3^rd Annual Minnesota Nanotechnology Conference
November 13 - 14, 2007

University of Minnesota campus
Radisson Hotel
615 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

On November 13 - 14, 2007 the University of Minnesota hosted the 3^rd Annual Minnesota Nanotechnology Conference, which offered presentations and discussions on Nano Energy, Devices, Sensors and Materials.

This year’s event was expanded to two full days and we were fortunate to have talks by some of the country's leading nano researchers from top institutions.

Attendance at this year’s conference was over 300 people.  We were very pleased that about 100 faculty and students from 27 other educational institutions were able to attend.  Almost 90 industry attendees from 45 different companies -- from the very small to the very large -- also joined us.  And faculty, staff and students from more than 20 different University of Minnesota departments attended.  Many people in attendance requested we post a list of conference participants, which is available here.

A reception and poster session took place after Tuesday's talks.  The reception was well attended and provided an opportunity to network, enjoy refreshments and view the poster exhibit while talking one-on-one with researchers about their work.  A list of the poster presentations may be found here.

Some of the talks presented at this year’s conference are available below in PDF format.  If a talk is available, it appears as an active link.  Simply click on the talk to open the PDF for viewing.

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, November 13 8:30am – 12pm   Nano Materials
8:30 – 9:00	Vladimir Bulovic, MIT – “Nanostructured Optoelectronics”
9:05 – 9:35	Lincoln Lauhon, Northwestern University – “Deconstructing Nanowires, Atom-by-Atom”
9:40 – 10:00	Marc Hillmyer, University of Minnesota – “Nanoporous plastics as templates and membranes”
10:05 - 10:25	Russell Holmes, University of Minnesota – “Light Emitting Devices Constructed from Molecular Materials for Application in Displays and Solid State Lighting”  [  PDF 1.0MB]
10:45 - 11:30	Peidong Yang, University of California Berkeley – “Nanowire Photonics”  [  PDF 9.0MB]
11:35 - 11:55	Eray Aydil, University of Minnesota – “Nanowire-based Quantum-dot-sensitized Solar Cells”
Tuesday, November 13 1:00pm – 4:30pm   Nano Devices
1:00 – 1:45	Mark Lundstrom, Purdue – “The Ultimate Transistor: Silicon or dfSomething Else?”  [  PDF 3.3MB]
1:50 – 2:20	Max Lagally, University of Wisconsin – “Silicon Nanomembranes: A Way to Adaptive Intelligent Photonic/Electronic Systems”  [  PDF 7.1MB]
2:25 – 2:45	C. Daniel Frisbie, University of Minnesota – “New Materials for Polymer Thin Film Transistors”
3:00 – 3:30	Kent Choquette, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – “Nano-Photonic Optical Sources”  [  PDF 24.3MB]
3:35 – 3:55	Yugang Sheng, University of Iowa – “A Study of Magnetoresistive Effects in Organic Semiconductor Devices”  [  PDF 518.5kB]
4:00 – 4:25	Beth Stadler, University of Minnesota – “Garnet Photonic Crystal Polarizers for Integrated Optical Isolators on Si”
Wednesday, November 14 8:30am – 12pm   Nano Sensors
8:30 – 9:15	Reginald Penner, University of California Irvine – “The Promise of Phage Display for Analytical Chemistry: Bioaffinity Sensing of Anything and Everything”  [  PDF 3.0MB]
9:20 – 9:50	Raoul Kopelman, University of Michigan – “Nano-PEBBLE Sensors for Biological, Chemical, Electric, Magnetic, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Single Cells”
9:55 – 10:25	Zeev Rosenzweig, University of New Orleans – “Quantum Dot Based Cellular Probes”
10:45 - 11:05	Philippe Buhlmann, University of Minnesota – “Potentiometric Ionophore-Based Sensors with Three-Dimensionally Ordered Nanoporous (3DOM) Carbon as Novel Solid Contact”  [  PDF 8.4MB]
11:10 - 11:30	Antoine Lesuffleur, University of Minnesota – “Nanohole Arrays in a Gold Film for Real-time Label-free Biosensing Applications”
11:35 - 11:55	Tianhong Cui, University of Minnesota – “Nano Self-Assembly of MEMS and Flexible Electronics”
Wednesday, November 14 1:00pm – 4:30pm   Nano Energy
1:00 – 1:45	Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology – “Photovoltaics”  [  PDF 11MB]
1:50 – 2:10	Xiaoyang Zhu, University of Minnesota – “Spectroscopy Probe of Nanoscopic Charge Transport”
2:15 – 2:35	Andreas Stein, University of Minnesota – “Photonic Crystal Structures as a Basis for a Three-Dimensionally Interpenetrating Electrochemical Cell System”
3:00 – 3:30	Uwe Kortshagen, University of Minnesota – “Silicon Nanocrystal Inks for Photovoltaics”
3:30 – 4:00	Jane Davidson, University of Minnesota – “Metal Nanostructures for Solar Hydrogen”