AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Wednesday Sessions

Session NS-WeM
Nanoscale Devices and Sensors and Welch Award

Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 8:00 am, Room L
Moderator: R.J. Colton, Naval Research Laboratory


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8:00am NS-WeM1 Invited Paper
2009 Medard Welch Award Lecture - Molecular Interfaces to Nanoscale Materials: Making "Dumb" Materials "Smart"
R.J. Hamers, University of Wisconsin-Madison
8:40am NS-WeM3
Plasmon Induced Molecular Conductivity in Devices
P. Banerjee, University of Maryland, D. Conklin, S.U. Nanayakkara, University of Pennsylvania, T.-H. Park, University of Michigan, M.J. Therien, Duke University, D.A. Bonnell, University of Pennsylvania
9:00am NS-WeM4
CMOS Compatible Silicon Nanowire Field Effect Transistor as Ultrasensitive Bio-sensor
S. Regonda, K. Trivedi, P. Fernandes, R. Tian, O. Seitz, J. Gao, E.M. Vogel, Y. Chabal, W. Hu, University of Texas at Dallas
9:20am NS-WeM5
The Role of Surface Chemistry on the Properties of Nanoporous Gold
J. Biener, M.M. Biener, A.V. Hamza, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, A. Wittstock, M. Bäumer, Universität Bremen, Germany, D. Kramer, R.N. Viswanath, J. Weissmüller, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany
9:40am NS-WeM6
Surface Plasmon Induced Enhancement of Hot Electron Flow Generated by Photons Probed with Metal-Semiconductor Nanodiodes
J.Y. Park, H.S. Lee, J.R. Renzas, R. Baker, G.A. Somorjai, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
10:40am NS-WeM9
Gallium Nanoparticles: An Alternative Metal for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
P.C. Wu, C.G. Khoury, T.H. Kim, Y. Yang, Duke University, M. Losurdo, G. Bruno, IMIP-CNR, Italy, T. Vo-Dinh, Duke University, H.O. Everitt, Army AMRDEC, A.S. Brown, Duke University
11:00am NS-WeM10
Effect of Functional Substrates on Optoelectronic Properties of Hybrid Nanostructures
D. Conklin, University of Pennsylvania, P. Banerjee, University of Maryland, S.U. Nanayakkara, University of Pennsylvania, T.-H. Park, University of Michigan, M.J. Therien, Duke University, D.A. Bonnell, University of Pennsylvania
11:20am NS-WeM11
Control of Coupled Silicon Atomic Quantum Dots for Nano-Electronic Computing Architectures
J. Pitters, National Institute for Nanotechnology, Canada, B. Haider, University of Alberta, Canada, G. Dilabio, National Institute for Nanotechnology, Canada, L. Livadaru, J. Mutus, R. Wolkow, University of Alberta, Canada
11:40am NS-WeM12
Towards Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Room-Temperature Single-Electron Transistors
P. Bhadrachalam, V. Ray, R. Subramanian, S.J. Koh, University of Texas at Arlington