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SUMMARY:Materials Chemistry to Mimic Living Matter - Prof. Samuel Stupp\, 
 Simpson Querrey Institute for Bio-Inspired Science and Technologies Northw
 estern University
DTSTART:20190612T093000Z
DTEND:20190612T103000Z
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CONTACT:Will Arter
DESCRIPTION:One of the grand challenges in materials chemistry is the sear
 ch for synthetic supramolecular systems that could mimic the behaviors of 
 living matter. Advances in this frontier could yield materials that impact
  health\, energy\, and environmental protection technologies. The design o
 f molecular motions and the discovery of mechanisms for reversible formati
 on of structure\, particularly hierarchical ones\, are of fundamental impo
 rtance in this area. A remarkable biological example is the dynamic format
 ion and disassembly of supramolecular polymers in the cytoskeleton of cell
 s. Ideally such biomimetic reversible behavior in synthetic soft matter wo
 uld occur at constant temperature through the addition of chemicals or the
  use of other external stimuli. This lecture will report on the developmen
 t of biomolecular systems that mimic protein ligands to signal cells or or
 ganize reversibly into superstructures upon addition of molecules. Of rele
 vance to energy and the environment\, the lecture will also discuss photoc
 atalytic synthetic systems inspired by the photosynthetic machinery of gre
 en plants\, and others that respond to light or magnetic fields to acquire
  robotic functions.
LOCATION:Department of Chemistry\, Cambridge\, Wolfson Lecture Theatre
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