AVS 54th International Symposium
    Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Thursday Sessions

Session NS-ThA
Nanoscale Sensors

Thursday, October 18, 2007, 2:00 pm, Room 616
Moderators: N.A. Burnham, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, V. Vogel, ETH Zürich, Switzerland


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2:00pm NS-ThA1 Invited Paper
Nanomechanics in Life Science
M. Hegner, CRANN, University of Dublin, Ireland
2:40pm NS-ThA3
Nanomechanical Resonance of Clamped Silicon Nanowires Measured by Optical Interferometry
M. Belov, University of Alberta, Canada, N.J. Quitoriano, S. Sharma, T.I. Kamins, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, S. Evoy, University of Alberta, Canada
3:00pm NS-ThA4
Electronic and Structural Properties of Ti and Pd Decorated Carbon Nanotubes
A. Felten, J. Ghijsen, Namur University, Belgium, W. Drube, HASYLAB, Germany, R.L. Johnson, University of Hamburg, Germany, D. Liand, G. Van Tendeloo, University of Antwerp, Belgium, M. Hecq, Mons University, Belgium, C. Bittencourt, Materianova, Belgium, J.J. Pireaux, Namur University, Belgium
3:40pm NS-ThA6 Invited Paper
Albert Nerken Award Lecture - On Surface Analysis and Nanotechnology: A Personal Odyssey
R.J. Colton, Naval Research Laboratory
4:20pm NS-ThA8
Combined Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy & Stress Measurements to Elucidate the Origins of Surface Forces
D.E. Meehan, N.T. Kinahan, Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) & Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, T. Narushima, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan, J.J. Boland, Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) & Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
4:40pm NS-ThA9
A Hydrogen-Sensitive Polymer Nanostructure with Reversible Conductance
A.R. Laracuente, M. Yang, W.K. Lee, L. Senapati, P.E. Sheehan, S.C. Erwin, L.J. Whitman, Naval Research Laboratory
5:00pm NS-ThA10
CO2 Sensing and CO and H2O Interactions on Mats of Gold Nanoparticle Decorated GaN Nanowires
C. Berven, S. Chava, A. Heieren, R. Abdelrahaman, D. McIlroy, University of Idaho, M.G. Norton, Washington State University