Playing with monomolecular layers: model biological systems and liquid crystal alignment layers – Elizabeth Mann
Date: Mon. November 12th, 2012, 12:30 pm-1:30 pmLocation: Rockefeller 221
Self-assembly within biological membranes controls structure, from the nano- to the microscale. The same physical processes also apply to synthetic systems. Here, I survey two different model systems for structure and dynamics within molecularly thin films.