1st Edition

Technical Proceedings of the 2007 Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Nanotech 2007 Volume 4

    744 Pages 350 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    NSTI's annual nanotechnology conference provides the most prestigious forum in the world for leading nano scientists, and Nanotech 2007 is no exception. The papers from this years conference have been compiled into four volumes to create the most authoritative and comprehensive compendium now available across all of nanotechnology. Including the latest information on industrial development, investments, and ventures, each volume explores cutting-edge research and applications. Volume IV looks at nanoscale characterization, nanoparticles, and nanofabrication. It also considers Cleantech issues focusing on and environmental and energy issues including the development of fuel cells and other novel technology.

    Program Committee

    NSTI Nanotech 2007 Vol. 1-4 Topics

    Nanoscale Characterization

    Quantitative Synchrotron Grazing Incidence X-ray Scattering and Reflectivity Analysis of Nano-structures and Patterns Supported with Substrates

    M. Ree, J. Yoon, K. Heo, K.S. Jin, S. Jin, B. Lee, I. Park, S.C. Choi, G. Kim, H. Kim, W. Oh, Y-H Park, Y. Hwang, J-S Kim, J. Kim, K-W Kim and T. Chang

    3D structure of nano-scale materials by total x-ray scattering

    V. Petkov

    Determination of micro-structural properties with x-ray absorption fine structure

    S.-W. Han, S.-H. Park, H.-J. Yu, E.-S. Jeong, S.-H. Kim, Y.-J. Kim and G.-C. Yi

    Nanoparticle Formation in Supercritical Fluids – The World’s First Real Time In-situ Investigation

    H. Jensen, M. Bremholm, R.P. Nielsen, K.D. Joensen, Y-S Chen, J. Almer, E.G. Søgaard, B.B. Iversen and S.B. Iversen

    Lattice Engineered Nanoparticles.

    P. Casey, C.J. Rossouw, A.B. Murphy and C. Bell

    Analytical Methods for Nanotechnology

    I.A. Mowat, J. Moskito, I Ward and A. Hartzell

    How to SPION Glass Transitions

    M. Concha, S. DeLong, L. Radu, C. Kumar and P. Bidwell-Hanson

    Near-Field Raman and Luminescence Spectroscopies to evidence chemical heterogeneity of surfaces

    with sub-wavelength spatial resolution

    B. Humbert, J. Grausem, M. Dossot and S. Cremel

    Analysis of Interfacial Water Structure close to Mixed Langmuir Monolayers by Sum-Frequency Spectroscopy

    Z.S. Nickolov, D.W. Britt and J.D. Miller

    Correlated roughness in polymer film containing magnetic nanoparticles

    M.M. Abul Kashem, J. Perlich, L. Schulz, S.V. Roth and P. Müller-Buschbaum

    An All-Digital Cantilever Controller for MRFM and Scanned Probe Microscopy using a Combined

    DSP/FPGA Design

    D. de Roover, L.M. Porter II, A. Emami-Naeini, J.A. Marohn, S. Kuehn, S. Garner and D.D. Smith

    Highly sensitive Scanning Capacitance Microscope

    H. Tanbakuchi

    Confocal Raman AFM, a powerful tool for the nondestructive characterization of heterogeneous materials

    U. Schmidt, F. Vargas, M. Kress, T. Dieing, K. Weishaupt and O. Hollricher

    Nano Equipment and Materials for Electronics - Market Needs and Outlook

    L. Sheet

    The Casimir Force and quantum interaction between conducting macro-bodies at nanoscale distances

    V. Petrov, M. Petrov, V. Bryksin, J. Petter and T. Tschudi

    Nanoscale Deformation Measurements for Reliability Assessment of MEMS and NEMS

    J. Keller, D. Vogel and B. Michel

    Effective Use of Focused Ion Beam (FIB) in Investigating Fundamental Mechanical Properties of Metals

    at the Nano-Scale

    J.R. Greer and W.D. Nix

    Mechanical Properties of Polycrystalline 3C-SiC Heteroepitaxial Layers

    M. Pozzi, A.J. Harris, J.S. Burdess, K.K. Lee and R. Cheung

    Understanding and utilizing molecular constraints in nanoscale material designs

    S. Sills and R.M. Overney

    Advanced CryoTEM and Tomography for Two- and Three-Dimensional Nano-Characterisation of

