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Message from the Chair Dear Division Members,

In my capacity as 2017

Chair of the ACS Division

of Colloids and Surface

Chemistry I would like to

start by wishing all of you a

Happy New Year and to

offer a special thanks to all

of the researchers and

scientists who generously

give their valuable time and

effort to help serve the COLL Division.

Many of you reading this newsletter know the COLL Division because of your

participation as speakers and poster presenters as part of our extensive and diverse

programming at the national ACS meetings. Over the past several years this

cornerstone activity of the COLL Division has expanded to include partnerships with

high profile ACS journals, such as the Langmuir lecturers as well as award and awards

symposia sponsored by ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces and ACS Nano. I have

always felt that one of the real strengths of the COLL Division is the opportunity and

relative ease with which members can organize symposia at national ACS meetings.

To further support these efforts, the COLL Division offers matching funds to help

symposia organizers cover the costs of invited speakers and student awards, for

example. I would encourage all of you with symposia ideas to contact our excellent

Program Chair, “Nagu” Nagarajan (see “Be part of the program!” on Page 8 for

complete details). The Division’s programming activities are not restricted to the

national ACS meetings. In particular, the COLL Division runs a very successful

annual summer meeting which typically receives well over 500 abstracts; in 2017, the

91st ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium will be held between July 9th- 12th

at The City College of New York (http://www.colloids2017.org/).

In addition to organizing and coordinating programming at national, local and

divisional meetings another central function of the COLL Division is to serve as a

vehicle for providing relevant information and opportunities to its members. Central

to achieving this goal in the modern era is the need for a functional and user friendly

website. One of my key goals for this year is to oversee a significant upgrade to the

COLL Division’s website, enabling it to become a vibrant and user friendly portal for

members to find out about upcoming symposia, award opportunities, meetings of

In this SPRING

issue:

Message from

Division Chair

Howard Fairbrother

Message from the

Editor

Free ACS programs

for graduate

students and

postdocs

Division Officers

Highlights from the

252nd National

Meeting

COLL Open

Meeting

COLL Poster

Session

COLL Luncheon

COLL Award

Symposium

Be part of the

program

Upcoming

conferences

Upcoming CSSS

A message from

our Membership

Secretary

COLL Programming

for San Francisco

Call for submissions

for Washington

http://www.colloids2017.org/


potential interest etc. Last year, the COLL Division participated in a two day strategic planning retreat in

Washington, DC at ACS Headquarters. This year, I hope to implement some of the key recommendations

to emerge from this meeting as a means to help address important challenges faced by our Division,

including the need to boost membership, develop stronger ties with industry and provide a clearer

articulation to members and non-members alike as to the benefits of membership.

I look forward to meeting many of you at the Division’s various activities throughout the year and

encourage all of you to learn more about the Division by visiting the COLL website

(colloidssurfaces.sites.acs.org/) and by reading through this Newsletter,

Sincerely,

D. Howard Fairbrother, 2017 Chair

Look forward to a new edition of The Colloid and Surface Chemist

next July with the highlights of the San Francisco meeting and

information for Fall 2017.

Do you have something to share? Please send to the Editor, Lorena

Tribe, [email protected] or stop by the COLL luncheon, poster session,

or open meeting in San Francisco.

Lorena Tribe

___________________________________________________________________________

Free ACS programs for graduate and postdoctoral students

For information on opportunities for graduate students and postdocs, including the ACS Preparing for

Life After Graduate School Workshop www.acs.org/gradworkshop, please contact [email protected] or

visit www.acs.org/grad

http://colloidssurfaces.sites.acs.org/

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.acs.org/gradworkshop


http://www.acs.org/grad


Division Officers and Councilors

We welcome the 2017 Division Officers and Councilors, listed below, and thank the departing team for their service, as well as everyone who stepped up to run for office. More information on each officer will soon be available on the Division website, colloidssurfaces.sites.acs.org/

Elected officers:

Chair:

Chair Elect:

Howard Fairbrother ([email protected])

Eric Borguet ([email protected])

Vice Chair: Lorena Tribe ([email protected])

Past Chair:

Program Chair:

Daniel Schwartz ([email protected])

Ramanathan Nagarajan ([email protected])

Secretary: Christopher Karwacki ([email protected])

Treasurer: Marina Ruths ([email protected])

Membership Secretary:

Member-at-Large:

Member-at-Large:

Rosa Espinosa-Marzal ([email protected])

Janet Elliott ([email protected])

Tianbo Liu ([email protected])

Councilors

Councilors: Nicholas Abbott ([email protected])

Jennifer Hollingsworth ([email protected])

Maria Santore ([email protected])

Alternate Councilors: Andrew Teplyakov ([email protected])

Steve Tait ([email protected])

Paul Shiller ([email protected])

Appointed officers:

Chair, Awards Committee:

MPPG Representative:

Newsletter Editor:

Regional Meetings Coordinator:

Nick Abbott ([email protected])

Paul Van Tassel ([email protected])

Lorena Tribe ([email protected])

Tianbo Li ([email protected])

Symposium Chair:

LaMer Award Committee Chair:

Jim Schneider ([email protected])

Joelle Frechette ([email protected])

Webmaster: Janet Elliott ([email protected])


Highlights from the 252nd National Meeting – Philadelphia

COLL Open Meeting

The open meeting held on Sunday, August 21 at

5:30 PM, was a great opportunity to explain the

goals of the Division, provide an update on the

activities of the previous months, and hold

informal conversations with members. Chair

Dan Schwartz was welcoming and encouraged

attendees to become involved with COLL. The

presence of experienced leaders, such as Past

Chair Bob Hamers, Program Chair “Nagu”

Nagarajan, Councilor Jennifer Hollingsworth,

Treasurer Marina Ruths, Alternate Councilor John Russell, Secretary Lorena Tribe, and Member at

Large Janet Elliott, enhanced the conversation and showcased the level of commitment by the Division

leadership to be open and inclusive to new members.

