A variety of novel nanoscale structures (such as nanowires, nanotubes, nanodots, nanopillars, and nanopatterned films) and nanostructured materials with grain-size or layer thickness in the nanometer range have been discovered and designed recently. These nanostructures are also being integrated in nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS); and nanostructured materials are increasingly being used in magnetic, electronic, and tribological applications. The mechanical behaviors of nanoscale materials and devices defy the well-established continuum mechanics-based descriptions in many aspects. Understanding the mechanics of the nanostructures and nanodevices is not only a scientific curiosity but also a technological necessity. This symposium brings together materials scientists engaged in the fundamental research on mechanical properties of nanoscale materials and development of nanomechanical devices.

Specific topics of interest covering both experimental and theoretical work include, but are not limited to:

• Deformation and fracture mechanisms in nanoscale materials
• Novel nanomechanical characterization methods, including in situ techniques
• Modeling approaches of mechanics of nanoscale materials
• Novel structures, new materials, or new fabrication approaches for NEMS
• Materials properties of nanoscale structures, such as internal dissipation, surface forces/adhesion, and tribology
• Technological applications of nanostructured materials and NEMS

Invited speakers include (partial list): Dustin Carr and Eliot Fang (Sandia National Labs), R.G. Hoagland (Los Alamos National Lab), Luke Hsiung (Lawrence Livermore National Lab), Young Huang (Univ. of Illinois-Urbana), Oliver Kraft (Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany), En Ma (Johns Hopkins Univ.), Raj Mohanty (Boston Univ.), Eric Stach (Purdue Univ.), Jerry Tersoff (IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr.), Helena van Swygenhoven (Paul Scherrer Inst., Switzerland), Dieter Wolf (Argonne National Lab), and Boris Yakobson (Rice Univ.).

Amit Misra
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Materials Science & Technology Division
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Tel 505-667-9860
Fax 505-667-8021
amisra@lanl.gov

John P. Sullivan
Sandia National Laboratories
Dept. of Nanostructure & Semiconductor Physics
Albuquerque, NM 87185
Tel 505-845-9496
Fax 505-844-4045
jpsulli@sandia.gov

Hanchen Huang
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dept. of Mechanical
Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering
Troy, NY 12180
Tel 518-276-2020
Fax 518-276-6025
hanchen@rpi.edu

Ke Lu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Metal Research
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science
Shenyang 110016, China
Tel 86-24-2390-6826
Fax 86-24-2399-8660
lu@imr.ac.cn

Syed Asif
Hysitron, Inc.
1025 Valley View Rd.
Minneapolis, MN 55344
Tel 952-835-6366
Fax 952-835-6166
sasif@hysitron.com