    Soft Matter

    E. Sourty, F. de Haas, P.M. Frederik, J. Loos, D.J. Stokes and D.H.W. Hubert

    Characterisation of Native-State Soft Matter using ‘Multi-Mode’ Electron Microscopy

    D.J. Stokes, E. Baken, B.H. Lich and D.H.W. Hubert

    Accommodation of Characterization Tools

    L. York

    The Impact of Advanced S/TEM on Atomic-Scale Characterisation and Analysis

    D.H.W. Hubert, B. Freitag and D.J. Stokes

    In-situ Gas Injection-Heating Atomic Resolution TEM for Nanomaterials

    X.F. Zhang

    Image-based Nanocrystallography in Two and Three Dimensions with

    P. Moeck, R. Bjorge and P. Fraundorf

    Characterisation of Electrical Fields of Buried Interdigitated Nanoscale Ti-Electrode Arrays by a Novel

    Atomic Force Microscopy Measurement Procedure and Their Fabrication by FIB Milling

    M.G. Jenke, Ch. Santschi and P. Hoffmann

    TEM Studies of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Cell Labeling and Magnetic Separation

    A.L. Koh and R. Sinclair

    Structural Analysis of Ptx-Pd1-x Nanoparticles Supported on amorphous Silica by High Resolution

    Electron Microscopy

    N. Castillo, L. Diaz Barriga and R. Pérez

    Real-Time In-Situ Measurement of Nanoparticle Size Distributions Using Electrical Mobility Technique

    M. Singh, E. Kathleen and B. Osmondson

    Quantitative Synchrotron Grazing Incidence X-ray Scattering Analysis of Cylindrical Nanostructure in

    Supported Thin Films

    J. Yoon, S.-Y. Yang, B. Lee, W.-C. Joo, K. Heo, J.K. Kim and M. Ree

    Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Studies of Star-Shape Polymers

    S. Jin, T. Higashihara, K.S. Jin, J. Yoon, K. Heo, J. Kim, K.-W. Kim, A. Hirao and M. Ree

    Preparation and Characterization of Mn and Co substituted nano particle ZnO

    P. Venugopal Reddy, Y. Kalyana Lakshmi and K. Raju

    Characterization of Nanaoporous Low-Dielectric Constant SiCOH Films using Organosilane Precursor

    K. Heo, S.-G. Park, J. Yoon, K.S. Jin, S. Jin, S.-W. Rhee and M. Ree

    Nanometre particle sizing and stability measurement with tabletop PCCS

    W. Laemmle

    In-plane Vibration Measurements of Micro Scale Devices Using Sub-Pixel Image Registration

    Algorithms and Stroboscopic Illumination

    T. Buyukyazi and I. Basdogan

    Analysis of an Ink Ejection Failure on a MEMS Micro-Injector Printing Head

    I-Y Lee, T-P Hsu, F-C Tseng, H-K Tang and G-D Lin

    Microstructure and Pile-up effect on Nanoindentation measurements of FCC and BCC Metals

    A.K. Srivastava and R.A. Mirshams

    Application of Abductive Network and FEM to Predict the Stress-Strain Curve with strain hardening

    effect of Bulk Metals by Nanoindentation test

    T.S. Yang, J.Z. Qiu and S.Y. Chang

    Nano-mechanical testing of Novel bioactive carbon nanotubes/HAP nano particles composite coatings

    I. Singh and P. Allan

    MEMS Reliability Assessment Program – Progress to Date

    J.L. Zunino III and D.R. Skelton

    Predicting the Positive Effects of Combined Metallurgical and Thermo-Mechanical Impacts on the

    Reliability of Solder Joint Interconnections

    F.M. Khoshnaw

    Structural Analysis of Platinum Paladium Nanoparticles Supported on amorphous Silica by High

    Resolution Electron Microscopy

    N. Castillo, L. Diaz Barriga and R. Pérez

    Laser diffraction study of inverse opals

    A. Sinitskii, V. Abramova, T. Laptinskaya and Yu. Tretyakov

    Invertible Polymers for the Stabilization of Nanoparticles

    A. Kohut, A. Voronov and W. Peukert

    Size Dependence Of Conjugation of Amyloid Beta Protein On Gold Colloidal Nanoparticles’ Surfaces

