Functional Nanoporous Materials Workshop

5th July 2013

Courtesy of S. Hofmann

We invite you to the Functional Porous Nanomaterials workshop, a meeting organised under the auspices of the Nanoforum. This workshop aims to stimulate potential collaboration and networking opportunities between Cambridge researchers who are interested in the development and characterisation of novel and functional porous systems.

Potential topics include the use and characterisation of porous materials for energy conversion and storage, biology, catalysis and gas separation.

The format of the workshop will incorporate talks given by a range of invited speakers, as well as discussion sessions to enable the development and exchange of new ideas.

Programme: 1:30pm - 6:00 pm

1:30pm - 1:45pm -- Introduction

Biology and Structure in Porous Materials

1:45pm - 2:25 pm 4 x 10 minute talks

Chair: Prof Ulli Steiner

• Erwin Reisner - 'Solar Water Splitting with Enzymes and Synthetic Catalysts Integrated in Nanostructured Materials'
• Ulrich Keyser -'Designing Nanopores with DNA'
• Ruth Cameron - 'Functional Porous Nanomaterials for Medical Applications'
• Clemens Kaminski - 'Imaging protein transport across biological membranes'

2:25pm - 2:55pm Discussion 1

Design and Function of Porous Materials

2:55pm - 3.35 pm 4 x 10 minute talks

Chair: Prof Stephen Elliott

• Stephan Hofmann - 'Frontiers of nanomaterial control and characterisation'
• Jonathan Nitschke - 'Soluble Nano-containers'
• Simon Guest -'Symmetry and the structural mechanics of repetitive structures'
• Andy Wheatley - 'Tailoring the catalyst: control of structure, composition and access'

3:35pm - 4:05pm Discussion 2

4:05pm - 4:20pm Coffee/comfort break

Characterisation of Porous Materials

4:20pm - 5:00 pm 4 x 10 minute talks

Chair: Prof Andy Woods

• Alex Kabla - 'Structure and mechanics of granular piles, fibre networks and tissues'
• James Elliott - 'Proton transport in nanoporous systems'
• Nicholas Hine - 'Carbon Nanomaterial Simulations with Linear-Scaling Density Functional Theory'
• Andy Sederman - 'MRI and NMR of Porous Materials'

5:00pm - 5:30pm Discussion 3

5:30pm - 5:50pm Final Comments

Confirmed Participants:

Prof. Jeremy Baumberg - Dept. Physics

Prof. Ruth Cameron - Dept. Materials

Prof. Jacqui Cole - Dept. Physics

Dr. Caterina Ducati - Dept. Materials

Prof. Paul Dupree - Dept. Biochem.

Dr. Erika Eiser - Dept. Physics

Dr. James Elliott - Dept. Materials

Prof. Clare Grey - Dept. Chemistry

Dr. John Griffin - Dept. Chemistry

Dr. Simon Guest - Dept. Engineering

Dr. Nicholas Hine - Dept. Physics

Prof. Stephen Elliott - Dept. Chemistry

Dr. Stephan Hofmann - Dept. Engineering

Dr. Pritesh Hiralal - Dept. Engineering

Dr. Agnieszka Iwasiewicz-Wabnig - Dept. Physics

Dr. Alexandre Kabla - Dept. Engineering

Prof. Clemens Kaminski - Dept. Chem. Eng.

Dr. Ulrich Keyser - Dept. Physics

Prof. Paul Midgley - Dept. Materials

Dr. Andrew Morris - Dept. Physics

Dr. Jonathan Nitschke - Dept. Chemistry

Dr. Eileen Nugent - Dept. Physics

Mr. Michael Ramage - Dept. Architecture

Dr. Erwin Reisner - Dept. Chemistry

Dr. Andy Sederman - Dept. Chem. Eng.

Dr Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley - Dept. Plant Sciences

Dr. Christine Schmidt - Dept. Biochemistry

Prof. Ullrich Steiner - Dept. Physics

Dr. Andrew Wheatley - Dept. Chemistry

Prof. Andrew Woods - BP Institute