Poster Session

A strong turn-out, excellent science, and exciting

discussions were again the characteristic of the COLL

poster session held on Sunday, August 21 at 6 PM.

Presenters had abundant time and space to hold interesting

conversations with visitors and amongst each other. COLL

leaders visited student posters to select four outstanding

contributions, recognized with certificates and a monetary

prize. The winners pictured on the right, were Yuetian

Chen, from Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY), Sravan

Thota, University of Connecticut (Willimantic, CT), Kevin

Cruz, Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY), and

Gulen Yesilbag Tonga, University of

Massachusets (Amherst, MA). Dan Schwartz,

Chair of the Division, is in the center. The

volunteer judges of the poster session were

recognized and thanked with a dinner later that

evening. Membership Secretary Rosa Espinosa

Marzal (left), with the help of Marina Ruths,

discussed joining the Division with presenters and

attendees at the Poster Session.


COLL Luncheon

The Executive Committee,

Award recipients, and

members of the Division

gathered for a luncheon on

August 23. Chair Dan

Schwartz (at podium, right)

and several Executive

Committee members,

addressed the attendees,

providing information about

the Division and recognizing

awardees and volunteers.

Below, Langmuir Lecture

awardee Robert Hamers (right) trades jokes with Ricardo Ruiz (left), recipient of the ACS Applied

Materials and Interfaces Young Investigator Award. The excellent luncheon organized by Program

Chair Ramanathan Nagarajan provided a setting for informal conversations and networking.

Poster session student awardees (Page 4) enjoyed a relaxing

time of camaraderie waiting to receive their certificates and

checks.

The Division of Colloid and Surface

Chemistry was recognized by Diane Grob

Schmidt, Immediate Past ACS President,

for its Excellence in Supporting the Presidential Programming at the

Denver 2016 National Meeting. The Presidential Programming in

Denver focused on Nanotechnology and the Colloid Division

Contributed 7 of the 20 symposia to the National Presidential Program,

more than any other division by a substantial margin. Maria Santore,

Councilor for COLL received the plaque on behalf of the Division and

subsequently recognized the Divisions’ Continuing Programming

Chair, Ramanathan “Nagu” Nagarajan at the Division Luncheon.

“The seven Nanoscience-targeted symposia, while meshing with

Schmidt’s initiative, comprise science that is central to the activities of

COLL Division Members. Contributing to the President Programming

in Nanoscience was a natural direction for the Division, commented Nagarajan.”


COLL Awards Symposium The COLL division is active in selecting recipients for four major awards that are sponsored by the

journals Langmuir (2 awards), Nano Letters, and ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. In each case,

the recipient is selected by a committee that includes representatives from the COLL Division and the

respective journal. Last spring the Division also hosted the ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Young Investigator Award for the first time.

Langmuir Lecture - Bernard Binks

Prof. Bernard Binks delivered a Langmuir Lecture on

“Rainbow-coloured Pickering emulsions: Behaviour of pigment

particles at fluid interfaces”. Prof. Binks obtained a 1st Class

B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from the University of Hull in 1983,

followed by a Ph.D. degree in 1986 on low tension oil-water

interfaces and microemulsions. He was then awarded a Royal

Society European Exchange Fellowship which he took to the

ENS, Paris working with Dominique Langevin and Jacques

Meunier on light scattering and ellipsometry from liquid

interfaces. After three further postdoctoral years at the

University of Hull (insoluble monolayers and Langmuir-

Blodgett films), he took up the post of Lecturer in Chemistry at

the University of Hull in 1991. He was subsequently promoted

to Senior Lecturer (1997), Reader (1999) and Professor of

Physical Chemistry (2003). http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/chemistry/staff/academic-staff/prof-

bernard-binks.aspx

Langmuir Lecture - Bob Hamers

Robert (“Bob”) Hamers delivered a Langmuir Lecture on

“Diamond at the extremes”. Prof. Hamers is currenly the

Steenbock Professor of Physical Science in the Department

of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He

graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from UW-Madison and

completed his graduate studies at Cornell University with an

M. S. and a Ph. D. in Chemistry, working under the direction

of Paul L. Houston and Robert P. Merrill. In addition to a

hugely distinguished academic career, Prof. Hamers is the

CTO and Co‐Founder, Silatronix, Inc., a start‐up company

commercializing organosilicon electrolytes for safe, high‐

performance lithium ion batteries, and chaired the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry in 2015.

http://hamers.chem.wisc.edu/sites/hamers.chem.wisc.edu/files/hamers/hamers_vita_feb10_2016.pdf

http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/chemistry/staff/academic-staff/prof-bernard-binks.aspx

http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/chemistry/staff/academic-staff/prof-bernard-binks.aspx

http://hamers.chem.wisc.edu/sites/hamers.chem.wisc.edu/files/hamers/hamers_vita_feb10_2016.pdf


Bioconjugate Chemistry Lecturer Award

Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen was awarded the Bioconjugate Chemistry Lecturer Award for his

contributions that have helped define the field of nanomedicine.