    D. Sri Hartati, W. Tsang, N.M. Briglio, J.E. MacCormac and K. Yokoyama

    Nanoparticles

    Synthesis of visible light active nanocrystalline bismuth oxide based photocatalysts

    K.K. Akurati, A. Vital, F. Reifler, A. Ritter and T. Graule

    Photochemical Alteration of the Stability of Polymer Nano-Agglomerates

    M. Seipenbusch, S. Rothenbacher, A.P. Weber, J. Salas-Vicente, A.M. Braun and G. Kasper

    Measuring Nanoparticle Size Distributions in Real-Time: Key Factors for Accuracy

    K. Erickson, M. Singh and B. Osmondson

    Two-nozzle flame synthesis of tailored Pt/Ba/Al2O3 nanoparticles for NOx storage-reduction

    R. Strobel, M. Piacentini, M. Maciejewski, A. Baiker and S.E. Pratsinis

    Synthesis and characterisation of flame-sprayed superparamagnetic bare and silica-coated maghemite

    nanoparticles

    W.Y. Teoh, D. Li, C. Selomulya, R. Woodward and R. Amal

    Mono-component Silicone based Conformal Coating

    J.-M. Francès, V. Hantin and S. Schneider

    TiO2:Mn nanoparticles as enhanced UVA absorption, photostable sunscreen components

    A. Duggan and G. Wakefield

    Additives containing Nano Metal Oxides for enhanced scratch resistance in Coating Formulations

    R.H. McMullin

    Fracture of Vacancy-defected Carbon Nanotubes and Their Embedded Composites

    S.P. Xiao and W.Y. Hou

    Noncovalent Catenation between Metal-Ligand Coordination Macrocycles and _-Cyclodextrin

    Y. Liu

    Ultra-thin Nanocomposite Membranes for Highly Sensitive Sensors

    T.J. Kang, E.Y. Jang, J.H. Lee and Y.H. Kim

    A Revolutionary New Method for the Synthesis of a Wide Array of Metal Oxide and Mixed Metal Oxide

    Nanoparticles with Sizes as Small as 1 nm

    B.F. Woodfield, S. Liu, Q. Liu, L. Astle and J. Boerio-Goates

    Condensation and Evaporation of a Nano-sized Particle Moving in a Fluid Environment

    M.Y. Yi, J.W. Lee and M.J. Lee

    Ceramic foams directly-coated with flame-made V2O5/TiO2

    B. Schimmoeller, H. Schulz, S.E. Pratsinis, A. Bareiss, A. Reitzmann and B. Kraushaar-Czanetzki

    Characterization and Synthesis of Platinum Nanoparticles for the Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction

    Reaction

    N. Elizondo-Villarreal, F. Rodríguez Ramírez, Y. Gochi-Ponce, G. Alonso Núñez and M. José Yacamán

    Grinding and Dispersion Equipment For Nano Scale Applications

    H. Way

    Nanoscale Maghemite Iron Oxide Powders Prepared by Laser Pyrolysis

    I. Morjan, F. Dumitrache, R. Alexandrescu, R. Birjega, I. Voicu, L. Gavrila, I. Soare, G. Filotti, V. Kuncser and V. Ciupina

    Fluorescence of Water-Soluble Fullerenes in Biological Systems

    S. Lin, D.X. Jones, A.S. Mount and P.C. Ke

    A Novel Detection of Early Colorectal Cancer by Chitosan Nanoparticles Conjugated with Folic Acid

    S-J Yang, F-H Lin, K-C Tsai and M-J Shieh

    Production of Stable Drug Nanospensions Using Microfluidics Reaction Technology

    T. Panagiotou, S. Mesite, R. Fisher and I. Gruverman

    Preparation and characterization of release behavior for hydrophilic drug loaded alginate nanohydrogels

    S-M Lee, H-Y Lee, Y-M Kim, M-K Kim, S-O Sohn and H-D Ghim

    Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Sun Blocking Powders Based on Polysilsesquioxane

    Y.B. Kim and K.S. Yoon

    Chitosan-Nanoparticle as UV Filter and Carrier for Cosmetic Actives

    S.P. Wanichwecharungruang

    A modified plasma arc gas condensation technique for the synthesis of tungsten oxide-based materials with various morphologies and structures

