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Monday Sept. 22^nd, Kane Hall Room 110

Photonics and Nanomaterials: (Scott Chamber, Chair)

8:30 Welcome Notes (Charles Campbell and Don Baer)

8:45 Jonker, B., Naval Research Laboratory
Semiconductor Spintronics: Promise, Issues and Prospects

9:30 Gamelin, D., Chem/UW
Magnetic Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Magnetism of
Nanocrystalline Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors

9:50 Zhang, H., Wang, C., and Wang, L.S., WSU/PNNL
Synthesis and Characterization of Helical Nanowires

10:00 Fifield, L. and Dalton, L., Chem/UW
Development of Active Nanomaterials based on Carbon Nanotubes

10:10 Break

10:25 Moeck, P., Portland State University
Structural Transitions in Epitaxial and Endotaxial Self-Assembled Semiconductor Quantum Dots: A brief Overview

10:45 Xia, Y., Chem/UW
Design and Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials

11:05 Lin, Y., PNNL
Supercritical Fluid Synthesis and Characterization of Catalytic Metal Nanoparticles on Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes

11:25 Cobden, D. Physics/UW
Surface Potential Imaging of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Devices

11:45 Kopelman, R. and Frank, N., Chem/UW
New Advances in Molecular Bistability: Incorporation of Organic Photochromes into Magnetic Materials

11:55
Koenenkamp, R., Portland State University
Solar Cells and Transistors Grown in and on Nanometer-Sized Templates

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch Buffet

Single Cell Detection: (Viola Vogel, Chair)

1:30 Moerner, W.E., Stanford University
A Single Molecule as a Nanoscale Probe

2:15 Chiu, D., Chem/UW
Nanoscale Bioanalysis

2:35 Sanchez, E., Portland State University
Pushing the Limits of Near-field Microscopy

2:55 Chandra, R., Portland State University
Fabrication of Near-field Multiprobe for Rapid Screening of Single Molecules

3:15 Hu, D., Lu, P., PNNL
Correlated Topographic and Spectroscopic Imaging Beyond Diffraction Limit by Metallic Tip-Enhanced Near-Field Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy

3:35 Lidstrom, M., Meldrum, D., EE/UW (15 minute break to follow)
Life-on-a-Chip: Single Cell Detection for Biological Applications

MEMS/NEMS: (Viola Vogel, Chair)

4:10 Lee, L., UC Berkeley
TBA

4:55 Wang, Y., and Bohringer, K., EE/UW
Protein and Cell Patterning with Programmable Surface Chemistry Chips

5:05 Kosar, T.F., and Folch, A., BioE/UW
Arrays of Microfluidically-Addressable Nanoholes

5:15 Shastry, A., and Lal, R., I.I.T. Bombay, India
A Low Voltage Electrical Microsystem to Move, Detect and Fractionate DNA

5:30 - 10:00 Board bus to Dinner Cruise (price included in the registration)

Tuesday Sept. 23^rd, Kane Hall Room 101

Nanocatalysis: (Don Baer, Chair)

8:30 Pacchioni, G. Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Milan
Metal Atoms and Clusters on MgO Thin Films: Theory and Experiment

9:15 Apra, E., PNNL
Use of the NWChem Computational Chemistry Software in Nanotechnology Research

9:35 Campbell, C. Chem/UW
Catalysis by Nanoparticles: State of the Art and Promises for the Future

9:55 Baer, D., PNNL
Characterization and Properties of Iron and Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles

10:15 McFarland, E. UC Santa Barbara
Big Reactions on Small Clusters

11:00 Chamber, S., PNNL
MBE Growth and Properties of Fe- Cr- and Mn-doped TiO₂

11:20 Kaspar, T.C., Rogers, B., UW/PNNL
Materials Characterization of Epitaxial TiO₂ and Co_xTi_1-xO_2-x Deposited on Si(001) by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

11:30 Tait, S., Dohnalek, Z., Kay, B., and Campbell, C., UW/PNNL
Pd Nanoparticles on Mgo(100): Model Catalysts to Probe Particle Size Effects in Alkane Activation

