The
Waterloo
Institute
for
Nanotechnology
(WIN)
is
pleased
to
present
a
Distinguished
Lecture
Series
talk
by Dr.
Paul
Weiss, UC
Presidential
Chair
and
a
distinguished
professor
of
chemistry
&
biochemistry,
bioengineering,
and
materials
science
&
engineering
at
UCLA.
Precise
Chemical,
Physical,
and
Electronic
Nanoscale
Contacts
Abstract
The
physical,
electronic,
mechanical,
and
chemical
connections
that
materials
make
to
one
another
and
to
the
outside
world
are
critical.
Just
as
the
properties
and
applications
of
conventional
semiconductor
devices
depend
on
these
contacts,
so
do
nanomaterials,
many
nanoscale
measurements,
and
devices
of
the
future.
We
discuss
the
important
roles
that
these
contacts
can
play
in
preserving
key
transport
and
other
properties.
Initial
nanoscale
connections
and
measurements
guide
the
path
to
future
opportunities
and
challenges
ahead.
Band
alignment
and
minimally
disruptive
connections
are
both
targets
and
can
be
characterized
in
both
experiment
and
theory.
I
discuss
our
initial
forays
into
this
area
in
a
number
of
materials
systems.
Biography
Paul
S.
Weiss
graduated
from
MIT
with
S.B.
and
S.M.
degrees
in
chemistry
in
1980
and
from
the
University
of
California
at
Berkeley
with
a
Ph.D.
in
chemistry
in
1986.
He
is
a
nanoscientist
and
holds
a
UC
Presidential
Chair
and
a
distinguished
professor
of
chemistry
&
biochemistry,
bioengineering,
and
materials
science
&
engineering
at
UCLA,
where
he
was
previously
director
of
the
California
NanoSystems
Institute.
He
also
currently
holds
visiting
appointments
at
Harvard’s
Wyss
Institute
and
several
universities
in
Australia,
China,
and
South
Korea.
He
studies
the
ultimate
limits
of
miniaturization,
developing
and
applying
new
tools
and
methods
for
atomic-resolution
and
spectroscopic
imaging
and
patterning
of
chemical
functionality.
He
and
his
group
apply
these
advances
in
other
areas
including
neuroscience,
and
microbiome
studies,
and
high-throughput
gene
editing.
He
led,
coauthored,
and
published
the
technology
roadmaps
for
the
BRAIN
Initiative
and
the
U.
S.
Microbiome
Initiative.
He
has
won
a
number
of
awards
in
science,
engineering,
teaching,
publishing,
and
communications.
He
is
a
fellow
of
the
American
Academy
of
Arts
and
Sciences,
the
American
Association
for
the
Advancement
of
Science,
the
American
Chemical
Society,
the
American
Institute
for
Medical
and
Biological
Engineering,
the
American
Physical
Society,
the
American
Vacuum
Society,
the
Canadian
Academy
of
Engineering,
the
Materials
Research
Society,
and
an
honorary
fellow
of
the
Chinese
Chemical
Society.
He
is
the
founding
and
current
editor-in-chief
of
ACS
Nano.
Registration
deadline
is
Monday
April
29,
2019.