(http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i19/Xiaoyuan-Chen-wins-Bioconjugate-Chemistry.html)

Dr. Chen received his BS and MS in chemistry from Nanjing University and his PhD from the

University of Idaho. He did postdocs at Syracuse University and at Washington University in St. Louis,

and joined the University of Southern California as an

Assistant Professor in 2002. He then moved to the

Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) and

was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008. He

joined the intramural research program of the National

Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

(NIBIB) as a Senior Investigator and Lab Chief. He

expanded the original PET Radiochemistry Group into

the Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and

Nanomedicine (LOMIN). Dr. Chen has published

over 520 peer-reviewed papers and numerous books and book chapters. He sits on the editorial board of

over 10 peer-reviewed journals such as ACS Nano and is the founding editor of journal “Theranostics”

(http://www.thno.org/). LOMIN specializes in synthesizing molecular imaging probes for positron

emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), magnetic

resonance imaging (MRI), optical (bioluminescence, fluorescence and Raman), contrast enhanced

ultrasound, photoacoustic imaging, as well as multimodality imaging. (Condensed from

https://www.nibib.nih.gov/about-nibib/staff/xiaoyuan-chen)

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Young Investigator Award

Ricardo Ruiz was the recipient of the ACS Applied Materials and

Interfaces Young Investigator Award. His talk, “Self-assembly for

nanofabrication in the magnetic recording industry”, addressed

innovation in polymer science, chemistry, soft matter physics and

nanofabrication alike Dr. Ruiz obtained a B.S. in Engineering Physics

from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey,

in Mexico, followed by a Ph. D. in Physics from Vanderbilt

University. He was a visiting student a Princeton University and

completed two post docs, first at Cornell University and then at IBM.

Since 2006 he has been affiliated with HGST. Some of the issues he

has addressed are directed assembly with density multiplication,

engineering of interfacial energies, finding or designing new block

copolymers with suitable etch contrast, understanding thermal

fluctuations and their role in line roughness, tailoring pattern transfer techniques and complementing the

benefits of block copolymers with other powerful nanofabrication methods such as nanoimprint and

double patterning. Dr. Ruiz has several patents and has published in prestigious journals such as

Science and ACS Nano.

(https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruizric?authType=name&authToken=QWw7&trk=prof-pat-cc-name)

http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i19/Xiaoyuan-Chen-wins-Bioconjugate-Chemistry.html

http://www.nibib.nih.gov/research/labs-at-nibib/laboratory-molecular-imaging-and-nanomedicine-lomin

http://www.nibib.nih.gov/research/labs-at-nibib/laboratory-molecular-imaging-and-nanomedicine-lomin

http://www.thno.org/

https://www.nibib.nih.gov/about-nibib/staff/xiaoyuan-chen


Be part of the program!

The American Chemical Society Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry (COLL) invites you to

organize a symposium on any theme relevant to colloids, surfaces and nanomaterials, at one of the future

ACS national meetings. Proposal to organize a symposium can be emailed to NAGU

([email protected]).

The proposal should contain the following information:

Tentative title of the symposium

Proposed organizers, with complete contact information

(Inclusion of at least two organizers is recommended)

Proposed national meeting to schedule the symposium

Number of half-day sessions planned

(Each half-day session is approximately 210 min long and can accommodate 7 to 10 papers depending

upon the time duration assigned for the talks. The default time is 20 min for a talk).

Brief outline of the symposium including a listing of topics that would be covered

List of possible speakers

(Include at least 20 names to ensure that a three-session symposium will be possible. Keep in mind

that there will also be unsolicited contributions).

Future ACS National Meetings

• 254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 20-24, 2017, Washington, DC

• 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 18-22, 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana

• 256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 19-23, 2018, Boston, Massachusetts

• 257th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 31-April 4, 2019, Orlando, Florida

• 258th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 25-29, 2019, San Diego, California

Other Conferences of interest

7th International Colloids Conference, June 18-21 2017, Hotel Melia, Sitges (near Barcelona),

Spain http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h36b40d16,129da458,129e963c

91st Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, July 9 – 12 2017 (see next page)

http://www.colloids2017.org/

The excelence of the Colloid and Surface Science Symposia was recognized once again with a

finalist position of the ChemLuminary Awards in the category of “Recognition of

Innovation and Outstanding Service to Members of a Division”. Congratulations to

Organizers Stephen Garoff, James W. Schneider, and Robert D. Tilton from

Carnegie Mellon University.


http://communications.elsevier.com/r/?id=h36b40d16,129da458,129e963c


Upcoming CSSS meetings

91st Symposium at City College of New York, 2017 - July 9-12

Ilona Kretzschmar, Raymond Tu, George John

92nd Symposium at Penn State, 2018 - June 10-13

Kyle Bishop, Seong H. Kim, Raymond E. Schaak, Darrell Velegol

93rd Symposium at Georgia Tech, 2019 - June 16-20

Sven Behrens, Valeria Milam

94th Symposium at Rice University, 2020 - June 7-10

Lisa Biswal, Mateo Pasquali, Christy Landes

A message from our Membership Secretary

Encourage your colleagues and coauthors to become members of the

Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry (COLL)!

