Nano-Manufacturing Topical Conference (NM):  The new properties and/or design flexibilities offered by nanostructures are beginning to transition into commercial products. But manufacturing at the nanoscale is not a simple extension of prior technologies. The first topical conference on Nano-Manufacturing, cosponsored with the AIP Industrial Physics Forum, was a huge success (a fire marshal turned away attendees at some sessions); it highlighted some of the manufacturing issues at the nanoscale and the research necessary to address them. As another metric of interest, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers is creating fora to examine Nano-Manufacturing. This second Topical Conference on Nano-Manufacturing will address the manufacturing research issues in more breadth - including nanostructure quality control, nanostructure surface modification for processing compatibility, self-assembly techniques for cost control, directed assembly/patterning, real-time measurements for production control, environmental/safety/health concerns, and appropriate standards/metrology. Three sessions are planned, one on each of principal commercialization areas: information technologies, biotechnologies, and materials technologies. The National Nanomanufacturing Network (NNN) has been created at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst under NSF funding and is contributing to the topical conference.

NM1   Nano-Manufacturing for Information Technologies

 D. Herr, Semiconductor Research Corporation, "Role of Self Assembly in Nanoelectronics Manufacturing"

 T.-W. Wu, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, "Nanofabrication of Patterned Media"

NM2+BI  Nano-Manufacturing for Biotechnologies

 N. Halas, Rice University, "Nanoparticles for Diagnostics and Therapeutics"

 L.J. Whitman, Naval Research Laboratory, "The Challenges and Rewards of Building a Better Biosensor System:  The NRL cBASSŪ"

NM3+TF  Nano-Manufacturing of Materials

NM4   Nano-Manufacturing Poster Session