Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials
February 21st 2017, ASRC
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Program
1:30 PM | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
1:40 PM | Evolution, Optics and Biomimcry of Natural Optical Nanostructures Matthew D. Shawkey Ghent Univeristy, Belgium |
2:25 PM | How to Make a Bird Egg Shine? Structural and Pigmentary Bases of Egg Color and its Mimicry in Birds Mark Hauber Hunter College, NY |
2:55 PM | Peptide Melanins with Sequence-Tunable Properties Ayala Lampel CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, NY |
3:25 PM | Coffee |
3:55 PM | Bioinspired Adaptive Material Systems: Sensing, Sorting, and Harvesting Ximin He University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
4:25 PM | Powering Colloidal Machines with Contact Charge Electrophoresis Kyle Bishop Columbia University, NY |
4:55 PM | Using Bio-inspired Water-responsive Materials to Harvest Energy from Evaporation Xi Chen CUNY Adavanced Science Research Center & City College of New York, NY |
5:25 PM | Closing Remarks |
5:30 PM | Close |