Presentation Abstracts
Ninth Foresight Conference on Molecular
Nanotechnology
(after keynote, arranged alphabetically by corresponding author)
Poster size for the poster session is 4 feet x 4 feet [122 cm x 122 cm]
Index of full papers
Keynote Speaker:
Invited Speakers:
Birge, Robert and Jeff Stuart "Protein-Based Memories and Associative Processors"
Colvin, Vicki "From Opals to Optics: Building Photonic Band Gaps in Nanostructured Materials"
Gorman, Christopher , Richard Lloyd Carroll, Ryan Fuierer, Won-Jong Kwon, and Christopher Cameron "New molecules and new processes to study molecular electronics behaviors"
Han, Jie and Meyya Meyyappan "Molecular Electronics and Chemical/Biological Sensors"
Hoh, Jan "Building Blocks for Biomolecular Devices: Properties and Possibilities of Unstructured Proteins"
Kan, Edwin C. , Zengtao Liu, Pingshan Wang, Myongseob Kim, Yumin N. Shen, and Gen Pei "Si Fleas: Technology Demonstration of Functional Modules in Submillimeter Autonomous Microsystems"
Martin, Charles R. "Templated Nanotubes in Chemical and Bio Separations and Analyses"
Spencer, James T. , Jesse W. Taylor, and Damian G. Allis "Molecular Building Blocks with Applications to Nonlinear Optical Materials and Nanostructural Assemblies"
Washburn, Sean "How does it feel to roll a molecule?"
White, Carter T. and John W. Mintmire "Carbon Nanotubes: Revolutionary Nanowires with a Twist"
Williams, R. Stanley "Nanostructures in Nature and Technology"
Wilson, Stephen R. , Bernard Erlanger, Bradford Braden, and Austin N. Kirschner "Fullerene Nanotools from Biology"
Contributed Talks and Posters:
Adelung, R. , A. Scott, F. Ernst, L. Kipp, M. Skibowski, and M. Tabib-Azar "Copper Nanowire Molecular Electronics Network with 10 nm Wide Cu Nanowire Interconnects"
Bhatia, Jagdish "Nano size tungsten - silver powder alloy for earth - penetrating nose cone of low - yield nuclear weapons"
Böhm, Konrad J. , Roland Stracke, and Eberhard Unger "Motor Protein-Driven Nanoactuatoric Systems: Prospects and Limits"
Brenner, Donald , Denis Areshkin, and Olga Shenderova "Theoretical Studies of Fullerene Nanotubes in Electric Fields"
Chen, Wei , Alan G. Joly, and Jin Z. Zhang "Up-Conversion Luminescence of Mn2+ in ZnS:Mn2+ nanoparticles"
Cheong, Wun Chet Davy and Liangchi Zhang "Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Nano-Wear of Monocrystalline Silicon under Multi-Asperity Sliding"
Chung, Myung-Ae and Sang-Don Jung "Photochromic properties of diarylethens containing in PMMA nanoparticles"
Collins, Philip G. and Phaedon Avouris "Controlling the electronic properties of carbon nanotube circuits"
Dequesnes, M. , S.V. Rotkin, and N.R. Aluru "Study of carbon nanotube based nanoelectromechanical devices using continuum theories"
Dereli, Gulay , Cem Ozdogan, and Tahir Cagin "An O(N)Parallel Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Carbon Nanotubes: structural stability, energetics and electronic properties at elevated temperatures"
Robert P. McConnell, David A. Routenberg, and Ellenbogen, James C. "Designs and Experiments for Gain-Producing Elements in Molecular-Scale Computer Circuits"
Fujihira, Masamichi "Chemical differentiation of surfaces with various scanning probe microscopies"
Ghosh, Avik W , Prashant S. Damle, and Supriyo Datta "Metal-molecule heterostructures: energy level line-up and current flow"
Gillett, Stephen L. "Transition-Metal Oxide Frameworks: More Alternatives to Carbon for Molecular Nanotechnology"
Giordani, Silvia and Françisco M. Raymo "Signal Processing and Communication at the Molecular Level"
Globus, Al , Charles Bauschlicher, Sandra Johan, and Deepak Srivastava "JavaGenes: Evolving Molecular Force Field Parameters"
Goldstein, S. C. , James Ellenbogen, David Almassian, Matt Brown, Mark Cannarsa, Jesse Klein, Schuyler Schell, Geoff Washburn, and Matt Ziegler "MolSpice: Designing Molecular Logic Circuits"
