Themes for ICAM Workshops

B. Swanson

Los Alamos National Laboratory

CST-1, MS J565

Los Alamos, NM 87545

(505) 667-5814

(505) 665-4631 FAX

basil@lanl.gov

I. Inorganic-Organic Hybrids and Interfacial Materials

Sub-themes:

• multiple component, cooperative self-assembly
• hierarchical, 3-D self-assembled materials
• interfacial forces and interfacial materials
• competing interactions in growth of O-I hybrids and interfacial materials
• biomineralization
• nanoporous materials

II. Membrane Architectures and Biomimetic Materials

note--this may be too broad and may need to be split up somehow

Sub-themes:

• self-assembly of surfactants, phospholipids and amphiphiles
• supported bilayers, hybrid bilayers, tethered bilayers etc.
• cell membrane mimics
• biophysics of membranes and transmembrane proteins
• recognition, signaling and amplification
• protein membrane interactions
• applications--biosensors, drug delivery etc.