AI4Health lecture series: "Making the tiniest machines" by Prof David Leigh (Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK)

Beschreibung

The next event of the AI4Health lecture series will continue with a talk by Prof David Leigh (Sir Samuel Hall Chair of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK) on "Making the tiniest machines".

The talk will take place on Thursday, 23th September 2021, at 16h00, virtually via Webex.  

URL: https://unilu.webex.com/unilu/j.php?MTID=m312d0e9f11414d191591fb6878a2b4fe

Title: "Making the tiniest machines"

Abstract: Perhaps the best way to appreciate the technological potential of controlled molecular-level motion is to recognise that molecular machines lie at the heart of every biological process. Nature has not repeatedly chosen this solution for achieving complex task performance without good reason. In stark contrast to biology, none of mankind’s myriad of present day technologies exploit controlled molecular-level motion in any way at all: every catalyst, every material, every pharmaceutical, all function through their static or equilibrium dynamic properties. When we learn how to build artificial structures that can exploit molecular level motion, and interface their effects directly with other molecules and the outside world, it will potentially impact on every aspect of functional molecule and materials design. An improved understanding of physics and biology will surely follow. 

For the full programme of the AI4Health lecture series please check:
acc.uni.lu/ai4health/