11:40 Saraf, L.V., PNNL
Correlation of Oxygen Diffusivity with Grain-size and Its Impact on Ionic Transport Properties in Nanocrystalline CeO₂

12:00 Thevuthasan, S., PNNL
Influence of Multiple Interfaces on Oxygen Ionic Conductivity in Gadolinia-doped Ceria and Zirconia Nanofilms

12:20 - 2:10 Poster Session and Lunch Buffet

Nanotechnology and Biology: (Charles Campbell, Chair)

2:10; Vogel, V., BioE/UW
Engineering Principles of Biological Nanosystem

2:55 Sarikaya, M., MSE/UW
Molecular Biomimetics: Nanotechnology through Molecular Biology

3:15 Ackerman, E., PNNL
Immobilized Enzymes in Functionalized, Nanoporous silica

3:35 Hess, H., BioE/UW
Nanodevices based on biomolecular motors: Design and Applications

3:55 Liang, Y., Palczewski, K., Ophthalmology/UW
Organization of the G protein-coupled Receptor Rhodopsin and Opsin in Native Membranes by Atomic Force Microscopy

4:05 Veatch S. and Kelly, S., Chemistry and Physics/UW
Immiscibility in model lipid membranes

4:15 Hull, J., and Castner, D., ChemE/UW
Investigation of the Binding Mechanism of the Bacterial Adhesin Scp to Fibronectin

4:25 Stedman, K., Portland State University
Extremophiles and their Viruses in Nanotechnology

4:45 Kohler, N., Zhang, M., MSE/UW
Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Imaging

4:55 Kim, J., PNNL
Single Enzyme Nanoparticles Armored by a Nanometer-Scale Organic/Inorganic Network

