizing a mixture of nanocrystals on a liquid surface. In a MRSEC collaboration involving the group of Prof. Jay Kikkawa (Physics) and the Property Measurement Shared Equipment Facility, they have studied the hybrid magnetic properties of these new materials.
[ press release ] [ Nature article ] [ Army Research Office ]

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Dendrimersomes Debut

Supramolecular Chemistry: Self-assembled dendrimer-based structures could deliver drugs, other substances. Virgil Percec
[ C&EN Latest News ]

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Janus Dendrimers

LRSM work on the Janus dendrimers is highlighted on NSF.GOV

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Science, May 2010

SCIENCE MAGAZINE (5/21/10)
Self-Assembly of Janus Dendrimers into Uniform Dendrimersomes and Other Complex Architectures, Hammer/Percec/Klein

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1st COMPASS Symposium, April 29, 2010

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Burstein Lecture Series in Materials Science

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Arjun Yodh

The James M. Skinner Professor of Science, and newest director if the LRSM featured in the Penn Current.

EVENTS

Seminars & Lectures of interest can be seen on the
LRSM Calendar page .

Current events

• 2nd COMPASS Symposium, March 28, 2012
• The Robert Maddin Lecture in Materials Science
     April 23, 2012  (PDF of poster - 330k)
• Science Café Program 2011-12
• Lectures for Science Teachers 2011/2012
  Advanced Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, & Properties
• Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day
  February 4, 2012
• 9th Workshop on Science in Archaeology (March 6, 2012)
        (PDF of poster -460k)
        [ REGISTER ON-LINE ]
• 1st LRSM-NIMS Materials Workshop in Tsukuba, Japan
• Industry Lecture: "Nanotubes and Nanoparticles: Making Them Work for You" by Janis Matisons, Gelest Inc., December 7, 2011
• LRSM/MSE lecture: Zakya H. Kafafi, When Optoelectronics Goes Organic: What does Si have to do with it?
  Thursday, September 8, 2011, 10:30am, LRSM Aud.
  [ poster ]
• Girard Science Camp 2011
   June 6-10, 2011
• 7th Mid-Atlantic Soft Matter Workshop (MASM7)
   June 10, 2011 [ download poster ]
• 6th Annual Symposium, Materials for Sustainable Energy
     May 11, 2012 / Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico
   
   
  
• TAFDV Spring Symposium 2011
     March 23, 2011 / West Conshohocken, PA
• 5th Annual Symposium, Materials for Sustainable Energy
     May 6, 2011 / Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico
• LRSM Science Cafés, 2011, as part of the Philadelphia Science Festival
    'An Electronic Nose' April 19, 2011
    'What can Fuel Cells do for you?' April 20, 2011
• Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day (Feb. 5, 2011)
• 8th Workshop on Science in Archaeology (March 22, 2011)
        (PDF of poster -450k)
        [ REGISTER ON-LINE ]
  
• Kick-off Meeting for NSF/Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) PENN Project / 10.8.10 [ pdf ]
• Lectures for Science Teachers 2010/2011
  Advanced Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, & Properties
• Science Café Program 2010-11
• David Nelson's First 60 years / Conference, 1.8.11
     [ pdf ] [ web ]
• Frontiers in Macromolecular and Supramolecular Science
     June 7, 2010 / Romanian Academy, Bucuresti, Romania
     June 8-9, 2010 / Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Romania
• Burstein Lecture Series in Materials Science
       (PDF of poster - 600k)
• COMPASS (Complex Assemblies of Soft Matter)
     News Release, February 26, 2010
     1st COMPASS Symposium, April 29, 2010
• STRUCTURAL TOOLS at the LRSM
     Wednesday, January 6, 2010
• The Robert Maddin Lecture in Materials Science
     February 3, 2010   (PDF of poster - 300k)
  
• 7th Workshop on Science in Archaeology (March, 2010)
        (PDF of poster -450k)
  