    C.Y. Su, H.C. LIn, Z.K. Yang and C.K. Lin

    Prevention of Coalescence Stage from Nuclei at Initial Growth of Thin Film by Substrate Rotation in

    Physical Vapour Deposition

    S-K Koh, J.H. Lee, Y.G. Han, J-S Cho, J.H. Joo and E.A. Kralkina

    Search of Troponins as Smart Biosensors for Point-of-care Detection of Acute Myocardial Infarction

    R. Sharma

    Synthesis and Characterization of Metallic Nanoparticles of Cu, Co and Cu-Co by Reactive Milling

    J. Angeles-Islas, C.G. Velasquez-Rodriguez and H.A. Calderon

    The Effects of Nano Particles on the Leidenfrost Phenomenon

    C-K Huang and C-K Lin

    Optimization of Magnetic Properties in Cobalt Ferrite Nanocrystals

    Y. Cedeño, O. Perales-Perez, F. Roman, R. Singhal and M.S. Tomar

    Face Selective Adhesion of Gold Nanoparticles onto microcrystal of Cyclodextrin/Octanethiol Inclusion

    Compound Produced by Magnetron Sputtering

    L. Barrientos, J. Merchán, N. Yutronic and P. Jara

    Synthesis and Synterability of Hydroxyapatite-Coated Zirconia Nanopowders

    F. Bondioli, V. Cannillo, A.M. Ferrari and T. Manfredini

    Novel Acrylamide Assisted Polymeric Citrate Route for the Synthesis of Nanocrystalline ZrO2 Powders

    for Dental Applications

    S. Vivekanandhan, M. Venkateswarlu, H.R. Rawls and N. Satyanarayana

    Low-Temperature Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-Doped ZnO Nanocrystals

    A. Parra-Palomino, R. Singhal, O. Perales-Perez and M.S. Tomar

    Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide Sphere with Anatase-Type Crystalline Structure using Cyclodextrin as

    Templates for Nano-sized Pore with Narrow Size Distribution

    J.W. Chung, H.-J. Kim and S.-Y. Kwak

    Experimental and numerical investigations of the influence of fluid dynamics on the precipitation of

    nanoscaled particles

    J. Gradl and W. Peukert

    preparation of Reactive Polymeric Nanoparticles (RPNPs)

    M. Szaloki, L. Daroczi, J.F. Hartmann, C. Hegedus and J. Borbely

    From nanopores to nanoshells: The transformation of MCM-41 into ultrathin wall, hollow silica

    Nanospheres

    W.Y. Ho and K.L. Yeung

    Scale up production of nanoparticles using hydrothermal synthesis

    E. Lester, M. Poliakoff, J. Li, B. Guy, N. Tinsley and P. Blood

    Prediction Model of Thermal Conductivity for Composite Materials with Nano Particles

    C-K Huang

    Structural Properties of Amorphous Al2O3.2SiO2 nanoparticles

    N.N. Linh, V.V. Hoang and H. Zung

    Amorphous-Amorphous Phase Transition in Simulated Amorphous SiO2 Nanoparticle

    V.V. Hoang and H. Zung

    Characterization of CdSe Nanocrystals and their Interaction with Micellar Aggregates by Means of

    Capillary Electrophoretic Techniques

    S.O. Oszwaldowski, L. Vasicek, A. Tonev and K.P. Roberts

    Effect of Reaction Temperature on the Structural and Optical Properties of Zno Nanocrystals

    A. Parra-Palomino, C. Sotomayor, O. Perales-Perez, R. Singhal, P. Voyles and M.S. Tomar

    Zinc Sulfide and Cadmium Sulfide based Nanocrystals and Shells

    M. Balaguera, O. Perales-Perez, L. Rivera-Montalvo, R. Singhal and M.S. Tomar

    Experiments on removing nano particles on a substrate using a supersonic particle beam J.W. Lee, M.J. Lee and M.Y. Yi

