A fundamental challenge in the development of nanotechnology is the assembly of nanoscale building blocks into functional nanostructured materials. The aim of this symposium is to bring together researchers from chemistry, physics, biology, surface science, and materials science to advance the progress in the engineering of nanoscale assemblies. The scope of the symposium spans from the properties and characterization of novel nanostructured materials to developing functional multidimensional nanostructures whose applicability ranges from life sciences to device engineering.
We will invite speakers and solicit contributions toward the goal of exploring new functionalities of materials and developing novel approaches to materials processing for multidimensional nanostructures. We would like to target an important issue of developing materials and fabricating nanostructured devices by understanding and exploring processing techniques with the promise to transport or modify material on the nanometer scale. If successful, the payoff of these efforts will include new generations of nanoscale bio/chemical sensors using nanostructured materials, biophotonic devices, including, e.g., quantum dots (QDs), light-emitting diodes, molecular electronic devices, flat-panel displays, smart cards, smart biomaterials, and drug-delivery devices.
Session Topics
Topics of interest for this symposium include, but are not limited to:
- Surface science studies of 1D and 2D supramolecular assemblies
- Properties and applications of self-assembled 3D structures and nanostructures, such as photonic bandgap materials, sensors, and nanocomposites
- Novel fabrication methodologies: self-assembly strategies, biomimetics, and predictive approaches
- Fundamental problems in QDs: growth (by self assembly), physics, top-down fabrication (e.g., lithography, as well as other less conventional approaches)
- Unconventional approaches to patterning, such as soft lithography, embossing, dip-pen lithography, scanning probe lithography, and template-directed patterning
- Organic/inorganic interfaces for molecular and nano-electronic applications
- Nanoscale building blocks synthesized with colloidal particles, nanowires, nanotubes, quantum dots, block copolymers, and DNA
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Invited Speakers
| Invited speakers (tentative list) include: Johannes Barth (Univ. of British Columbia, Canada), Angela Belcher (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Peter Beton (Univ. of Nottingham, United Kingdom), Steve Chou (Princeton Univ.), Huajian Gao (Max Planck Inst., Germany), Peter Grütter (McGill Univ.), Chad Mirkin (Northwestern Univ.), Carlo Montemagno (Univ. of California-Los Angeles), John Rogers (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Hidemi Shigekawa (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan), Geoff Strouse (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara), Zhou Wei (Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore), George Whitesides (Harvard Univ.), Younan Xia (Univ. of Washington), and Peidong Yang (Univ. of California-Berkeley). |
Joint Session
Joint sessions are anticipated with:
- Symposium O: Nanoparticles and Nanostructures in Sensors and Catalysis
- Symposium P: Quantum-Confined Semiconductor Nanostructures ─ Fabrication, Physical Properties, and Applications.
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Tutorial Session
Symposium Organizers
Cengiz S. Ozkan
University of California-Riverside
Bourns College of Engineering
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
A305 Bourns Hall
Campus Dr.
Riverside, CA 92521-0144
Tel: 909-787-5016
Fax: 909-787-2899
cozkan@engr.ucr.edu |
Federico Rosei
University of Quebe
INRS–EMT
1650 Boul. Lionel Boulet
J3X 1S2 Varennes (QC), Canada
Tel: 450-929-8246
Fax: 450-929-8102
rosei@inrs-emt.uquebec.ca |
Gregory P. Lopinski
National Research Council
Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
100 Sussex Dr.
Ottawa K1A OR6, Canada
Tel: 613-990-4155
Fax: 613-991-4278
gregory.lopinski@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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Zhong L. Wang
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
771 Ferst Dr. NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0245
Tel: 404-894-8008
Fax: 404-894-9140
zhong.wang@mse.gatech.edu |
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