• NSF-REU Summer Fellowships
  
• Penn Summer Science Initiative
  
• Research Experience for Teachers
  
• Enrichment Course for HS Science Teachers 2003/2004
  
• Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

• List of Lectures from 1993
  

Soft Matters 2003 (Germany)

Recent events

• 4th Annual Symposium, Soft Matters in Materials Science
     May 7, 2010 / Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico
     » Symposium web site
• Frontiers in Macromolecular and Supramolecular Science
     June 1, 2009 / Romanian Academy, Bucuresti, Romania
     June 2-3, 2009 / Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Romania
• 3rd Annual Symposium, MATERIALS BY DESIGN
     May 8, 2009 / Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico
• 6th Workshop on Science in Archaeology (March, 2009)
        (PDF of poster -370k)
• Burstein Lecture Series in Materials Science
       October 1, 2008   (PDF of poster - 850k)
• The Robert Maddin Lecture in Materials Science
     February 22, 2008   (PDF of poster - 300k)
• Frontiers in Macromolecular Science
     June 19-20, 2008 / Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Romania
• Mid-Atlantic Soft Matter Workshop
     June 9, 2008, LRSM Auditoriuim
• Symposium on Nanotechnology: Materials Synthesis, Characterization, and Devices
     May 2, 2008 / Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico
• Burstein Lecture Series in Materials Science (October, 2008)
        (PDF of poster - 850k)
• 5th Workshop on Science in Archaeology (May, 2008)
        (PDF of poster -450k)
• Burstein Lecture Series in Materials Science (October, 2007)
        (PDF of poster - 850k)
• Burstein 90th Birthday Celebration (October, 2007)
        (PDF of poster - 650k)
• International Symposium on Advanced Materials: Building Functional Systems via Self-assembly (April, 2007)
• Frontiers of Materials Science Lecture // Christos N. Likos (March, 2007)
• 4th Workshop on Science in Archaeology (March, 2007)
        (PDF of poster -450k)
• University of Pennsylvania & Academia Sinica
  Joint Symposium on Frontier Materials Research (January, 2007)
• Soft Matter Workshop (November, 2006)
• Burstein Lecture Series in Materials Science (November, 2006)
        (PDF of poster - 625k)
• 3rd Workshop on Science in Archaeology (March, 2006)
        (PDF of poster -450k)
• LRSM / IME Joint Lecture (May, 2006)
        (PDF of poster -800k)
• 2nd Workshop on Science in Archaeology (March, 2005)
        (PDF of poster -150k)
• Burstein Lecture Series in Materials Science (April, 2005)
        (PDF of poster - 625k)
• LRSM / IME Joint Lecture (March, 2005)
        (PDF of poster - 625k)
• Burstein Lecture Series in Materials Science (Nov., 2004)
        (PDF of poster - 650k)
  
• Burstein Lecture Series in Materials Science (Nov., 2003)
        (PDF of poster - 650k)
  
• Soft Matters 2003 Symposium (Golm, Germany)
  
• Soft Matters 2002 Symposium
  
• Nanotube IRG Workshop
  
• Maddin Lecture Series in Materials Science
        (PDF of poster - 190k)
  
• Enrichment Course for HS Science Teachers 2002/2003
  
• Materials Science Summer Institute
  

Past events

• LRSM and IME Joint Lecture 2001
        (PDF of poster - 206k)
  
• Workshop on Advanced Techniques
      for Materials Characterization 2001
  
• Symposium Honoring S umio Iijima
  
• Life Sciences and Nanostructured Materials
  
• Celebrating the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  
• Symposium on "The Interface Between
      Biology & Materials Science"
  
• Penn Summer Science Academy 2000
  
• 4^th Annual Symposium on the Physics of Soft Materials
  
• Research Experience for Teachers 2001
  
• Research Experience for Teachers 2000
  
• LRSM and IME Joint Lecture 2000/2001
  
• LRSM and IME Joint Lecture 1998
        (PDF of poster - 281k)
  
• LRSM and IME Joint Lecture 1997
        (PDF of poster - 165k)
  
• Enrichment Course for HS Science Teachers 2001/2002