MechE Colloquium: Shape and fluctuations of chiral nanoribbons
Event details
| Date | 02.10.2018 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Eran Sharon, The Racah Institute of Physics, University of Jerusalem |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract:
By combining the theory of incompatible elastic sheets with chemical analysis we introduce a new paradigm for the modeling and analysis of nano-scale self-assembled solid sheets. Analysis of molecular interactions provides inputs to the elastic model, which determines the supramolecular structure and its thermal fluctuations.
The approach is demonstrated in a combined experimental-theoretical study of nano-scale self-assembled ribbons, made of lipids and peptides with chiral head groups. We analytically derive quantitative predictions for ribbons configurations and shape fluctuations. These are confirmed experimentally, revealing unusual mechanics and statistics, indicating that the shape and mechanics of the suprasturactures are governed by geometrical incompatibility.
Bio:
Eran Sharon is a professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, conducting experimental studies of different pattern forming systems. In particular, his research is focused on the mechanical instabilities in residually stressed bodies, mechanics of growth in plants, and instabilities in fluids under rotation.
By combining the theory of incompatible elastic sheets with chemical analysis we introduce a new paradigm for the modeling and analysis of nano-scale self-assembled solid sheets. Analysis of molecular interactions provides inputs to the elastic model, which determines the supramolecular structure and its thermal fluctuations.
The approach is demonstrated in a combined experimental-theoretical study of nano-scale self-assembled ribbons, made of lipids and peptides with chiral head groups. We analytically derive quantitative predictions for ribbons configurations and shape fluctuations. These are confirmed experimentally, revealing unusual mechanics and statistics, indicating that the shape and mechanics of the suprasturactures are governed by geometrical incompatibility.
Bio:
Eran Sharon is a professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, conducting experimental studies of different pattern forming systems. In particular, his research is focused on the mechanical instabilities in residually stressed bodies, mechanics of growth in plants, and instabilities in fluids under rotation.
Practical information
- General public
- Free