Carbon nanotubes have fascinated the scientific and industrial community for over a decade now. From its discovery in 1991 to present day, the material has provided a unique platform for many fundamental studies of quantum physics in low-dimensional systems, and several unexpected physical phenomena have been discovered. Recent breakthroughs in the high-yield, structure-selective manufacturing of nanotubes and techniques for separating metallic and semiconducting nanotubes promise to make commercial applications of this material real. Large efforts in the area of chemical modification and manipulation of nanotubes have allowed the design and fabrication of well-controlled nanotube architectures. Substantial progress also has been made in fabricating electronic devices, sensors, field-emission displays, and mechanical constructs using nanotubes and nanotube-based mesostructures. Nanotubes of various noncarbon materials have been found and characterized. Theoretical modeling of these structures continues to reveal fascinating attributes. In short, nanotubes have dominated the pursuit for materials for future nanotechnology applications.
The symposium will visit the considerable progress that has occurred in recent times in the design and manufacturing of nanotubes and nanotube-based structures, and the new developments that are leading to possible commercial applications of this material in the near future.
Session Topics
The scope of the symposium will include, but is not limited to:
- Progress in the synthesis and separation of nanotubes
- Progress in the assembly of nanotubes into well-controlled architectures
- Understanding of nanotube growth
- Novel characterization routes for rapid diagnostics of nanotube structures
- Progress and salient results from recent modeling efforts
- Electronic, electromagnetic, and optical properties of nanotubes
- Fabrication and characterization of nanotube-based devices
- Novel concepts for nanotube-based sensors and actuators
- Nanocomposites with nanotube fillers
- Applications and commercialization of nanotube material
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Symposium Organizers
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
Troy, NY 12180-3590
Tel: 518-276-2322
Fax: 518-276-8554
ajayan@rpi.edu |
Meyya Meyyappan
NASA Ames Research Center, Center for Nanotechnology, MS 229-3, Bldg. 229, Rm. 214, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Tel: 650-604-2616
Fax: 650-604-5244
meyya@orbit.arc.nasa.gov |
Mauricio Terrones
IPICyT
Advanced Materials Dept.
Camino a la Presa San Jose 2055
Lomas 4a seccion
78216 San Luis Potosi
SLP, Mexico
Tel: 52-444-834-2039
Fax: 52-444-834-2040
mterrones@titan.ipicyt.edu.mx |
Marko Radosavljevic
Intel Corporation
Components Research
RA3-252
5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy.
Hillsboro, OR 97124-6497
Tel: 503-613-4732
Fax: 971-214-7807
marko.radosavljevic@intel.com |
Ralph Krupke
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Institut für Nanotechnologie
76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Tel: 49-7247-82-6417
Fax: 49-7247-82-6368
krupke@int.fzk.de |
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