Reminder: IAMS Lecture on February 14, 11:00am, CT Chang Memorial Hall, Prof. Michel A. Van Hove
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IAMS Lecture Announcement
中研院原分所演講公告
Title: Mechanisms of molecular machines
Speaker: Prof. Michel A. Van Hove (Department of Physics, and Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China)
Time: 11:00AM, February 14 (Tuesday), 2017
Place: C.T. Chang Memorial Hall (4F), IAMS (本所張昭鼎紀念講堂 臺大校園內)
Contact: Dr. Ching-Ming Wei 魏金明博士
Abstract
Molecular machines are gaining increasing interest from biology to energy and have earned the Chemistry Nobel Prize in 2016. They have the potential to spawn the next technological revolution after microelectronics and optoelectronics. But the physics underlying the mechanisms of molecular machines remains to be explored before practical applications can be envisaged. Molecular machines promise to convert energy and control mechanical motion at length scales down to the nanometer. Some molecular machines cause reciprocal motion, as in muscles and switches, while others cause rotational motion, as in flagellae: we discuss mechanisms and theoretical models of both, in particular considering a diversity of possible energy sources. This talk will discuss basic issues of the operation of molecular motors, including energy conversion steps, continuous energy supply, the role of thermal energy, intentional start and stop of motion, and unidirectionality of motion. Without intentional control of these aspects, motors create random motion and are largely useless.
This work was supported by grants from the Hong Kong Baptist University Strategic Development Fund, the Hong Kong RGC, and by HKBU’s High Performance Cluster Computing Centre, which receives funding from the Hong Kong RGC, UGC and HKBU.
Short Biography
Michel A. VAN HOVE is Director, Institute of Computational and Theoretical Sciences, Chair Professor and Head, Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. He holds a BSc in Physics of the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, 1969, and a PhD in Theoretical Solid State Physics of the University of Cambridge, 1974. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, earned the Ernst Mach Honorary Medal for Merit in the Physical Sciences (Acad. Sci. Czech Rep.) and the Surface Structure Prize (Int’l Conf. on the Structure of Surfaces). His research focuses on atomic-scale structure and bonding of solid surfaces and nanostructures, in particular now on the mechanisms of molecular machines.
He has produced over 390 publications, incl.11 books, 10 edited proceedings volumes, 55 reviews and book chapters, 35 letters, 246 regular articles, and 29 proceedings articles. He has about 14,000 citations, and an h-index of 71 (SCI) or 80 (Google). He has organized or co-organized many international meetings and has been on the Editorial Board of 10 international journals.
中研院原分所演講公告
Title: Mechanisms of molecular machines
Speaker: Prof. Michel A. Van Hove (Department of Physics, and Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China)
Time: 11:00AM, February 14 (Tuesday), 2017
Place: C.T. Chang Memorial Hall (4F), IAMS (本所張昭鼎紀念講堂 臺大校園內)
Contact: Dr. Ching-Ming Wei 魏金明博士
Abstract
Molecular machines are gaining increasing interest from biology to energy and have earned the Chemistry Nobel Prize in 2016. They have the potential to spawn the next technological revolution after microelectronics and optoelectronics. But the physics underlying the mechanisms of molecular machines remains to be explored before practical applications can be envisaged. Molecular machines promise to convert energy and control mechanical motion at length scales down to the nanometer. Some molecular machines cause reciprocal motion, as in muscles and switches, while others cause rotational motion, as in flagellae: we discuss mechanisms and theoretical models of both, in particular considering a diversity of possible energy sources. This talk will discuss basic issues of the operation of molecular motors, including energy conversion steps, continuous energy supply, the role of thermal energy, intentional start and stop of motion, and unidirectionality of motion. Without intentional control of these aspects, motors create random motion and are largely useless.
This work was supported by grants from the Hong Kong Baptist University Strategic Development Fund, the Hong Kong RGC, and by HKBU’s High Performance Cluster Computing Centre, which receives funding from the Hong Kong RGC, UGC and HKBU.
Short Biography
Michel A. VAN HOVE is Director, Institute of Computational and Theoretical Sciences, Chair Professor and Head, Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. He holds a BSc in Physics of the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, 1969, and a PhD in Theoretical Solid State Physics of the University of Cambridge, 1974. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, earned the Ernst Mach Honorary Medal for Merit in the Physical Sciences (Acad. Sci. Czech Rep.) and the Surface Structure Prize (Int’l Conf. on the Structure of Surfaces). His research focuses on atomic-scale structure and bonding of solid surfaces and nanostructures, in particular now on the mechanisms of molecular machines.
He has produced over 390 publications, incl.11 books, 10 edited proceedings volumes, 55 reviews and book chapters, 35 letters, 246 regular articles, and 29 proceedings articles. He has about 14,000 citations, and an h-index of 71 (SCI) or 80 (Google). He has organized or co-organized many international meetings and has been on the Editorial Board of 10 international journals.