    Fabrication of microcomponent using Fe based nanopowders

    C-J Choi and H.M. Lee

    Direct Laser Writing of Microtunnels and Reservoirs on Nanocomposite Materials

    H. Chen, X. Liu, H. Muthuraman, J. Zou, J. Wang, Q. Dai and Q. Huo

    New process for fabrication of microcomponents using metal nanopowder

    H.M. Lee and C-J Choi

    Reversible Formation of Silver Nanoparticles in Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Based Thin Films via Electrochemical Switching

    J.R. Black, V. Cammaratta, G.A. Gaddy, B.L. Slaten and G. Mills

    Synthesis of Water Soluble Gold Nanoparticles and Adsorption of Dyes onto Gold Nanoparticles

    N. Narband, I. Parkin, M. Wilson and J. Gil Thomas

    Nonlinear Optical Property of Gold nanoparticles/Polymer Hybrid Materials

    Q. Dai, J. Zou and Q. Huo

    Comparison of Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamic Performance of Nanofluids

    D.P. Kulkarni, P.K. Namburu and D.K. Das

    Fabrication of CuO Nanofilm preparation by Electrophoretic Deposition

    H. Chang and C.H. Wei

    Single dot luminescence characteristics of CdSe/ZnS core-shell structured quantum dots with different

    ligands

    H. Yu, N.W. Song, D.W. Moon and S.K. Shin

    Application of Anderson-Schulz-Flory (ASF) equation in the proiduct distribution of slurry phase FT

    synthesis with nanosized iron catalyst

    M. Sohrabi, A. Tavakoli Araghi and A. Karegari

    Enantiospecific adsorption of chiral molecules on chiral Au nanoparticles

    I.L. Garzon, X. Lopez-Lozano and L.A. Perez

    The use of Molecular Precursors for the Preparation of Pd/Co-Alloy Nanoparticles

    R. Montano-Serrano, C. Moiras and R.G. Raptis

    Shape-Controlled Synthesis and Catalytic Behavior of Supported Platinum Nanoparticles

    C. Liu, M. Fransson and B. Zhou

    Poly(vinyl amine) Stabilized Colloidal CdS Quantum Dots of Color-Tunable Photoluminescence:

    Syntheses and Optical Properties

    K.-M. Chen and S.-S. Hou

    Slurry sample injection for determination of ferrite nanocolloids chemical composition by

    ICP spectrometry

    M.H. Sousa, E.S. Lins, F.A. Tourinho, J. Depeyrot, W.D. Martins, L.F. Zara, C.F.S. Castro and G.R. de Castro

    Magnetic Properties of Multi- and Sigle-Domain Particles of CuxNi1-xFe2O4 Ferrites

    J.Z. Msomi and T. Moyo

    Magnetic characteristics of FePt nanodots formed by a self-assembled nanodot deposition method

    C.K. Yin, H. Choi, J.C. Bea, M. Murugesan, J.H. Yoo, T. Fukushima, Y. Murakami, T. Tanaka,D. Shindo, M. Miyao and M. Koyanagi

    Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetite Powders

    B.M. Silverman, S. Parasher, B. Milner and B. Zhou

    Low-Temperature Polyol Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Co and CoPt Alloys

    E. Chávarri-Pajares, J. Pérez, O. Perales-Perez, R. Singhal and M.S. Tomar

    Poly(acrylic) acid-coated Silver Nanoparticles for Antibacterial Textile FinishingE. Falletta, M. Bonini, E. Fratini, A. Lo Nostro, A. Becheri, P. Lo Nostro and P. Baglioni

    Transforming nano-science to nano-technology: Manipulating the size, shape, surface morphology,

    agglomeration, phases and defects of silver nano-particles under continuous flow conditions

    S. Iyer, C.L. Raston and M. Saunders

    Assemblies of Blue-emitting CdSe Nanocrystals in Redox Copper Phenanthroline-based Polymeric Chains

    S.-J. Fu and K.-J. Lin

    Nano-Biotechnology toward Diagnostic Industry: Obstacles and Opportunities

    H. Esfandyarpour

    Interesting applications on a novel high pressure high temperature microfluidic-based flow reactor................. 426

    K. Niesz, Cs. Csajagi, B. Bernadett, R. Jones and F. Darvas

    Nanofabrication

    DIRECT: An Efficient Optimization Scheme for Mask Generation Using Inverse Lithography

