| 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 |