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This page now serves as an archive for the 1998 conference.

• Abstracts of Talks and Posters
• Full Papers submitted from the Conference
• After the Conference Press Release
• Update 35 reports on the Conference

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The 1998 Conference Archive
Conference Co-chairs:		Al Globus	and	Deepak Srivastava
MRJ Technology Solutions, Inc. at NASA Ames Research Center

		General Topics Covered NSF-Sponsored Forum Abstracts Sponsors Keynote and Invited Speakers 1998 Feynman Prizes to be Awarded		Tutorial on Molecular Nanotechnology Program Committee Time, Place, Lodging, Travel Registration Information Speaker Schedule Full Papers

General

The Sixth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology will be held at the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. The Conference will begin with a reception the evening of Thursday, November 12, and end Sunday, November 15, 1998. An intensive Tutorial on Critical Enabling Technologies for Nanotechnology will be held on November 12.

This 1998 Conference home page will provide the information you will need about the conference and to register for the conference. After the conference is over, this page will provide the permanent archive for the conference.

The url of this page is:

http://www.foresight.org/Conferences/MNT6/index.html

The 1997 conference (Nov. 6-8, 1997) provides an example of the activities and purposes of the Foresight conference series.

Download the Conference brochure in PDF format. Requires ACROBAT READER by ADOBE.

 

Topics Covered

This conference is a meeting of scientists and technologists working in fields leading toward molecular nanotechnology: thorough three-dimensional structural control of materials and devices at the molecular level. The conference will cover topics relevant to the pursuit of molecular control including:

• molecular electronics
• biochemical molecular engineering
• scanning probe microscopy
• supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly
• materials science
• mechanosynthesis
• natural molecular machines
• artificial molecular machines
• artificial self replicating systems
• computational chemistry and molecular modeling
• computer science
• mechanical engineering and robotics applications
• relevant chemical systems (fullerenes, diamond, biomolecules, etc.)

NSF-Sponsored Forum

The National Science Foundation, which recently announced an initiative in nanotechnology, is sponsoring a forum in conjunction with the Sixth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology: "From Scientific Discovery to the Nanotechnology of Tomorrow".

Abstracts

Abstracts of accepted presentations

Submission information:

Send extended abstracts (1-4 pages plus figures) to all three of the following addresses: foresight@foresight.org, globus@nas.nasa.gov, and deepak@nas.nasa.gov.

Authors are encouraged to include the data where practical. All accepted abstracts and papers will be permanently available on the WWW at www.foresight.org or the author's server.

More information on preparing abstracts and full papers

Sponsors

Foresight Institute and the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing

General Corporate Sponsor

Sun Microsystems

Founded in 1982 by four idealistic young pioneers with a shared vision of decentralized, heterogenous computing systems, Sun Microsystems, Inc. has emerged as a global Fortune 500 leader in enterprise network computing, with over $8 billion in revenues and operations in 150 countries.

Zyvex

Zyvex is the first research and development company focused on developing an assembler for molecular nanotechnology. Started in April 1997, and headquartered in Richardson Texas, the company has hired its initial researchers and is building a lab capable of the task it has set itself. In spite of being a small company, with less than $20M in funding, Zyvex plans to achieve its goal in less than 10 years.

Supporting Corporate Sponsors

AMP

AMP Incorporated (NYSE: AMP) is the world leader in the design and manufacture of electrical and electronic connectors and interconnection systems. Headquartered in Harrisburg, PA, AMP has 45,000 employees in 50 countries in Europe, Asia/Pacific and the Americas and serves customers in these industries: automotive, aerospace, computer networking, power and utilities, telecommunications, industrial and consumer goods. AMP had sales of $5.47 billion in 1996.

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company is the world's second largest maker of autos and trucks, with other interests including plastics and electronics.

JEOL

JEOL Inc. is the Japan-based maker of electron microscopes, mass spectrometers, and other precision electronic equipment.

Information about corporate sponsorship opportunities, or please contact the Foresight Institute

Cosponsors

Argonne National Laboratories
Caltech Materials and Process Simulation Center
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory NERSC
The MITRE Corporation
NASA Ames Numerical Aerospace Simulation Systems Division
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rice Univ. Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
USC Molecular Robotics Lab
Washington Univ Lab. for the Study of Novel Carbon Materials

Keynote and Invited Speakers

Program Committee

Tutorial on Molecular Nanotechnology

The Tutorial Chair for the Sixth Conference is Dr. Jan H. Hoh, Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Additional information about the Tutorial on Molecular Nanotechnology. Registration information.