10th Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology
Conference Program
Preliminary Program as of September 18, 2002
Recording of presentations is not permitted
Note: Underline indicates 'speaker' * indicates 'corresponding author'
Thursday, October 10 |
| 7:30-9:00 AM |
Tutorial Registration |
Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:00-9:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:45 AM |
Scientific Tutorial |
Baccarat |
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8:45-9:00 AM |
Tutorial Introduction
Chris Gorman, North Carolina State University |
Baccarat |
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9:00-10:30 AM |
Nanoparticles, Synthesis, Structures and
Potential Applications
Dan Feldheim, North Carolina State University |
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10:30-11:00 AM |
Break |
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11:00 AM-12:30 PM |
Nano-Optical Materials and Nano-Optics
Larry Dalton, University of Washington |
Baccarat |
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12:30-2:00 PM |
Lunch |
Haverford |
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2:00-3:30 PM |
The Theory of Molecular Electronics
Mark Ratner, Northwestern University |
Baccarat |
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3:30-4:00 PM |
Break |
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4:00-5:30 PM |
Experiments in Molecular Electronics and Molecular-Scale Sensing
Nongjian Tao, Arizona State University |
Baccarat |
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5:30-5:45 PM |
Closing Remarks, Christopher Gorman |
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| 8:45 AM |
Basic Tutorial |
Lalique |
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8:45-9:00 AM |
Tutorial Introduction
Ralph C. Merkle
Vice President, Technology Assessment, Foresight Institute; and
Nanotechnology Theorist, Zyvex. |
Lalique |
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9:00-10:30 AM |
What is Nanotechnology: Arranging Atoms and
Creating Health and Wealth
Ralph C. Merkle
Vice President, Technology Assessment, Foresight Institute; and
Nanotechnology Theorist, Zyvex. |
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10:30-11:00 AM |
Break |
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11:00 AM-12:30 PM |
Nanotechnology in Perspective: History, Status and Prospects
K. Eric Drexler
Founder and Chairman of the Foresight Institute |
Lalique |
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12:30-2:00 PM |
Lunch |
Waterford |
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2:00-3:30 PM |
Near-Term Commercial Opportunities in Nanotechnology
Scott Mize
Co-founder, AngstroVision, Inc.
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Nanotechnology Opportunity Report |
Lalique |
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3:30-4:00 PM |
Break |
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4:00-5:30 PM |
Nanotechnology Business Scenarios
Ed Niehaus
Business Consultant and Corporate Director,
Foresight Institute Advisor |
Lalique |
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5:30-5:45 PM |
Closing Remarks, Ralph C. Merkle |
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| 10:00 AM |
Conference Registration opens |
Ballroom Foyer |
| 5:45 PM |
Scientific Tutorial Ends |
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| 5:45 PM |
Basic Tutorial Ends |
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| 6:00 PM |
Welcome Reception |
Waterford |
Friday, October 11 |
| 7:00 AM |
Conference Registration opens |
Ballroom Foyer |
| 7:45 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
Ballroom Foyer |
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Session 1 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 8:50 AM |
Susan Sinnott, Conference Chair, Introduction and Welcome |
| 9:00 AM |
Keynote Speaker: Mildred S. Dresselhaus*
The Nanoscience of Nanotubes and Nanowires |
| 10:10 AM |
Cees Dekker*
Carbon Nanotube Transistor-Based Logic Circuits |
| 10:50 AM |
Break |
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Session 2 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 11:10 AM |