    W. Xiong, M-C Tsai, J. Zhang and Z. Yu

    Resist Mask Designs for Quantum Dot Transistor Using E-Beam Nanolithography

    U. Hashim, S. Sutikno and Z.A.Z. Jamal

    Femtosecond laser micromachining of IC for semiconductor defect analysis

    M. Halbwax, T. Sarnet, J. Hermann, Ph. Delaporte, M. Sentis, L. Fares and G. Haller

    Numerical Simulation of NIL Process Based on Continuum hypothesis

    S.M. Kim, Y.S. Woo, D.E. Lee and W.I. Lee

    Nanoimprint Mold Manufacturing with Focused Ion Beam

    M. Chung, B.R. Huang, M.H. Weng, C.S. Fu, Y.Y. Chang, S.W. Lai, J.M. Chiou, Y.C. Chen and Y.H. Tzeng

    Nanostructuration of sol-gel thin films

    C. Peroz, V. Goletto, M. Foresti, C. Heitz, L. Le Gratiet, E. Barthel and E. Sondergard

    Fabrication of Perforated Membranes in Polymers by Imprint Lithography

    A. Roychowdhury and S. Park

    Synthesis and Characterizations of ZnO Nanorods Arrays for Solar Cell and Chemical Sensor Applications

    O. Lupan and L. Chow

    Multifunctional Materials Based on Chitosan, Globular Protein and Gold Nanoparticles

    E. Indrea, S. Dreve, I. Bratu, G. Mihailescu, L. Olenic, G. Tomoaia, A. Mocanu, O. Horovitz and M. Tomoaia-Cotisel

    Parallel Pd Nanoribbons by Spontaneous Organization of Pd Nanoparticles

    O. Taratula, A.M. Chen, J. Zhang, J. Chaudry, I. Barnerjee and H. He

    Economical Approaches to Clean Space

    C. Rossrucker

    Simulation of Virtual Nanoparticle tracking using calculated forces for an Atomic Force Microscope and Optical Tweezers

    S.N. Dwivedi, S. Kode and P.G. Ikonomov

    1D transition metal oxide materials: preparation and applications

    T. Tätte, M. Paalo, R. Talviste, V. Kisand, K. Saal, U. Mäeorg, A. Lõhmus and I. Kink

    MOS Structures Containing Amorphous Silicon Nanoparticles for Application in Memory Devices

    N. Nedev, M. Stoytcheva, D. Nesheva, E. Manolov, R. Brüggemann, Z. Levi, R. Zlatev, B. Valdez and L. Alvarez

    Electrostatic Printing of CNT Liquid Toners

    R. Detig, D. Eberlein and M. Finzi

    Fabrication and characterization of Alq3 electrically actuated nanospring arrays

    G.D. Dice and M.J. Brett

    Densification and Grain Growth During the Sintering of Nanoscale SiC

    M. Bothara, S.J. Park, R.M. German, T.S. Sudarshan, R. Radhakrishnan and S.V. Atre

    Sonochemical Coating of TiC nanoparticles on expandable polymeric microspheres, Thermal Mechanical properties of microspheres/epoxy nanocomposites

    V.K. Rangari, T.A. Hassan, Q. Mayo T. Watson and S. Jeelani

    Novel Approaches for Functional Patterns and Microfluidic Synthesis

    K. Choi

    Fabrication of Nanoparticulate Inks for Applications in Printable Electronics

    A. Reindl, S. Aldabergenova, E. Altin, G. Frank and W. Peukert

    Piezoelectric Inkjet Print Head Technology for TFT-LCD Panel Fabrication

    T. Chen

    Growth and Engineering of High Aspect-Ratio AAO Templates Integrated on Silicon Substrates

    S. Choi and M. Daugherty

    Responsive Hydrogels as Model Materials to Study the Deformation Behavior of Patterned Polymer

    Nanostructures

    V.R. Tirumala, C.M. Stafford, R. Huang, E.K. Lin and L.E. Ocola

    Title: Nano/micro-structures formation driven by local protonation of polymer thin films via dip-pen

    nanolithography

    C. Maedler, S. Chada, A. La Rosa and M. Yan

    Electroluminescence from Surface Oxidized Silicon Nanoparticles Randomly Dispersed within a

