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  • The lecture will also highlight recent research on other topics relating to molecular materials, including fundamental aspects of polymorphism and crystallization processes, the development of solidstate NMR techniques for in situ studies of crystallization from solution, the dynamics of hydrogenbonding arrangements in solids, and the design of molecular quasicrystals. The lecture will be organized in the following sections: .

Dear All,

We will have a luncheon seminar by Dr. Kenneth D.M. Harris, on October 22, 2010.
The seminar will start at 12:10 in a room (G2-208) on 2F of the AR building (sogohkenkyu-toh).
Title and abstract of his lecture are shown below,

  • Title: Towards an Understanding of Molecular Materials: Challenges, Strategies and Solutions
  • Abstract: he lecture will highlight some contemporary challenges in understanding the properties of molecular materials, and will focus on some strategies that may be implemented in the quest to find solutions to these challenges. In many respects, solid host-guest materials based on one-dimensional tunnel host structures (typified by urea and thiourea inclusion compounds) serve as model systems for exploring and understanding fundamental properties of wider relevance to other classes of molecular materials. Issues of interest include periodic structural properties (including experimental assessment and theoretical understanding of incommensurate versus commensurate behaviour), dynamic properties, host-guest chiral recognition, and structural and dynamic aspects of order-disorder phase transitions. In addition to these fundamental properties, our recent research on these materials has been directed increasingly towards aspects that have more direct relevance to potential applications,including the control of crystal growth processes, studies of guest exchange and guest transport processes, and the development of materials for applications as X-ray dichroic filters. The lecture will present an overview of several inter-related aspects of our research on these materials. The lecture will also highlight recent research on other topics relating to molecular materials, including fundamental aspects of polymorphism and crystallization processes, the development of solidstate NMR techniques for in situ studies of crystallization from solution, the dynamics of hydrogenbonding arrangements in solids, and the design of molecular quasicrystals. The lecture will be organized in the following sections: .

Regards,
Shimura and Sugimoto