Soft matter at interfaces

	The workshop will highlight aspects of soft-matter and materials science related to polymer self-assembly, nanostructures and their mutual interactions. Major topics are self-assembly of hybrid polymers nanostructures systems, non–equilibrium phenomena and pattern formation in confined multi-component polymer layers, properties of nano-structured hybrids. The workshop is dedicated to Prof. Jacob Klein on the occasion of his 60^th birthday.

	Among the speakers

	Kurt Binder, Mainz
	Yachin Cohen, Haifa
	Jacob Israelachvili, Santa Barbara
	Eugenia Kumacheva, Toronto
	Fyl Pincus, Santa Barbara
	Sam Safran, Rehovot
	Gunter Schatz, Konstantz
	Matt Tirrell, Santa Barbara
	Uli Steiner, Cambridge
	Tom Witten, Chicago

Program

Sunday 21/6 (Weizmann Institute of Science)
11:00-11:30	Opening remarks Chair: Reshef Tenne
11:30-11:55	Jacob Israelachvili Experimental investigations of the differences between solid- and liquid-like failure and fracture mechanisms
11:55-12:20	Eugenia Kumacheva A block copolymer approach to the self-assembly of inorganic “colloidal molecules”
12:20-12:45	Ishi Talmon Cryogenic-Temperature Electron Microscopy of Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Super-Acids
12:45-14:00	Lunch break
	Chair: Georg Krausch
14:00-14:25	Kurt Binder "Unconventional" phase transitions of single polymer chains under nanoconfinement
14:25-14:50	Yitzhak Rabin Protonation-induced transitions in DNA monolayers
14:50-15:15	Karin Jacobs Thin Dewetting Films: Boon and Bane in Industry and in Academia
15:15-15:40	Rina Tannebaum Adsorption of polymers on curved surfaces
16:15	Conference picture
17:30	Travel to Neveh Ilan
20:00-21:00	Dinner
	Chair: Jacob Israelachvili
21:00-22:15	Gunter Schatz, Georg Krausch After dinner talks

Monday 22/6 (Neve Ilan)
	Chair: Eugenia Kumacheva
09:00-09:25	Andrej Budkowski Self-organization of multi-component polymer films for (opto)electronics
09:25-09:50	Larisa Tsarkova Confinement effects on the swelling and interfacial behavior of block copolymers
09:50-10:15	Robert Magerle Auxetic behaviour of elastomeric polypropylene on the 100-nm length scale
10:15-10:40	Coffee
	Chair: Dan Davidov
10:40-11:05	Moshe Gottlieb Structural order induced by carbon nanotubes in surfactant solutions
11:05-11:30	Joanna Janik-Kokoszka On the behavior of nematic phase of a liquid crystal with natural and model inclusions as studied via viscosity measurements
11:30-11:55	Michael Wendlandt A solid-state NMR study of segmental orientation in plastically deformed poly(methyl methacrylate)
11:55-12:20	Matt Tirrell Multi-valent interactions in polyelectrolyte brushes
12:30-14:15	Lunch Break and posters
	Chair: Karin Jacobs
14:15-14:40	Ulli Steiner Disentangling polymers in thin films
14:40-15:05	Jasmine Seror Molecular origin of biolubrication
15:05-15:30	Yachin Cohen The Structure of Amphiphilic Polymers Interacting with Carbon Nanotubes
15:30-15:50	Coffee
	Chair: Gunter Scahtz
15:50-16:15	Yoav Tsori Phase-separation transition in liquid mixtures near curved charged objects
16:15-16:40	Liraz Chai Normal and shear interactions between template-stripped gold and mica in aqueous solutions
16:40-17:05	Oded Farago Simulations of self-assembly of cationic lipids and DNA into structured complexes
17:05-17:30	Erika Eiser Flying Colloidal Carpets
17:05-17:30	Harald Hoppe From Polymer Physics to Polymer Solar Cells
19:00	Travel
20:00	Dinner

Tuesday 23/6 (Neve Ilan)
	Chair: Tobias Kerle
09:00-09:25	Susan Perkin Ionic liquid as lubricant
09:25-09:50	Wuge Briscoe Applying X-ray reflectometry (XRR) to characterising nanofilms on mica
09:50-10:15	Rafi Tadmor Normal force effect on Lateral Drop Retention Force
10:15-10:45	Coffee
	Chair: Ulli Steiner
10:45-11:10	Tobias Kerle A scientists perspective of general management
11:10-11:35	Meng Chen Lubrication at Physiological Pressures by Polyzwitterionic Brushes
11:35-12:00	Paul Luckham Probing Biological Interactions with the SFA and AFM
12:00-12:25	Fyl Pincus Polyelectrolyte Conformations on Curved Surfaces
12:25-14:00	Lunch and posters
	Chair: Kurt Binder
14:00-14:25	Tom Witten Chiral sedimentation of slender colloidal objects.
14:25-14:50	Daniel Harries Determining Forces in Self Assembly: From Molecular to Granular Scales
14:50-15:15	Haim Diamant Correlated motion of membrane inclusions
15:15-15:40	Yechezkel Barenholz Phopspholipid Liposomes as Potential Biolubricant Agents for Friction and Wear Reduction in Cartilage of Human Synovial Joints: The Role of Phopsholipid Physical Chemistry and Nanaoism
15:40-16:00	Coffee
16:00-16:25	Sam Safran Hybrid Lipids as Biological Surfactants
16:25-17:00	Concluding remarks

	General Information

	The workshop will start on Sunday the 21 of June at 11:00 in the Weizmann Institute Rechovot. The Sunday session will take place in Schmidt auditorium. Directions to the Weizmann Institute can be found here. For campus map click here.

	A dedicated transportation will take all participants to Neveh Ilan after the Weizmann session.

	The following two lecture days will take place in Neveh Ilan and will end on Tuesday the 23 of June at around 17:00.

	The Neveh Ilan resort is located in the Jerusalem Mountains, about 15 km from Jerusalem and 35 km from the Ben-Gurion Airport. More information on the Neveh Ilan hotel can be found here.

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Registration fees:
Registration workshop fees are 100 NIS per day (not including accommodation) The fees are fully covered for invited guests and lecturers. Please note, the registration fees will be charged during the conference.

	Sponsers

	The workshop is sponsored by the Israel Science Foundation. We thank the support of the Helen and Martin Kimmel Foundation, the Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Minerva Foundation and the Goldschleger Conference Foundation.

	Contact

	The conference secretaries Ms. Judith Gan or Rachel Yerushalmi–Rozen