    Polymer Matrix

    R.K. Ligman, L. Mangolini, U. Kortshagen and S.A. Campbell

    Electroluminescence of ZnO Nanowire/p-GaN Heterojunction Light Emitting Diodes

    X. Wang, J.J. Cole and H.O. Jacobs

    Monolayer to Multilayers Nanostructural Evolution in N type Oligothiphenes: Implications for OFET

    Performance

    G.R. Dholakia, A. Facchetti and T.J. Marks

    Parylene Nanospheres, Nanotubes & Nanocoatings for Medical and Electronics Applications

    R. Kumar and A. Greiner

    Development of Nanostructures, Nanodevices, Nanocomposites, and Hierarchical Nanocomposites at

    Hawaii Nanotechnology Laboratory

    M. Ghasemi-Nejhad and A. Cao

    Influence of Stress and Temperature on the Microstructure Stability of Nanocrystalline Materials

    R.K. Rajgarhia, S-W. Koh, D. Spearot, A. Saxena, P. Selvam and R. Tummala

    Grain Size Distribution in CoCrPtO-Based Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media

    F. Hossein-Babaei, U. Kwon and R. Sinclair

    400-900 nm Light Emitting Silicon Nanoparticles

    R.W. Liptak, X.D. Pi, U. Kortshagen and S.A. Campbell

    Quantum Correction for the Current-Based One-Particle Monte-Carlo Method

    S.C. Brugger, A. Wirthmueller and A. Schenk

    Single Election Trapping in Nanoscale Transistors; RTS(Random Telegraph Signals) and l/f Noise

    L. Forbes, D.A. Miller and M.Y. Louie

    Nanoscale hydrophobic coatings for the separation of liquid mixtures

    P. Truman, R. Frenzel, N. Longari, P. Uhlmann and M. Stamm

    Utilizing PRINTTM Technology to Create Precision Nanopatterned Films

    G. Denison Rothrock, J. Rolland and R. Henn

    The Si-tag for Immobilizing Proteins on a Silicon Device

    A. Kuroda

    Low Temperature Nanolayers of Metal Oxides By MVD

    B. Kobrin, N. Dangaria and J. Chinn

    From Particle Self-Assembly to the Creation of Biologically Relevant Nanopatterns

    T.M. Blättler, A. Binkert, E. Reimhult, M. Textor and J. Vörös

    Manufacturable nanoscale membranes – material development and biological separations

    T.R. Gaborski, C.C. Striemer, J.L. Snyder, D.Z. Fang, P.M. Fauchet and J.L. McGrath

    Nano-Patterned Surfaces Enhance Immunoreaction Efficiency

    A. Valsesia, I. Mannelli, P. Colpo, F. Bretagnol, G. Ceccone and F. Rossi

    Multifunctional Bio-Nano Patterns Derived from Colloidal Self-Assembly as Model Surfaces to Study

    Antigen-Antibody Interactions

    S. Krishnamoorthy, J.P. Wright, O. Worsfold, T. Fujii and M. Himmelhaus

    Energy Nanotech

    Preparation and Characterization of Nafion/Microporous Titanosilicate Composite Membranes as Ion-

    Conducting Materials

    S.-Y. Ryu, J.-D. Jeon and S.-Y. Kwak

    Amorphous Diamond as a Thermionic Material

    J.C. Sung, M-C Kan, T-J Hsiao, Y-T Chen and M. Sung

    Ultra-short pulsed laser for nano-texturation associated to plasma immersion implantation for 3D shallow doping : Application to silicon photovoltaic

    M. Halbwax, T. Sarnet, Ph. Delaporte, M. Sentis, H. Etienne, F. Torregrosa, V. Vervisch and S.

    Martinuzzi

    Dye-sensitized solar cell using a TiO2 nanocrystalline film electrode prepared by solution combustion synthesis

    C.M. Wang and S.L. Chungb

    Synthesis and characterization of a highly cross linked PEGME and PEG for solid electrolyte and its application in dye-sensitized solar cells

    M. Shaheer Akhtar, J-M Chun, H-C Lee, K-J Kim and O-B Yang

    Nano-Hetero Structure for direct energy conversion

    L. Popa-Simil

    Nanotechnology – Disruptive Technologies for Electric Utility Systems. Challenges and Opportunities

    J. Stringer and R.H. Richman

    Catching Mr. Big with the Small - 'To Infinitesimal and Beyond''

    I. Eastwood

    Cleantech: Energy and Fuels

    Energy balance development in a cogeneration with biogas for H2 production by catalytic reforming.

