Self-Assembly: In-and-Out of Equilibrium Dynamics from Nano- to Microscale

Presentations

• Digital, Information-Encoded Magnetic Interactions for Addressable, Reconfigurable Micro-Assembly

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Publication: Liang, Zexi, Melody Xuan Lim, Qian-Ze Zhu, Francesco Mottes, Jason Z. Kim, Livia Guttieres, Conrad Smart et al. "Magnetic decoupling as a proofreading strategy for high-yield, time-efficient microscale self-assembly." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, no. 35 (2025): e2502361122.

  Presenters

  • Zexi Liang

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Zexi Liang

    • Cornell University

  • Itai Cohen

    • Cornell University

  • Melody Lim

    • Cornell University

  • Paul McEuen

    • Cornell University

  • Michael Brenner

    • Harvard University

  • Francesco Mottes

    • Harvard University

  • Qian-Ze Zhu

    • Harvard University

  • Conrad Smart

  • Tanner Pearson

  • Weiyi Li

    • Cornell University

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• Cyclic Rearrangement of a Disordered Ferrofluid Raft

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Kari Dalnoki-Veress

    • McMaster University

  Authors

  • Kari Dalnoki-Veress

    • McMaster University

  • Marzuk Gazi

    • McMaster University

  • Cameron Burns

    • McMaster University

  • Maya Chambers

  • Hamza Khattak

    • McMaster University

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• Dissipative self-assembly of magnetic colloids

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Eric Furst

    • University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Eric Furst

    • University of Delaware

  • Jason Conradt

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• Programmable Magnetic Polymer Networks with Branching and Mesh Topology

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Weiyi Li

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Weiyi Li

    • Cornell University

  • Zexi Liang

    • Cornell University

  • Itai Cohen

    • Cornell University

  • Melody Lim

    • Cornell University

  • Paul McEuen

    • Cornell University

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• Colloidal quasicrystals assembled under orthogonally applied magnetic and electric fields

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Publication: Nature Physics, 21, 966–973 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Ning Wu

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Ning Wu

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Emergent structures and re-entrant transitions in active-passive colloidal mixtures

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Pronay Dutta

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Pronay Dutta

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Manasa Kandula

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• Design Principles for Controlled Non-Equilibrium Self-Assembly as Computation

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Livia Guttieres

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Livia Guttieres

    • Harvard University

  • Erin Crawley

  • Qian-Ze Zhu

    • Harvard University

  • Michael Brenner

    • Harvard University

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• Multiscale Dual-Field Control of Crystalline DNA Frameworks

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Soojung Lee

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Soojung Lee

    • Columbia University

  • Daniel McKeen

    • Columbia University

  • Zohar Arnon

  • Oleg Gang

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

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