AVS 49th International Symposium
    Nanotubes: Science and Applications Topical Conference Tuesday Sessions

Session NT-TuA
Nanotubes: Mechanical Properties, NEMS

Tuesday, November 5, 2002, 2:00 pm, Room C-209
Moderator: L. Dai, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering


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2:00pm NT-TuA1 Invited Paper
Mechanics and Electrostatics of Nanotubes
D.W. Brenner, D. Areshkin, J.D. Schall, O.A. Shenderova, North Carolina State University
2:40pm NT-TuA3
Carbon Nanotube/ Polymer Composite: Mechanical and Electrical Properties
H.Z. Geng, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B. Zheng, Duke University, H. Shimoda, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.L. Liu, Duke University, O. Zhou, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3:00pm NT-TuA4
Self-Aligned Mechanical Attachment of Carbon Nanotubes to Surfaces
K. Bylund, J.D. Whittaker, D. Kitchen, M. Housley, R.C. Davis, Brigham Young University
3:20pm NT-TuA5
Self-assembly of Carbon Nanotubes
S.J. Oh, H. Shimoda, H.Z. Geng, R.J. Walker, L.E. McNeil, O. Zhou, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
3:40pm NT-TuA6
Fullerene Coalescence as a Junction Engineering for Nanoelectronics
B.I. Yakobson, Rice University
4:00pm NT-TuA7
Synthesis and Properties of Plasma-polymerized Polypyrrole / Au Nanotube Composite Structures
J. Zhou, E.R. Fisher, Colorado State University