2003 Condensed Matter Physics Gordon Research; Connecticut College, New London, CT; June 22-27, 2003

该奖项提供了部分支持2003年戈登研究会议上凝聚态物理将在康涅狄格学院，新伦敦，CT，6月22日至27日举行。 会议名称为“电子和原子的软Corpendum”。 “围栏”用于表示出于特定目的而将电子“围栏”或限制在分子中。 这可能导致新的物理现象，量子效应等等。 “软”一词强调的是，皮质大多由“软物质”组成，如聚合物、有机分子等，与硬物质如半导体、金属等不同，这个不寻常的术语试图总结一个重要的新的跨学科研究领域，即利用分子自发自组装成具有有趣电子特性的结构，或者可以用作支架来构建这种材料。 自组装依赖于许多弱键的存在来决定分子的形状，如蛋白质。 在特殊情况下，甚至蛋白质也可以用作蛋白质。 然而，一种塑造电子波的新策略来自于更简单的小分子世界，它们表现出自组织性。 例如，取决于它们的浓度，肥皂分子可以联合收割机形成各种各样的结构，有时是板状的、光滑的或肥皂状的，有时是高尔夫球状的，导致浑浊等。重要的一点是，这些结构位于纳米范围内，其中量子和电子效应是可能的。 过去对自组装蛋白质的研究主要集中在其分子结构上。 在这次会议上，重点是电子，和其他功能方面的correct。 NSF将为大约14名与会者、研究生、博士后和年轻教师提供支持。

This award provides partial support for the 2003 Gordon Research Conference on Condensed Matter Physics to be held at Connecticut College, New London, CT, June 22-27. The Conference title is "Soft Corrals for Electrons and Atoms". "Corral" is used to denote the 'corralling' or confinement of electrons in molecules for specific purposes. This can lead to new physical phenomena, quantum effects and so forth. The term "soft" emphasizes that the corrals are mostly composed of "soft matter", such as polymers, organic molecules, etc., in contrast to hard matter such as semiconductors, metals, etc. The unusual terminology is an attempt to summarize an important new interdisciplinary research area, which exploits spontaneous self-assembly of molecules into structures with interesting electronic properties, or which can be used as scaffolds to construct such materials. The self-assembly depends on the presence of many weak bonds to determine a molecular shape, as in a protein. In special cases, even proteins can be used as corrals. However a new strategy for shaping electron waves comes from the simpler world of smaller molecules that exhibit self-organization. For example, depending on their concentration, soap molecule can combine to form a vast range of structures, sometimes plate like, slippery, or soapy, sometimes golf-ball shaped, leading to turbidity, etc. The important point is that these structures lie in the nanometer range, where quantum and electronic effects are possible. In the past the focus of research on self-assembled corrals has been on their molecular structure. In this conference the emphasis is on the electronic, and other functional aspects of the corrals. The NSF will provide support for approximately 14 attendees, graduate students, post-docs, and younger faculty.