Tuesday Poster Session: Walker Ames Room - Kane Hall, 12:15-2:30

Zheng, J., Jiang, S., Chemical Engineering/UW
Non-Fouling Mechanism: A Molecular Simulation Study
Ngo, L. T., Tait, S. L., Yu, Q., Fain, S., Campbell, C. T., Chemistry/UW
Sintering and reactivity of Pd nanoparticles on α-Al₂O₃(0001)-supported catalysts for methane combustion
Schmidt, D. A., Ohta, T., Yu, Q., Chambers, S. A., Olmstead, M. A., Physics/UW/PNNL
Preparation of Lanthanum ALuminate (LaAlO₃) Substrates for MBE Growth of TiO₂
Ohta, T., Klust, A., Adams, J. A., Yu, Q., Olmstead, M. A., Ohuchi, F.S., MSE/UW
Heteroepitaxy of III-Se Materials for their applications to nanoelectronics: Compatibility to Si and their Growth Studied by in-situ Scanning Probe Microscopy
Mao, D., Dovichi, N., Chemistry/UW
Single Copy Detection of Gene Expression in Individual S. cerevisiae Cells
Wickes, B., Castner, D. G., ChemE/UW
Investigation of Pattern Fidelity and Self-Assembly of DNA-thiol Patterns by ToF-SIMS Image Analysis
Li, N., Keenan, T. M., Folch, A., BioE/UW
Neuronal Growth in Micro/Nanofluidic Devices
Chen, C., Folch, A., BioE/UW
Grayscale Photolithography Using Microfluidic Photomasks
Hsu, C. H., Chen, C., Folch, A. BioE/UW
�Microcanals� For Micropipette Access to Single Cells in Microfluidic Environments
Stucky, N., Kosar, T. F., Chen, C., Folch, A., BioE/UW
3D PDMS-Based Arrays of Nanoholes for Cellular Analysis
Boggy, G., Keenan, T. M., Hsu, C. H., Folch, A.,� BioE/UW
Microvalve Devices for Chemotaxis Studies
Tourovskaia, A., Folch, A., BioE/UW
Synaptogenesis on a Microfludic Chip
Chen, Y. C., Yan, M., Wang, Z., Prahl, S. A., Oregon Health & Science University/PSU
Fluorescence Anisotropy Study of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
Kittilstved, K., Schwartz, D., Joly, A., Gamelin, D., Chem/UW/PNNL
Classical and Dynamic Spectroscopy of Ni²⁺ in Nanoscale II-VI Semiconductors
Roberts, B., Pakhomov, A. B., Krishnan, K. M., MSE/UW
TBA
Norberg, N., Radovanovic, P. V., Schwartz, D. S., Amonette, J. E., and Gamelin, D. R., Chemistry/UW
Magneto-optical and Magnetic Studies of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Chou, T. P, Cao, G., MSE/UWOrdered,Dye-functionalized Titania Nanostructures for Photoelectrochemical Applications
Lin, Y., Liu, J., Wang, J., PNNL/NMSU
Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors Based on Conductive Nanomaterials
Liu, S., Jeffryes, C., Rorrer, G. L., Chang, C., Wang, C. OSU/PNNL
Magnetic Properties of Quantum Dots�
Limmer, S., Cao, G., MSE/UW
Sol electrophoretic growth of oxide nanostructures
Li, D., Xia, Y., Chemistry/UW
Fabrication of Ceramic Oxide Nanofibers by Electrospinning
Bryan, J. D., Gamelin, D., Chemistry/UW
Colloidal Transition Metal Doped TiO₂: Precursors to Spintronic Materials
Ren, J., Yan, M., PSU
Polymer Thin Films Covalently Immobilized by Thermal and Photochemical Initiation
Wang, Y., Jiang, X., Xia, Y., Chemistry/UW
Polyol-mediate Approach for TiO₂ and SnO₂ Nanofibers under Mild Temperatures
Bao, Y., Beerman, M., Krishnan, K. M., MSE/UW
Controlled Self-Assembly of Colloidal Cobalt Nanocrystals
Moeck, P., Portland State University
Endotaxial Growth and Structural Transitions of a-Sn Quantum Dots in Si Matrix
Moeck, P., Pierz, K., �Portland State University
Crystallographic Structure and Photoluminescence of Atomically Ordered (Cd,Mn,Zn)Se Quantum Dots in (Mn,Zn)Se Matrix Schwartz, D.,
Norberg, N., Nguyen, Q., Parker, J., Gamelin, D., Chemistry/ UW
Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Colloidal ZnO Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Ahn, C., Hanein, Y., Wang, Y., Cobden, D. H., Physics/ UW
Lead Nanowires for Investigations of Superconductivity in Reduced Dimensions
Coffey, D., Lewin, N., Wilson, N. F., McPherson, J. V., Cobden, D. H., Physics/UW
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube AFM Tips as Nanoscale Electrical Probes
Radu, I., Hanein, Y., Cobden, D. H., Physics/UW
New Techniques for Controlling the Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Patel, D. G., Benedict, J. B., and Frank, N., Chem/UW
Crystalline State Photoisomerization in a Novel Class of Photochromes
Gable, S. L., and Frank, N., Chem/UW
Role of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Signal Transduction Pathways: Magnetotactic Bacteria
Wang, C. M., Zhang, Y., Shutthanandan, V., Thevuthasan, S., Baer, D. R., and Thomas, L. E., PNNL

Precipitation of Au Nanoclusters in TiO₂
Gutowski,^1,2 M., Jaffe, J.,¹ Yakovkin, I. N.,^1,3 Dupuis, M.¹¹ Fundamental Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA² Department of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland ³ Institute of Physics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Prospect Nauki 46, Kiev, 03028 Ukraine
Theoretical Studies of Nanoscale Heterojunctions Fe₂O₃/Cr₂O₃ and Si/SrTiO₃
Gross, G. M., Synovec, R. E., and Grate, J. W., Chem/UW/PNNL
Fundamental Studies of Monolayer-Protected Nanoparticles by Gas Chromatography
Breneman, W., Advanced Silicon Materials, LLC
Synthesis and Properties of Nanosized Polysilicon
S. F. Diaz, M. Smedh, N. Shamir and C. T. Campbell, Chem/UW
Adsorption Microcalorimetry on Thick Single Crystalline Samples