COLL is one of the most active Divisions in the American Chemical

Society with approximately 2400 members throughout the world.

Scientists like yourself join the Division to benefit professionally from

the exchange of scientific information between its members. Attendance

and presentations at the Division’s conference symposia provide

excellent opportunities for professional networking and for enhanced

visibility of your research. Every year, nearly 2000 research

presentations are made in the COLL Division at the two ACS National Meetings and the unique summer

symposium of the COLL Division. As a Division member, you can also volunteer to organize a thematic

technical symposium on a topic of your interest at the ACS National Meetings. To learn more about our

activities, fellowships, and awards, visit our webpage at http://colloidssurfaces.org/ .

To join the Division, go to http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html . If you are not an ACS member, first

join the ACS. If you are an ACS member, log in and then select “Membership & Networks”, “Technical

Divisions” and “Join a Division”. On the application form, fill in the code 509 for the COLL division. The

Division Membership Fees are: $15 (ACS member), $16 (ACS non-member, COLL affiliate), or $5 (ACS

student member).

Sincerely,

Rosa Espinosa-Marzal

Membership Secretary of the ACS COLL Division

http://colloidssurfaces.org/

http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html


253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, April 2-6, 2017, San Francisco, CA

ACS Meeting Theme: Advanced Materials, Technologies, Systems and Processes

Program Chair: Ramanathan Nagarajan ([email protected])

Technical Symposia Scheduled

Symposium Organizer Symposium Title

Claribel Acevedo-Velez, Dow Industrial Solutions R&D,

The Dow Chemical Company, 2301 N. Brazosport Blvd.,

B-1605 Building, Freeport, TX 77541; 979-238-0950;

[email protected]

Carol E. Mohler, Formulation Science, Corporate R&D,

The Dow Chemical Company, Michigan Operations, 1712

Building, Midland, MI 48674; 989-636-4770;

[email protected]

Christopher J. Tucker, Formulation Science, Corporate

R&D, The Dow Chemical Company, Michigan

Operations, 1712 Building, Midland, MI 48674; 989-636-

0402; [email protected]

Interfacial Phenomena and the Oil-

Water Interface

Subra Muralidharan, Department of Molecular and

Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA

95616. [email protected]

Atul Parikh, Department of Biomedical Engineering,

University of California, Davis, CA 9561;

[email protected]

Mu-Ping Nieh, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular

Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269;

[email protected]

John Kastaras, Neutron Sciences Directorate, ORNL, Oak

Ridge, TN, USA; [email protected]

Narayanan Srividya, Institute of Biological Chemistry,

Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164;

[email protected]

Biomembrane Synthesis,

Structure, Mechanics, and

Dynamics

Shanlin Pan, Department of Chemistry, The University of

Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487; 205-348-6381;

[email protected]

Nanostructure Engineering and

Surface Chemistry for

Spectroscopy, Imaging, and

Alternative Energy Harvesting and

Conversion












Nathan I. Hammer, Department of Chemistry &

Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi, University,

MS 38677; 662-915-3989; [email protected]

Shelley A. Claridge, Department of Chemistry and Weldon

School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University,

West Lafayette, IN 47907; [email protected]

Wei-Ssu Liao, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan

University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan;

[email protected]

Nanoscale Chemical Patterning

and Characterization

Hongyou Fan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia

National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87106;

[email protected]

Yugang Sun, Department of Chemistry, Temple University,

Philadelphia, PA 19122; [email protected]

Songtao Wu, Toyota Research Institute of North American

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North

American, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI 48105;

[email protected]

Han Htoon, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies,

Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM;

[email protected]

Colloidal Nanoparticle Synthesis

and Assembly

Ramanathan Nagarajan (NAGU), Natick Soldier Research,

Development & Engineering Center, General Greene

Avenue, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445;

[email protected]

Basic Research in Colloids,

Surfactants and Nanomaterials

Wolfgang Parak, Biophotonics Group, University of

Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany, +49‐ 6421 28-


Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC

biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia –

San Sebastián, Spain. +34‐943-005-300;

[email protected]

Ramon Alvarez Puebla, ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys

23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain; [email protected]

Juan Sagalés, Medcom Advance, S.A, Calle Catalunya,

83-85, 08840 Viladecans (Barcelona), Spain. +34-

93.480.33.74; [email protected]

Geoffrey Strouse, Molecular Biophysics, Florida State

University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, +1-850-445-9042;

[email protected]

Applied biosensing based on

functional colloids

Steven Tait, Dept. of Chemistry, Indiana University, (812)

855-1302; [email protected]

Amar Flood, Dept. of Chemistry, Indiana University, (812)