Damian G. Allis and James T. Spencer*
The Design of Carbon Nanotube-Based Dative Structures from Supramolecular Principles |
| 11:30 AM |
Jessica Koehne, Wendy Fan*, Chongwu Zhou, Geetha R. Dholakia, M. Meyyappan, and Jie Han
Synthesis of Transition Metal Containing Molecular Wires |
| 11:50 AM |
Rodney Andrews*, D. Jacques, T. Rantell, D. Qian, J. Anthony, and D. Bom
Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Composite Applications |
| 12:30 PM |
Lunch — Old Georgetown/Congressional & Cabinet/Judiciary
Optional lunch talk: Leon Radomsky and Richard Peet, Foley & Lardner (free of charge, but must register in advance)
Building a Solid Business and IP Foundation |
| 1:00 PM |
Poster Presenters set-up |
Embassy/Chesapeake & Diplomat Ambassador |
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Session 3 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 1:50 PM |
Larry Dalton*
Breaking the Bandwidth Bottleneck in Telecommunications & Information Processing: New Electro-Optic Materials |
| 2:30 PM |
James Batteas*, Charles M. Drain, and George Flynn
Molecular Forces at Work: Designing Nanoscale Optoelectronic and Optomagnetic Materials and Device |
| 2:50 PM |
Craig A. Grimes* and Elizabeth C. Dickey
Metal Oxide Nanoarchitectures for Environmental Sensing |
| 3:30 PM |
Mark Ratner*, Alex Burin, and Geoffrey Hutchison
Optics, Transport and Devices: Some Theoretical Modeling |
| 3:50 PM |
Break |
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Session 4 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 4:10 PM |
Jon A. Zubieta*
Solid State Coordination Chemistry: Influences of Organic Components on the Structures of Inorganic Oxides |
| 4:50 PM |
Hicham Fenniri*, Bo-Liang Deng, Jesus G. Moralez, Kathryn M. Gorman, and Karen Jemio-Bedregal
Self-Assembled Rosette Nanotubes with Predefined Chemical and Physical Properties |
| 5:10 PM |
Panel: Venture Capital for Nanotechnology
Panel Chair: Ed Niehaus
Panelists: Bruce P. Mehlman, US Department of Commerce; Jennifer Fonstad, Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Alex Wong, Apax Partners; Robert Hemphill, Managing Director of Toucan Capital |
| 6:00 PM |
End of Session |
| 6-8 PM |
Poster Session Reception |
Meeting Room Foyer |
| 6-10 PM |
Poster Session |
Embassy/Chesapeake & Diplomat/Ambassador |
| 8-10 PM |
Senior Associate Reception |
Old Georgetown/Congressional |
Saturday, October 12 |
| 7:00 AM |
Conference Registration |
Ballroom Foyer |
| 7:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
Ballroom Foyer |
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Session 5 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 8:20 AM |
Peixuan Guo*, Steve Hoeprich, Lisa Huang, Dan Shu, Songchuan Guo, and Angela Clark
Construction of Viral DNA-Packaging Nano-Motor of phi29 |
| 9:00 AM |
Willem A. Germishuizen*, Christoph Wälti, Rene Wirtz, Michael B. Johnston, Alexander G. Davies, Michael Pepper,
and Anton P. J. Middelberg
Data Storage Using DNA |
| 9:20 AM |
Nadrian C. Seeman*
Structural DNA Nanotechnology |
| 10:00 AM |
Chris Dwyer*, Russell Taylor, Richard Superfine, Sean Washburn, and Dorothy Erie
Methodology for the DNA-Guided Self Assembly of Novel Computing Circuitry |
| 10:20 AM |
Break |
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Session 6 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 10:40 AM |
Josef Michl*
Artificial Surface-Mounted Molecular Rotors |
| 11:20 AM |
Henry Hess*, John Clemmens, Robert Doot, Robert Tucker, and Viola Vogel
Piconewton-Forcemeter Assembled from Kinesin and Microtubules and Other Devices Based on Motor Proteins |
| 11:40 PM |
M. Sinha, S. B. Qadri, and C.P. Singh*
Preparation and Applications of Nanoparticles of Ultra-Pure Hydroxyapatite |
| 12:00 PM |
Lunch — Old Georgetown/Congressional & Cabinet/Judiciary |
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Session 7 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 1:30 PM |
Nongjian Tao* and H.X. He
Electrochemical Gate-Controlled Discrete Conductance Switching in Polymer Wires |
| 2:10 PM |
Charles M. Drain*
Self-Assembly and Self-Organization of Phototransistors |