Halls, Mathew D. and H. Bernhard Schlegel "Ab Initio Study of Chemistry Inside Carbon Nanotubes: Enhancement of the Menshutkin SN 2 Reaction"
Handel, Peter H. "Fundamental Limit of Chemical and Biological ResonantMicro/Nano-Sensors"
Harnack, Oliver , William E. Ford, Frank Scholz, Akio Yasuda, and Jurina Wessels "Electrical Conductivity of Self-Assembled Metallic DNA Nanowires"
Heinz, William F. , Kenneth D. Weston, Veronique Jolivet, Bertrand Navarro, Pernelle Bernardi, and Lori S. Goldner "A combined atomic force, confocal, and total internal reflection microscope for single molecule spectroscopy"
Hess, Henry , John Clemmens, Robert Doot, Jonathon Howard, and Viola Vogel "Molecular Shuttles based on Motor Proteins"
Hessler, Jessica A. , Mark M. Banaszak Holl, Bradford G. Orr, Istvan Majoros, and James R. Baker Jr. "Molecular Engineering in Nanotechnology IV: Atomic Force Microscopy Characterization of Dendrimer Drug Delivery Agents"
Hsieh, Shuchen , Sheffer Meltzer, C.R. Chris Wang, Aristides A.G. Requicha, Mark E. Thompson, and Bruce E. Koel "Imaging and Manipulation of Gold Nanorods with an Atomic Force Microscope"
Hu, Xiaotang and Xiaodong Hu "Nanofabrication on Au and Ti with an STM in Air"
Irle, Stephan , Stephen R. Shaver, and Keiji Morokuma "Structures and binding energies of (C60 )n Sim clusters"
Ishida, Akito "Molecular Labeling of Gold Nanowells Towards Ultra-high Density 'On Tip' Fluorescence Analysis"
Jacobstein, Neil "Technical Considerations in the Foresight Guidelines for Nanotechnology Development"
Jindal, V.K. , Shuchi Gupta, and K. Dharamvir "Structural Properties of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"
John, George , Mitsutoshi Masuda, Kiyoshi Yase, and Toshimi Shimizu "A Bottom-Up Construction of Organic Nanotubes From Renewable Resources"
Kenji, Iwahori , Tsukamoto Rikako, Okuda Mitsuhiro, Yoshimura Hideaki, and Yamashita Ichiro "Nanometer-size structures fabricated by Bio-Nano-Process"
Keszler, Balazs L. , Istvan J. Majoros, and James R. Baker Jr. "Molecular Engineering in Nanotechnology. II. Structure and Composition of Multifunctional Devices for Medical Application"
Kim, Franklin , Serena Kwan, Jennifer Akana, and Peidong Yang "Langmuir-Blodgett Nanorod Assemblies"
Kong, Jing , Jien Cao, Hongjie Dai, and Erik Anderson "Chemical profiling of single nanotubes: intramolecular p-n-p junctions and on-tube single-electron transistors"
Koo, Ja-Ryong , Don-Soo Choi, Bong-Ok Kim, Sung-Min Kim, No-Gil Park, Mi-Yong Kwak, Jae-Hoon Shim, and Young Kwan Kim "Electrochemical Characteristics of 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis-Octadecyloxymethylphenyl -Porphyrin-zn(II) Langmuir-Blodgett(LB) Films"
Koumoutsakos, Petros , Thomas Werder, Jens H. Walther, Richard Jaffe, and Timur Halicioglu "Carbon Nanotubes in Water: MD Simulations of External & Internal Flow, Self Organization"
Kuo, Jason S. , Paolo Spicar-Mihalic, Indalesio Rodriguez, and Daniel T. Chiu "A prototype high-density microfluidic optical switch"
Langenfeld, Stefan , Horst Friedrich, and Christoph Meyer "Adjusted Functional Surfaces by Nanotechnology for Automotive Applications"
LeClair, Mark L. Emanuel F. Barros, and Mustafa G. Guvench "Cavitation and The Future of Nanotechnology"
Lee, Inhan , Istvan Majoros, and James R. Baker, Jr. "Molecular Engineering in Nanotechnology III: Computer Simulation and Visualization of A Multifunctional Device"
Lensu, Lasse , Jussi Parkkinen, Sinikka Parkkinen, and Timo Jaaskelainen "Grey-scale imaging using protein based artificial retina"
Lewen, G.D. , A. Nahata, H.J. Lezec, T.W. Ebbesen, K.M. Pellerin, R.A. Linke, and T. Thio "Surface Plasmon-Enhancement for High Throughput NSOM Probes"
Leyse, Bob "Microscale Heat Transfer to Subcooled Water: 10 - 400 atm, 0 - 4000 W/cm2 "
Lin, Xue-feng , David A. Grove, Jordan Alexander, Robert W. Odom, and Patricia M. Lindley "Preparation and Characterization of Polyimide Thin Film Nanostructure Orientation and Material Properties"