Hierarchical Self-assembly of

Organic Monolayers, Bilayers, and

Films: Theory and Experiment

















Marina Ruths, Department of Chemistry, University of

Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA; 978-934-3692;

[email protected]

Filippo Mangolini, Institute of Functional Surfaces, School

of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds,

LS2 9JT, UK; +44-(0)113-343-9740;

[email protected]

Chemistry and Physics of

Tribology

Paul Dubin, Department of Chemistry, University of

Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; 413-577-4167,

[email protected]

Russell Stewart, Department of Bioengineering, University

of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 801-581-8581;

[email protected]

Coacervation: Physics, Chemistry

and Biology

D. Howard Fairbrother, Department of Chemistry, Johns

Hopkins University; [email protected]

Amy Walker, Department of Materials Science and

Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas;

[email protected]

Lisa McElwee-White, Department of Chemistry,

University of Florida; [email protected]

Deposition and Etching of

Nanostructures

Cross-sponsored between INOR

and COLL

Robert M. Rioux, Department of Chemical Engineering,

The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

16802; 814-867-2503; [email protected]

Seong H. Kim, Department of Chemical Engineering, The

Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802;

(814) 863-4809; [email protected]

Molecular Surface Science,

Nanomaterials & Catalysis:

Symposium in honor of Gabor

Somorjai at 80 (Invited Only)

Cosponsored by CATL

Paul Podsiadlo, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.,

1545 Rt. 22 East LD 224, Annandale, NJ 08801; 908 730


ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry:

Symposium in Honor of Nicholas

Kotov (invited Only)

Silvana Andrescu, Department of Chemistry and

Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY

13699; 315-268 2394; [email protected]

ACS Award for Research at an

Undergraduate Institution:

Symposium in Honor of Maria

Hepel (Invited Only)



Avenue, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445;

[email protected]

ACS Award Lectures (Invited

Only)



Avenue, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445;

[email protected]

Fundamental Research in Colloids,

Surfaces and Nanomaterials

(POSTER SESSION)















Interfacial Phenomena and the Oil-Water Interface

Organizers:

Claribel Acevedo-Velez, Dow Industrial Solutions R&D, The Dow Chemical Company

2301 N. Brazosport Blvd., B-1605 Building, Freeport, TX 77541

Office: 979-238-0950; E-mail: [email protected]

Carol E. Mohler, Formulation Science, Corporate R&D, The Dow Chemical Company

Michigan Operations, 1712 Building, Midland, MI 48674


Christopher J. Tucker, Formulation Science, Corporate R&D, The Dow Chemical Company

Michigan Operations, 1712 Building, Midland, MI 48674


The complex interactions that occur at the interface between two immiscible fluids, such as oil and water,

play a central role in a wide range of chemical and physical processes. For example, oil-water emulsions

are of fundamental and practical interest in many areas, ranging from cleaning applications to the

production of crude oil. The self-assembly of surface-active molecules such as surfactants, polymers, and

proteins at the oil-water interface changes its properties, which can have important implications for the

application of these systems. This symposium explores recent advances on understanding fundamentals

of interfacial phenomena at the oil-water interface. In particular, it focuses on understanding the dynamic

processes that occur at the oil-water interface, with and without adsorbed surface-active components,

which is required in order to optimize these systems for practical applications. Relevant topics include,

but are not limited to:

Fundamental studies of the oil-water interface (e.g., wetting, diffusion, adsorption, kinetic

processes)

Effect of hydrophobic interactions on self-assembly at the oil-water interface

Stability and coalescence of droplets, bubbles, and emulsions

Novel experimental methods for investigation of properties and intermolecular interactions at the

oil-water interface

Computational methods to understand molecular processes at the oil-water interface





Practical applications of processes at the oil-water interface (e.g. separation/recovery processes,

enhanced oil recovery, cleaning formulations, emulsions, small molecule delivery, agrochemical

formulations, personal care formulations).

Biomembrane Synthesis, Structure, Mechanics, and Dynamics

Organizers:

Subra Muralidharan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California,

Davis, CA 95616; [email protected]

Atul Parikh, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 9561;

[email protected]

Mu-Ping Nieh, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut,

Storrs, CT 06269; [email protected]

John Kastaras, Neutron Sciences Directorate, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA; [email protected]

Narayanan Srividya, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA


The structural and mechanical properties of cell membranes are being increasingly recognized to play a

vital role in dynamics of cell proteins, lipids, and genes, cellular functions, and disease proliferation such

as cancer metastasis. The symposium will focus on biomembrane synthesis, structure, mechanics, and

dynamics of cells and model membrane systems to highlight current research. Emphasis will be placed on

experimental and theoretical approaches including single molecule force and optical microscopy and

spectroscopy methods, neutron and x-ray scattering structural investigations, nanoscale probes, and

molecular dynamics simulations.

Nanostructure Engineering and Surface Chemistry for Spectroscopy, Imaging, and Alternative

Energy Harvesting and Conversion

Organizers:

Shanlin Pan, Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, AL 35487; 205-348-6381;

[email protected]

Nathan I. Hammer, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi,

University, MS 38677; 662-915-3989; [email protected]

This symposium will consider experimental and theoretical research work of metal and semiconductor

nanostructures (1D and 2D) and/or their hybrids with materials such as polymers and small molecules for









optical spectroscopy enhancement, imaging, and renewable energy harvesting and conversion.

Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to, electrocatalysis, surface chemistry for managing energy

flow, plasmonic techniques for solar energy, nanostructure engineered solar cells and

photoelectrochemistry systems, new plasmonic nanostructure synthesis and characterization, near field

optic techniques relevant to surface chemistry toward alternative energy, single molecule fluorescence

and imaging of nanoparticles, nanoelectrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, electroluminescence, and

nanostructured electrodes for solar cells and solar water splitting.

Nanoscale Chemical Patterning and Characterization

Organizers:

Shelley A. Claridge, Department of Chemistry and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue

University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, [email protected]

Wei-Ssu Liao, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan,

[email protected]

Controlling and characterizing surface chemistry at small scales has become a central problem for fields

ranging from biology to nanoelectronics to organic photovoltaics. A variety of new strategies for

nanoscale patterning of interface chemistry have emerged in recent years, including hybrid and soft

lithographic techniques, noncovalent functionalization strategies for layered materials, and techniques that

leverage external fields and biological structures in novel ways. Interfacial chemistry may impact

interactions with analytes in solution, deposition of additional materials for layered device architectures,

or may control substrate electronic structure. Chemical patterning down to nano and even molecular length

scales naturally raises corresponding characterization challenges. These include the ability to extract both

topographic and chemical information from interfaces on this length scale, for instance by multimodal

scanning probe microscopy, and to examine changes in interfacial structure and interactions with time.

This symposium provides a forum for building connections between researchers who seek to develop and

apply rigorous chemical control over interfaces and those who develop new characterization tools and

methods.

Colloidal Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assembly

Organizers:

Hongyou Fan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87106;

[email protected]

Yugang Sun, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122; [email protected]

Songtao Wu, Toyota Research Institute of North American Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

North American, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI 48105; [email protected]







Han Htoon, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM;

[email protected]

Colloidal nanoparticles (e.g., semiconducting and magnetic particles) represent an important class of

structural and functional building block for many technologically significant materials and devices.

However, technologies that leverage the structural advantages of individual nanoparticles have not been

fully realized and have been limited by synthesis method. Fundamental issues related to size, shape, and

core/shell structure critically determine the property and applications of nanoparticles and their

assemblies. To address these issues, this symposium will cover the general topics of colloidal nanoparticle

synthesis and assembly. Specifically, this symposium will focus on (1) nucleation and growth to

manipulate nanoparticle size, shape, and core/shell structure; (2) structural and property characterizations

of nanoparticles; and (3) theoretic modeling and computational understanding of nanoparticle interaction.

Tentative listing of topics to be covered

• Controlling over nucleation and growth of colloidal nanoparticles

• Novel seeded growth for synthesis of complex nanoparticles

• Nanoparticle synthesis under extreme conditions (e.g., high pressure)

• In situ probing of colloidal nanoparticle synthesis

• Controlled assembly of colloidal nanoparticles

• In situ study of nanoparticle assembly

• Simulation and computation of nanoparticle formation and assembly

Basic Research in Colloids, Surfactants and Nanomaterials

Organizer:

Ramanathan Nagarajan (NAGU), Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center,

General Greene Avenue, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445; [email protected]

This symposium is scheduled for all national meetings and accepts papers in all areas of colloids,

surfactants and nanomaterials that are not already included in other thematic symposia. Experimental,

theoretical and computational studies on all areas are encouraged for submission. Past examples of

sessions within this symposium include metal, metal oxide, carbon, polymer and bio nanoparticles,

nanoparticle synthesis, surfactant and block copolymer self-assembly, nanoparticle assemblies, physics

and chemistry of interfaces, surface patterning, colloidal properties of surfactants and block copolymers,

emulsions and dispersions and nanomedicine.




Applied biosensing based on functional colloids

Organizers:

Wolfgang Parak, Biophotonics Group, University of Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany, and

Biofunctional Materials Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia – San

Sebastián, Spain; +49‐ 6421 28-24161; [email protected]

Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009

Donostia – San Sebastián, Spain; +34‐943-005-300; [email protected]

Ramon Alvarez Puebla, ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain;

[email protected]

Juan Sagalés, Medcom Advance, S.A, Calle Catalunya, 83-85, 08840 Viladecans (Barcelona), Spain;

+34-93.480.33.74; [email protected]

Geoffrey Strouse, Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA; 850-445-


In the past decade, the rapid development of biosensors capable of precisely detecting molecular targets

have appeared. This is largely due to advancements in the chemical fabrication of nanomaterials and the

application of specific properties of such nanosystems allowing the identification of minute amounts of

analytes in a wide variety of environments. An additional milestone has been the integration of

microfluidics. This symposium will focus on different types of nanoparticle-based sensors, with a focus

on practical applications. Different detection techniques are of interest, such as fluorescence-, plasmonic-

, SERS-, or magnetic moment-based methodologies. The symposium will involve the synthesis and

surface modifications of nanoparticles, their characterization, integration into sensing platforms, device

fabrication, marketing strategies, etc. Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to:

