This page now serves as an archive for the 1999 conference. Abstracts of Talks and Posters Full Papers submitted from the Conference Update 39 reports on the Conference
The Seventh 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, October 14, and end Sunday, October 17, 1999. An intensive Tutorial on Foundations of Nanotechnology will be held on October 14. This 1999 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/MNT7/index.html The 1998 conference (Nov. 12-15, 1998) 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.
The Seventh 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, October 14, and end Sunday, October 17, 1999. An intensive Tutorial on Foundations of Nanotechnology will be held on October 14.
This 1999 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:
Download the Conference brochure in PDF format. Requires ACROBAT READER by ADOBE.
Over the next few decades, manufacturing is expected to undergo a profound change. Advances in miniaturization will reach the level of individual atoms and products will be designed and built to atomically-precise specifications. 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, drawing from fields such as: molecular electronics biochemical molecular engineering scanning probe microscopy supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly theory/modeling and computations computer science natural and artificial molecular machines nanomaterials/mechanosynthesis mechanical engineering and robotics applications of nanotechnology
Over the next few decades, manufacturing is expected to undergo a profound change. Advances in miniaturization will reach the level of individual atoms and products will be designed and built to atomically-precise specifications. 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, drawing from fields such as:
There will be oral presentations and a poster session during the conference. For those who wish to submit papers, the abstracts are due June 4, 1999. The abstracts should be no longer than 500 words, including references and footnotes. Each submitted abstract may include only one graphic. The size should be no larger than 3x3 inches (7.5x7.5 cm). Abstracts not in the appropriate format will be returned without being considered. All accepted abstracts and papers will be permanently available on the WWW at www.foresight.org or the author's server.
There will be oral presentations and a poster session during the conference. For those who wish to submit papers, the abstracts are due June 4, 1999. The abstracts should be no longer than 500 words, including references and footnotes. Each submitted abstract may include only one graphic. The size should be no larger than 3x3 inches (7.5x7.5 cm). Abstracts not in the appropriate format will be returned without being considered.
All accepted abstracts and papers will be permanently available on the WWW at www.foresight.org or the author's server.
Authors of abstracts accepted for either talks or for poster presentation are encouraged, but not required, to submit full papers based upon their abstracts. Full papers may be submitted to Foresight to be permanently archived on the Conference Web site. They may also be submitted to the journal Nanotechnology to be peer reviewed for inclusion in a special issue devoted to papers presented at the Conference. In the case of papers submitted both to the Conference Web site and to journal, the version of the paper published on the Web site will be considered a draft of the final version to be published by the journal. Papers to be both archived on the Web site and submitted to the journal must be submitted separately to Foresight and to the journal, as detailed below.
Foresight Institute and the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
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.
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.
JEOL JEOL Inc. is the Japan-based maker of electron microscopes, mass spectrometers, and other precision electronic equipment.
JEOL
JEOL Inc. is the Japan-based maker of electron microscopes, mass spectrometers, and other precision electronic equipment.
Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society of the Americas
Keynote: John Polanyi, University of Toronto, Nobel Laureate Chemistry Scanning Probes: Eric Henderson, Iowa State Univ. Chad A. Mirkin, Northwestern Univ. Jan H. Hoh, Johns Hopkins Univ. Phil E. Russell, North Carolina State Univ. Molecular Motors and Biotech: Michael J. Heller, Nanogen Carlo Montemagno, Cornell Univ. Joseph Michl, Univ. of Colorado Viola Vogel, Univ.of Washington Nano/Materials and Mechanics & Manipulation: Hongjie Dai, Stanford Univ. Rodney S. Ruoff, Washington Univ. Paul McEuen, UC Berkeley Richard Superfine, Univ. of North Carolina Molecular Electronics/Self-Assembly: David L. Allara, Pennsylvania State Univ. Meyya Meyyappan, NASA Ames Ronald P. Andres, Purdue Univ. William L. Warren, DARPA/DSO Theory/Modeling and Computations: Donald W. Brenner, North Carolina State Univ. Deepak Srivastava, NASA Ames , MRJ Kyeongjae Cho, Stanford Univ. Priya Vashista, Louisiana State Univ. Shashi P. Karna, Air Force Research Lab.
M. Reza Ghadiri, Scripps Research Institute 1998 Feynman Prize Winner - Experimental Nadrian C. Seeman, New York University1995 Feynman Prize Winner James K. Gimzewski, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory 1997 Feynman Prize Winner - Experimental Richard E. Smalley, Rice University1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry William A. Goddard III, Caltech Deepak Srivastava, NASA Ames, MRJ1997 Feynman Prize Winner - Theoretical Jan H. Hoh, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine George M. Whitesides, Harvard University Ralph C. Merkle, Zyvex1998 Feynman Prize Winner - Theoretical
The Tutorial Chair for the Seventh Conference is Dr. Donald W. Brenner, Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University. Information on topics, instructors, and registration.
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