Paul Weiss
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Paul S. Weiss is a leading American
nanoscientist at UCLA
. He holds numerous positions, including Fred Kavli Chair and Director of the California NanoSystems Institute
and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Weiss has co-authored over 180 research publications and US patents.
, including atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy, is used as primary instrumentation to image/interrogate surfaces with novel and unexpected properties. Secondary instrumentation is used to characterize surfaces on a macroscopic level. Projects are interdisciplinary in nature, between the fields of quantum physics, computer science, chemistry, neurochemistry
, electrical engineering, and nanolithography
.
The Weiss Group has traditionally focused on understanding and controlling chemistry and materials at the smallest scales. They showed how atoms and molecules communicate through substrates on which they sit at greater than chemical distances
. They have exploited self-assembled monolayers as well-defined environments to isolate single molecules for measurements of electron transport, as a means to improve nanofabrication techniques, and as a way to isolate probe molecules on biospecific capture surfaces. The group has now diversified to encompass projects that have wide-ranging impact in the field of nanoscience.
United States
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nanoscientist at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. He holds numerous positions, including Fred Kavli Chair and Director of the California NanoSystems Institute
California Nanosystems Institute
The California NanoSystems Institute is an integrated research center operating jointly at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara whose mission is to foster interdisciplinary collaborations for discoveries in nanosystems and nanotechnology; train the next generation of scientists, educators and technology...
and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Weiss has co-authored over 180 research publications and US patents.
Research
The Weiss Research Group specializes in "gaining atomic-scale understanding and control of materials properties." Scanning probe microscopyScanning probe microscopy
Scanning Probe Microscopy is a branch of microscopy that forms images of surfaces using a physical probe that scans the specimen. An image of the surface is obtained by mechanically moving the probe in a raster scan of the specimen, line by line, and recording the probe-surface interaction as a...
, including atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy, is used as primary instrumentation to image/interrogate surfaces with novel and unexpected properties. Secondary instrumentation is used to characterize surfaces on a macroscopic level. Projects are interdisciplinary in nature, between the fields of quantum physics, computer science, chemistry, neurochemistry
Neurochemistry
Neurochemistry is the specific study of neurochemicals, which include neurotransmitters and other molecules such as neuro-active drugs that influence neuron function. This principle closely examines the manner in which these neurochemicals influence the network of neural operation...
, electrical engineering, and nanolithography
Nanolithography
Nanolithography is the branch of nanotechnology concerned with the study and application of fabricating nanometer-scale structures, meaning patterns with at least one lateral dimension between the size of an individual atom and approximately 100 nm...
.
The Weiss Group has traditionally focused on understanding and controlling chemistry and materials at the smallest scales. They showed how atoms and molecules communicate through substrates on which they sit at greater than chemical distances
1 E-10 m
To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10−10 m and 10−9 m .Distances shorter than 100 pm*100 pm — 1 angstrom*100 pm — covalent radius of sulfur atom...
. They have exploited self-assembled monolayers as well-defined environments to isolate single molecules for measurements of electron transport, as a means to improve nanofabrication techniques, and as a way to isolate probe molecules on biospecific capture surfaces. The group has now diversified to encompass projects that have wide-ranging impact in the field of nanoscience.
Personal life
He is married to and collaborates with Anne Andrews, a Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles.External links
- Profile at Pennsylvania State University
- Weiss Research Group website
- Weiss explaining research done by the Weiss Group (video)