Particle synthesis and characterization

Biofunctionalization

SERS tags

Fluorescence tags

Plasmonic detection

Magnetic detection

Colloidal stability in biofluids

Dynamic SERS probing of bioprocesses

SERS vs. fluorescence sensors







Hierarchical Self-assembly of Organic Monolayers, Bilayers, and Films: Theory and Experiment

Organizers:

Steven Tait, Dept. of Chemistry, Indiana University; (812) 855-1302; [email protected],

Amar Flood, Dept. of Chemistry, Indiana University; (812) 856-3642; [email protected],

Tentative cosponsors: ORG, PHYS

This symposium will cover current research in the ordering of organic materials in two-dimensional

systems and self-organized, crystalline thin films through a variety of strategies to achieve nanostructure

control and novel functional properties. A critical facet to the symposium is that it will encompass both

experimental and theoretical work and will have a high degree of interdisciplinary character. A key theme

of the symposium will be on the interplay of various intermolecular interactions to direct ordering and

assembly of organic materials in 2D systems, which may include surface, membrane, and other interfaces,

as well as the emergence of order under the non-equilibrium conditions of fabrication. The interactions

will range from van der Waals contacts to hydrogen bonding to metal-organic coordination to the

formation of ordered covalent frameworks. Presenters are encouraged to consider the breadth of audience,

including researchers with training in organic synthesis, theory, computation, surface science, physical

chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and supramolecular chemistry and also to consider opportunities to move

our understanding of hierarchical self-assembly toward functional properties and technological

applications.

This symposium is related to two previous symposia: one at the ACS Dallas meeting, which was very

successful, “Supramolecular Self-assembly at Surfaces,” and another at Pacifichem 2015. The symposium

proposed extends this theme in a different direction to draw a more interdisciplinary audience by shifting

focus from exclusively surfaces to 2D systems, by emphasizing the hierarchical nature of interactions in

organic self-assembly, and by encouraging strong participation by theorists and computational chemists.

Chemistry and Physics in Tribology

Organizers:

Filippo Mangolini, Institute of Functional Surfaces, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of

Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; Tel: 0044-(0)113-343-9740; Email: [email protected]

Marina Ruths, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854,

USA; Tel: 978-934-3692; Fax: 978-934-3013; Email: [email protected]

Tribology is an intrinsically interdisciplinary field, where fundamental explanations of friction,

lubrication, and wear phenomena require a detailed understanding of surface chemistry, materials science,






physics, and even biology. The complex, non-equilibrium interactions at buried sliding interfaces make

tribology a scientifically rich but challenging field.

Innovations in materials, novel analytical methods, and an emerging convergence of the length and time

scales accessible to computational methods and experiments are enabling the advancement of tribology

from a largely phenomenological discipline to one based on understanding the fundamental processes

occurring at the nano- and micrometer level. Recent advances include effects of chemical bond formation

and surface microstructure, adhesion, surface roughness and deformation, phononic and electronic

excitations, and biomimetic and bioinspired structures and coatings.

To promote further development of a cohesive understanding of the physico-chemical phenomena

occurring at sliding interfaces, the symposium will bring together researchers with diverse backgrounds,

but with a common interest in gaining insights into the origins and modeling of friction, lubrication, and

wear of materials of technological interest.

Topics that will be covered include:

Tribochemical phenomena

Lubricants and lubrication: from macro to nano

Chemistry and physics of solid lubricants

Biotribology, biomimetic systems, and lubrication in aqueous media

Nanoscale contact mechanics

Advanced analytical methods for tribological studies

Tribology in extreme environments

Theoretical and computational advances in tribology

Coacervation: Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Organizers:

Paul Dubin, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; 413-577-


Russell Stewart, Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 801-581-8581;

[email protected]




Deposition and Etching of Nanostructures

Co-sponsored between INOR and COLL

Organizers:

D. Howard Fairbrother, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University; [email protected]

Amy Walker, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas;

[email protected]

Lisa McElwee-White, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida; [email protected]

The speakers will be a mix of academic, industrial, and government leaders in this area. This

interdisciplinary symposium will cover the design and synthesis of new precursors, along with methods

to deposit and/or pattern nanoscale materials using a variety of methods including electron beam

induced deposition (EBID), atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). By

bridging the symposium across divisions, we hope to facilitate new collaborations between materials

scientists, chemical engineers, physical chemists, and inorganic chemists in this exciting area.

Molecular Surface Science, Nanomaterials & Catalysis: Symposium in honor of Gabor Somorjai

at 80 (Invited Only)

Cosponsors: CATL

Organizers:

Robert M. Rioux, Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State

College, PA 16802; 814-867-2503; [email protected]

Seong H. Kim, Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College,

PA 16802; (814) 863-4809; [email protected]

This Symposium will recognize Prof. Gabor Somorjai's long career in research and education in the fields

of surface science, nanomaterials and heterogeneous catalysis, and will also serve as a celebration of his

80th birthday. Only invited papers will be presented in this symposium.

ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Nicholas Kotov

(Invited Only)

Organizers:

Paul Podsiadlo, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co., 1545 Rt. 22 East LD 224, Annandale, NJ

08801; 908 730 2461; [email protected]








ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution: Symposium in Honor of Maria Hepel

(Invited Only)

Organizers:

Silvana Andrescu, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam,

NY 13699; 315-268 2394; [email protected]

ACS Award Lectures

Co-sponsor: CATL

Organizers:



Award lectures will be presented by the following.

ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry Lecture - Nicholas Kotov

(Award sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive Company)

ACS Award in Surface Chemistry Lecture - Cynthia Friend

(Award sponsored by the ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry)

ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution Lecture - Maria Hepel

(Award sponsored by Research Corporation for Science Advancement)

Nano Letters Award Lecture - Jennifer Dionne

(Award sponsored by the ACS journal Nano Letters)

Fundamental Research in Colloids, Surfaces and Nanomaterials (POSTER SESSION)

Organizer:



Posters addressing any aspect of colloids, surfaces and nanomaterials will be appropriate for submission

to this symposium. All posters presented by graduate and undergraduate students will be judged by a

panel of scientists. Student poster presenters should be prepared to give a 3 minute pitch to the judges

who may come to review the posters. Based on the technical content of the poster and the effectiveness

of the pitch, the judges will select the best 4 or 5 poster presentations for the COLL Division awards.



254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Auguast 20-24, 2017, Washington, DC

ACS Meeting Theme: Undecided

Program Chair: Ramanathan Nagarajan ([email protected])

Deadline for online submission of abstracts TBD 2017

Symposium Organizer Symposium Title

Wolfgang Parak, Biophotonics Group, University of

Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany, +49‐ 6421 28-


Pablo del Pino, BioNanoTools Laboratory, Center for

Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials

(CiQUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Calle

Jenaro de la Fuente s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela,

Spain. +34-881-815-700; [email protected]

Jesse V. Jokerst, Department of NanoEngineering,

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California,

USA 92093-0448; +1-858-246-0896; [email protected]

Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC

biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia –

San Sebastián, Spain. +34‐943-005-300;

[email protected]

Multimodal imaging with colloids

Prakash R. Rai, Department of Chemical Engineering,

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854; 978-934-


Stephanie A. Morris, Office of Cancer Nanotechnology

Research, National Cancer Institute/NIH, Bethesda, MD,

20892-2580; (301)-594-6876; [email protected]

Nanotheranostics for Cancer

Applications



Avenue, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445;

[email protected]

Basic Research in Colloids,

Surfactants and Nanomaterials

Nguyễn T. K. Thanh, UCL Healthcare Biomagnetic and

Nanomaterials Laboratory, 21 Albemarle Street, London

W1S 4BS; Biophysics Group, Department of Physics &

Astronomy University College London, Gower Street,

London WC1E 6BT, UK

Detection of infectious diseases

and toxin in food using

nanoparticles

Srinivasa R. Raghavan, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular

Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

20742; (301) 405-8164; [email protected]

Self-Assembly of Synthetic and

Biological Surfactants –











Vijay T. John, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular

Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118;

(504) 865-5883; [email protected]

Translating Fundamentals to

Applications

Valentin Rodionov, Department of Chemical & Life

Science & Engineering, KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC),

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,

Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;

[email protected]

Qian Wang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208;

[email protected]

Frontier of the interface of

materials and biology: Click

Chemistry Approaches to Bio-

Inspired Materials

Robert Hickey, Department of Materials Science and

Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA

16802; (814) 863-7521; [email protected]

Christine Keating, Department of Chemistry, Penn State

University, University Park, PA 16802; (814) 863-7832;

[email protected]

Lauren Zarzar, Department of Materials Science and

Engineering and Department of Chemistry, Penn State

University, University Park, PA 16802; (814) 865-1316;

[email protected]

Responsive, Programmable

Assembly of Active Colloids for

Functional Materials

Raphael Levy, University of Liverpool (UK)

Zhihong Nie, University of Maryland (USA)

Niveen Khashab, King Abdullah University for Science and

Technology (KSA)

Noble Metal Nanoparticles for

Bioimaging, Sensing, and

Actuation

Ethan Crumlin, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence

Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720; 510-


Hirohito Ogasawara, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation

Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,

Menlo Park, CA 94025; 650-926-4597;

[email protected]

Iradwikanari Waluyo, National Synchrotron Light Source

II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973;

631-344‐3421; [email protected]

In Situ Investigation of Energy

Systems using Ambient-Pressure

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Prof. Jing Zhao, University of Connecticut,

[email protected]

Prof. Amanda Haes, University of Iowa, amanda-

[email protected]

Prof. Shengli Zou, University of Central Florida,

[email protected]

Colloidal Metal and

Semiconductor Nanostructures:

Theory, Synthesis, and

Application

















Avenue, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445;

[email protected]

Kathleen J. Stebe, School of Engineering and Applied

Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA;

215-898-4515; [email protected]

David A. Weitz, Department of Physics, Harvard

University, Cambridge, MA; (617) 496-2842;

[email protected]

Emulsions, Foams and Dispersions

– Symposium in honor of

Dominique Langevin at 70



Avenue, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445;

[email protected]

Langmuir Lectures, NanoLetters

Award Lecture, ACS Materials

and Interfaces Award Lecture

(Invited)



Avenue, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445;

[email protected]

Fundamental Research in Colloids,

Surfaces and Nanomaterials

(POSTER SESSION)






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