    I.P. Hernández Rosales, A. Fernández Madrigal, L. García Serrano

    Extracting unburnt coal from black coal fly ash

    M. Kusnierova, P. Fecko

    Bacterial desulphurization of brown coals

    P. Fecko, M. Kusnierova, M. Safarova, V. Cablik

    Amorphous Diamond Solar Cells

    J.C. Sung, M-C. Kan, T-J. Hsiao and M. Sung

    Integrated Multistage Supercritical Technology to Produce High Quality Vegetable Oil and Biofuels

    G. Anitescu, A. Deshpande, P.A. Rice and L.L. Tavlarides

    8nm cerium oxide as a fuel additive for fuel consumption and emissions reduction

    G. Wakefield and M. Gardener

    Cleantech: Emissions, and Environmental

    Development of Functionally Graded SiC-Based

    T. Gerdes and M. Willert-Porada

    Study on non-Freon air cooling system using water refrigerant

    A. Sugawara, S. Nakamikawa, M. Kageyama, S. Yamazaki, N. Abe, T. Itou, A. Tsurumaki and K. Kawasaki

    Conjugates of Enzyme-Magnetic Nanoparticles for Bioremediation*

    Y. Qiang, A. Sharma, A. Paszczynski and D. Meyer

    Recovery of Caustic Soda in Textile Mercerization by Combined Membrane Filtration

    J. Yang, C. Park, D. Lee and S. Kim

    Study of model contaminants desorption from recycled PET in dry air and nitrogen atmosphere by

    thermogravimetric analysis

    A.S.F. Santos, J.A.M. Agnelli, E.S. Medeiros, E. Corradini, S. Manrich

    Development of a Mobile Asbestos Decontamination Process

    T. Gerdes, A. Rosin, M. Willert-Porada

    Serpentine Fluidic Structures for Particle Separation

    A.S. Kole, M.H. Lean, J. Seo

    Sorption of Ethylbenzene, Toluene and Xylene onto Crumb Rubber from Aqueous Solutions.......................... 675

    L.A. Alamo-Nole, F. Roman and O. Perales-Perez

    Cleantech: Novel Technologies

    Nano-structures materials for Energy Direct Conversion and Fuel Breeding....................................................... 679

    L. Popa-Simil

    Building Green with Nanotechnology

    G. Elvin

    Heat is the Enemy of Energy Efficiency

    D. Forder and P. Fox

    Cleantech: Industry and Policy

    Clean Technology & Sustainable Design Applied to the New York State Alternative Fuel Vehicle

    Research Laboratory (AFVRL)

    J. Ostafi and D. Sereno

    Good Policy Makes for Good Business - and Visa Versa

    B. Cinnamon

    Harnessing the power of the sun, the wind…and the media? Why cleantech companies need to innovate both in the lab and in their communications

    M. Allison

    Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization in Ohio

    D.M. Giolando, R. Collins, R.J. Davis

    Cleantech: Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells

    Bulk Heterojunction Organic-Inorganic Photovoltaic Cell Based on Doped Silicon Nanowires

    G. Goncher, L. Noice and R. Solanki

    Molecular Building Blocks for Efficient Solid State Lighting

    P.E. Burrows and L.S. Sapochak

    Cleantech: Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells

    Dynamics of Water in Nafion Fuel Cell Membranes: the Effects of

    D.E. Moilanen, I.R. Piletic and M.D. Fayer

    Determination of Pore Size Distribution of Nafion/Sulfated beta-Cyclodextrin

    J.-D. Jeon, B.H. Lee and S.-Y. Kwak

    Hydroxyapatite-imidazole-polymer composite films as a proton conductor under no humidified condition

    H. Tsutsumi and Y. Hisha

    Block Copolymer Directed Nanocomposites for Fuel Cell Applications

    T. Dermis, S. Mayavan, N.K. Dutta, N.R. Choudhury and S. Holdcroft

    Microbial fuel cell

    M. Willert-Porada, K. Lorenz, R. Freitag, V. Jerome, S. Peiffer

    Index of Authors

    Index of Keywords

    Biography

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