Liu, Guojun and Xiaohu Yan "Superparamagnetic Triblock/Fe2 O3 Nanofibers"
Liu, Zengtao , Chungho Lee, Venkat Narayanan, Gen Pei, Jami Meteer, and Edwin C. Kan "Electrical and Mechanical Characterization of Embedded Metal Nanocrystals by Microelectronic-Based Test Structures"
Lyshevski, Marina "Operating Principles and Model Developments for Brownian Molecular Motors"
Lyshevski, Sergey and Marina Lyshevski "Devising Nanoelectromechanical Systems and Devices"
Lyshevski, Sergey "Wireless Communication in Multi-Agent Networked Nano- and Micro-Electromechanical Systems"
Macias, Nicholas J. and Lisa J.K. Durbeck "A Process Driver for Nanofabrication:
Detecting and Analysing Hardware Defects using the Cell Matrix Computing Architecture"
Maier, Beatrice M. "Nanoscale Resolution of Self-assembled Liposomes Containing Functional Sodium Pumps"
Maiti, Amitesh "Carbon nanotubes as field emission device and electromechanical sensor: results from first-principles simulations"
Majoros, Istvan , Thommey Thomas, Andrzej Myc, Inhan Lee, Balazs Keszler, and James R. Baker Jr. "Molecular Engineering in Nanotechnology. I: Multifunctional Device for Biomedical Application"
Mayor, Marcel , Michael Büschel, Jörg Daub, Katharina M. Fromm, Jean-Marie Lehn, Heiko B. Weber, Joachim Reichert, and Detlef Beckmann "Electron Transfer Through Molecular Structures"
McKendree, Thomas L. "Summary of a Dissertation on Molecular Nanotechnology For Space Operations"
McMillan, Andrew , Hiromi Kagawa, Takuro Yaoi, Chad Paavola, Rakesh Mogul, Meyya Meyyappan, and Jonathan Trent "Ordered Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Arrays Formed from Extremophilic Heat Shock Proteins"
Mitchell, David and Charles Martin "Smart Nanotubules For Bioseparations and Biocatalysis"
Muraoka, Masahiro , Thomas W. Bell, and Stephen L. Gillett "Ferrocene Intercalation into Hydrophobic Monolayers: Toward Light-Driven Molecular Assembly"
Mylvaganam, Kausala and Liangchi Zhang "Nano-Indentation of Silicon: Effect of Oxygen Penetration"
Nakamura, M. , H. Oike, M. Iizuka, S. Kuniyoshi, K. Kudo, and K. Tanaka "Local Area Characterization of Charge Transfer Complex Films with Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy"
Narimanov, Evgenii "Nanoscale quantum dots: beyond the mean-field approximation"
Nishimura, Haruka , Masaaki Iizuka, Shigekazu Kuniyoshi, Masakazu Nakamura, Kazuhiro Kudo, and Kuniaki Tanaka "Fabrication and Characterization of Alternate Multi Layers Using Self-Assembly and Spin-Coating Method"
Oliver, D R , A Pu, D J Thomson, and G E Bridges "Heterodyne Electrostatic Imaging with Potential for Molecular Scale Resolution"
in het Panhuis, Marc , Jonathan Coleman, Paul Popelier, Brian Foley, Robert Munn, and Werner Blau "Design and quantification of a nanoscale field effect transistor"
Park, Seongjun , Deepak Srivastava, and Kyeongjae Cho "Studies of 1 H@C20 H20 and 31 P Doped Bucky-Onions for Solid-State Quantum Computers"
Parker, Eric , Kenneth Kozman, and Tushar Udeshi "Zyric: A Software Framework for Nanotechnology Applications"
Peng, Shu and Kyeongjae Cho "Mechanical Control of Carbon Nanotube Electronics"
Pfaffmann, Jeffrey O. and Silvano Colombano "Molding Carbon Nanotube Structures with Microtubule Growth Dynamics"
Phillips, Daniel J. , Thomas W. Bell, and Vincent J. Catalano "Photoisomerization of (E and Z) 2-t-butyl-9-(2,2,2-Triphenyl)ethylidenefluorene"
Poler, Jordan and Keneth Gonsalves "New advances in resist system for next generation lithography"
Preston, Jones "Propagator Studies of Quantum Effects in Nanostructures"
Prochorov, A.M. , G.V. Pavlov, G.A.C. Okpattah, S.P. Pavlenko, A.N. Miralubova, A.V. Kaeitanovich, V.V. Menshenin, and E.S. Voronin "Efficacy of nano-disperse iron on during bovine leukosis virus infection"
Prochorov, A.M. , G.V. Pavlov, G.A.C. Okpattah, and A.V. Kaetanovich "The influence of very minute doses of nano-disperse iron on seed germination"