| 2:30 PM |
Federico Rosei*, Yoshitaka Naitoh, Ping Jiang, Andre Gourdon, Erik Laegsgaard, Ivan Stensgaard, Christian Joachim, and Flemming Besenbacher
Lander Molecules Acting as Nanomolds On Cu(110) |
| 2:50 PM |
Gunjan Agarwal, Rajesh Naik, and Morley Stone*
Patterning of Nanoparticles and Peptides by Electric Field Assisted Dip-Pen Nanolithography |
| 3:10 PM |
Break |
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Session 8 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 3:30 PM |
Donald W. Brenner*, D.A. Areshkin, S. Adiga, J.D. Schall, K. Wang, S.L. Gregory, and Olga Shenderova
Virtual Molecular Design of Nanometer-Scale Flow Control Valves, Sensors and Devices |
| 4:10 PM |
Eberhard Unger*, S. Behrens, K. Rahn, W. Habicht, K.J. Böhm, and E. Dinjus
Protein Assemblies as Templates for Nanoparticle Patterning |
| 4:30 PM |
Judith A. Harrison*
Theoretical Investigation of Atomic-Scale Friction & Wear in Hydrocarbon-Containing Systems |
| 5:10 PM |
Irena Zarudi, Zou Jin, and Liangchi Zhang*
Atomistic Structure Changes of Mono-Crystalline Silicon Subjected to Nano-Sliding and Nano-Indentation |
| 5:30 PM |
End of Session
Posters must be removed from rooms |
| 6:00 PM |
Feynman Prize Banquet
Presenters:
Neil Jacobstein, Chairman, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
Ralph C. Merkle, VP Technology Assessment, Foresight Institute
Christine Peterson, President, Foresight Institute |
Cabinet/Judiciary |
Sunday, October 13 |
| 7:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
Ballroom Foyer |
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Session 9 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 8:00 AM |
Ralph C. Merkle* and Robert A. Freitas
Theoretical Analysis of a Carbon-Carbon Dimer Placement Tool for Diamond Mechanosynthesis |
| 8:20 AM |
Raymond F. Salemme*
Engineering Principles for Self-Assembling Macromolecular Assemblies |
| 8:40 AM |
Grace Credo*, Drew Wassel, Stephan Kræmer, Ryan Fuierer, Andrew K. Boal, Vincent M. Rotello, Daniel L. Feldheim, and Christopher B. Gorman
Probing Current-Voltage Properties of Electroactive SAM-Based Molecular Junctions |
| 9:00 AM |
Rafal Smigrodzki*
Light-Controlled DNA Synthesis – A Feasibility Study |
| 9:20 AM |
Geetha Dholakia*, Wendy Fan, Jun Li, Jessica Koehne, Jie Han, and M. Meyyappan
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy of Conjugated Molecular Wires |
| 9:40 AM |
Chad A. Mirkin*
Raman Encoded Nanoparticle Detection Systems |
| 10:20 AM |
Break |
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Session 10 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 10:40 AM |
Dan Feldheim*
Multifunctional Gold Nanoparticle for Biomolecule Detection and Intracellular Delivery |
| 11:20 AM |
Martin Andersson*, Viveka Alfredsson, Per Kjellin, and Anders E.C. Palmqvist
Macroscopic Alignment of Silver Nanoparticles in Reverse Hexagonal Liquid Crystalline Templates |
| 11:40 AM |
Zengtao Liu, Gen Pei, Yumin Shen, and Edwin Kan*
Interaction Between CMOS Nonvolatile Charges and Molecules in Solution |
| 12:00 PM |
Prashant Sawant, Xiang-Yang Liu*, Bing-Hung Chen, I. B. M. Noor, and Pramesti
Self-Assembly of Nanofibre Gelling Materials in Organogels |
| 12:20 PM |
Lunch — Old Georgetown/Congressional & Cabinet/Judiciary |
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Session 11 |
Crystal Ballroom |
| 1:50 PM |
Rod Ruoff*
Nanotube and Nanowire Electromechanics |
| 2:10 PM |
Hansoo Kim and Wolfgang Sigmund*
Modification of Carbon Nanotubes |
| 2:30 PM |
Sarbajit Banerjee and Stanislaus Wong*
Chemical Functionalization Strategies for Carbon Nanotubes |
| 2:50 PM |
Adam E. Cohen*, A. G. Davies, and A. P. J. Middelberg
Formation of Rings, Helices, and Kinks in Carbon Nanotubes |
| 3:10 PM |
Jihua Gou, Zhiyong Liang, Chuck Zhang*, Ben Wang, and Leslie Kramer
Nanotube Bucky Paper-Epoxy Composites: Modeling, Fabrication and Characterization |
| 3:30 PM |
Peter A. Burke*
Technique to Search for Luttinger Liquid Behavior of Carbon Nanotubes at GHz Frequencies |
| 3:50 PM |
James Spencer, Syracuse University, 11th Conference Chair
Closing remarks |
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