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The Nanoscience Seminar Series began in the Fall of 2000 with presentations given by U of M faculty engaged in research on various aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology. A diverse range of topics were covered, including the following:

“Nanostructural Design and Synthesis of Hydrogen-bonded Molecular Frameworks”
Michael D. Ward
Chemical and Materials Science

“Surface Assembly and Molecular Quantum Structures”
Xiaoyang Zhu
Chemistry

“Instrumentation for Nanoparticle Research”
David Y. Pui
Mechanical Engineering

“Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Structural Information from Chemical Tip Interactions”
Phillip Buhlmann
Chemistry

“Mining and Measuring Properties of Subcellular Structures”
Edgar A. Arriaga
Chemistry

“Sub 100 Nanometer FET’s and Beyond”
Stephen A. Campbell
Electrical and Computer Engineering

“DNA Assembled Nanoparticle Electronics”
Richard A. Kiehl
Electrical and Computer Engineering

“Nanoprobing Electrical Transport in Organic Semiconductors”
C. Daniel Frisbie
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

“Pulsating Polumer Gels”
Ronald A. Siegel
Pharmaceutics

“Ciliary Microtubules as Nanosensory Devices”
Richard W. Linck
Genetics, Cell Biology & Development

During the second year of the program, seminars were given by leading experts from other universities and industry engaged in research in various aspects of nanoscience. These invited speakers also spent the day in technical discussions with faculty from many departments at the university.

“The Integrated Circuit: Less is not Moore: More is More”
Gregory Timp
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois

“Molecular Electronics and Molecular Junctions”
Mark A. Ratner
Chemistry
Northwestern University

“Something New from the Land of Atoms”
Don Eigler
IBM Almaden Research Center

“Atomic and Molecular Scale Transport”
Mark Reed
Electrical Engineering
Yale University

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