Rosewater, Dan and S. C. Goldstein "A Molecular Latch for Digital Logic"
Routkevitch, Dmitri , F. Howland Carpenter, Peter Mardilovich, and Alexander Govyadinov "Nano- and Microfabrication with Anodic Alumina as a Route to Nanodevices"
Ruben, Mario , Jean-Marie Lehn, Esther Breuning, Franz Renz, Vadim Ksonofontov, Philipp Guetlich, and Jean-Paul Giesselbrecht "Metals in the Square: Towards Molecular Switching Units"
Schaffer, Tilman E. , Dmitry I. Cherny, Gudrun Heim, Thomas M. Jovin, and Yuekan Jiao "Dynamic Interactions of P53 with DNA Observed by Time-lapse AFM"
Schmidt, Silvester and Silke Burkart "The Nanotechnology Market: Status quo and Prospects for the Future"
Segovia-Juarez, Jose and Silvano Colombano "The hypernetwork architecture as a model for molecular computing"
Shamsa, Manu and Balpreet Ahluwalia "QCA-based Effective Routing Mechanism for parallel computer and application in railways"
Shenderova, Olga and Donald Brenner "Geometrical Compatibility and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Structures with Mixed sp2 -sp3 Bonding"
Simard, Benoit , Wei-Fang Du, Igor Moudrakovski, Lee Wilson, Stéphane Dénommée, Régent Dutrisac, Chris Ratcliffe and John Ripmeester "Hydrogen storage in single-walled carbon nanotubes"
Sinnott, S.B. , B. Ni, P.T. Mikulski, and J.A. Harrison "Compression of Filled Carbon Nanotubes: Predictions from Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
Soldatov, E. S. , S. P. Gubin, P. Johansson, G. B. Khomutov, V. V. Kolesov, A. Yu. Obydenov, V. V. Shorokhov, and K. S. Sulaimankulov "Molecular clusters as a basis of single-molecule SET nanosystems"
Srivastava, D , A Andriotis, M Menon, and L Chernozetonski "Electronic Rectification, Ballistic Switching, and Logic Functions with Carbon Nanotube `Y-Junctions'"
Stokbro, Kurt , Jeremy Taylor, and Mads Brandbyge "First principles modelling of electron transport through organic molecules"
Stowell, Michael and Mukerrem Drewitt "A Chemoselective biomolecular template for assembling diverse nanotubular structures"
Tamulis, Arvydas , Zilvinas Rinkevicius, Vykintas Tamulis, and Jelena Tamuliene "Quantum Chemical Design of Logic Gates of Classical and Quantum Molecular Computers and Light Driven Molecular Logical Machines"
Taylor, Helen C. and Michael E.J. Holwill "Analysing Natural Molecular Motors for Nanofabrication"
Toma, Henrique E. , Koiti Araki, Marcos M. Toyama and Gregoire J. F. Demets "Supramolecular Assemblies of Polymetallic Porphyrins and Porphyrazines for Molecular Electronics and Devices"
Torrens, Francisco "Molecular polarizability of semiconductor clusters and nanostructures"
Uldrich, Jack "Nanotechnology: Making the case for state involvement"
Uldrich, Jack "Creating Enhanced Value for Nanotechnology by Institutionalizing Change on University Campuses"
Vakhrouchev, Alexandre V. , Vitaly Y. Zlobin, Nicoly A. Zhilov, Alexandre A. Vakhrouchev, and Alexey M. Lipanov "Interaction Nanoparticles with a Surface of Materials"
Vakhrouchev, Alexandre V. and Ludmila L. Vakhroucheva "The Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Nanocomposites Compression"
Weber, Heiko B. , Joachim Reichert, Rolf Ochs, Detlef Beckmann, Marcel Mayor, and Hilbert v. Löhneysen "Experimental Investigation of Transport Through Single Conjugated Molecules"
Wei, Chenyu , Kyeongjae Cho, and Deepak Srivastava "Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Polymer-CNT composites"
Williams, Clayton C. and Levente J. Klein "Single electron tunneling detection by electrostatic force"
Wright, Glenn , Larry Kirkland, Marek Zgol, Susanna Keeton, and David Adebimpe "Carbon Nanotube Integration within Electronic Devices"
Yurkov, Gleb Yurjevich , Sergey Pavlovich Gubin, and Igor Donatovich Kosobudsky "Metal-Containing Nano-particles in Polymeric Matrices"
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