SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Sunday, November 9

18:00 - 21:00 Registration, Submission of Manuscripts

19:00 - 21:00 Reception: Rotunda, Jefferson Hotel

All oral presentations will be held at the Ballroom of the Jefferson Hotel.

The posters will be displayed in the Empire room.

Monday, November 10

INAUGURAL SESSION

8:30 - 8:40 Introductory Remarks

P. Jena (Conference Chairman, Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, U.S.A.)

8:40 - 8:45 Welcome Address

E. P. Trani (President, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, U.S.A.)

KEYNOTE SESSION

Chairman: J. R. Anderson

8:45 - 9:30 “To Cluster or Not to Cluster – That is the Question”

John B. Fenn, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, U.S.A.

9:30 – 10:15 “Manipulating Atoms and Other Stuff with Light”

William D. Phillips, Natl. Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, U.S.A.

10:15 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION A: ATOMIC CLUSTERS

Chairman: S. Richardson

10:30 - 10:55 “Diffraction of Magic Helium Clusters”

J. Peter Toennies, Max-Planck-Institut fur Strömungsforschung, Göttingen, Germany

10:55 - 11:20 “Learning About Clusters by Teaching Lasers to Control Them”

Ludger Wöste, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany

11:20 - 11:45 “Experiments on Mass Selected Nanoclusters: Each Additional Atom Matters”

G. Ganteför, University of Konstanz, Germany

11:45 - 12:00 “Titanium Assisted Hydrogen Desorption in Alanates”

P. Jena, S. N. Khanna, B. K. Rao, and H. Kawamura, Virginia Commonwealth

University, Richmond, U.S.A.

12:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION B: MOLECULAR CLUSTERS

Chairman: M. Kappes

14:00 - 14:25 “Clusters: Elucidating the Influence of Solvation on Reactions”

A. W. Castleman, Jr., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, U.S.A.

14:25 - 14:50 “Exploding Nanodroplets: Applications to Studies of Ion Solvation, Chemistry of Molecular Clusters, and Frontier Studies in Proteomics”

J. L. Beauchamp, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A.

14:50 - 15:15 “Factors that Affect Duplex Formation and the onset of Helix Formation in

Oligonucleotides”

Michael T. Bowers, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

15:15 - 15:40 “Assembly of Unsolvated Helices and Sheets into Complexes and Tertiary

Structure Domains”

Martin F. Jarrold, Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A.

15:40 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION C: CATALYSIS

Chairman: A. Rosén

16:00 - 16:25 “Fabrication of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Platinum Nanoclusters to Serve as High Technology Catalysts – Catalysts Capable of 100% Reaction Selectivity”

G. A. Somorjai, Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, U.S.A.

16:25 - 16:50 “Catalysis with Nanoclusters – The Role of the Nanoscale”

S. T. Pantelides, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U.S.A.

16:50 - 17:15 “Remarkable Structure Sensitivity of the Catalysis by Gold Nanoparticles”

Masatake Haruta, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

17:15 - 17:30 “Synthesis of Nanoscale Au/Fe₂O₃ and Cu/CeO₂ Catalysts for CO Oxidation ”

S. Deevi, Philip Morris U.S.A., M. Khoudiakov, and M. C. Gupta, Old Dominion University, U.S.A.

18:00 - 19:00 Reception (Anderson Gallery)

20:00 - 21:30 POSTER SESSION I (Empire Room)

Tuesday, November 11

SESSION D: QUANTUM DOTS

Chairman: S. Bandyopadhyay

8:30 - 8:55 “Electronic Structure of Quantum Dot Lattices”

S. M. Reimann, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

8:55 - 9:20 “Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot Arrays: Photogenerated Carrier Relaxation Dynamics, Self-Assembly by Proteins, and Applications to Photon Conversion”

A. J. Nozik, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado, U.S.A.

9:20 - 9:45 “Ab-initio Simulations of Semiconductor Nanostructures”

Giulia Galli, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, U.S.A.

9:45 - 10:00 “Superconducting Coulomb Box as a Switchable Coupling Between Josephson

Phase Qubits ”

R. C. Ramos, H. Xu, S. Datta, A. J. Berkley, M. A. Gubrud, F. Strauch, P. R.

Johnson, J. R. Anderson, C. J. Lobb, and F. C. Wellstood,

University of Maryland, Maryland, U.S.A.

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION E: NANOWIRES/TUBES

Chairman: A. Baski

10:30 - 10:55 “Semiconductor Nanowires and Nanowire Arrays as Smart Sensors”

Martin Moskovits, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

10:55 - 11:20 “Generation of Diagnostic X-Ray Radiation using a CNT Field Emission Cathode:

Otto Zhou, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.

11:20 - 11:45 “Theory of the Electronic, Transport and Optical Properties of Nanotubes”

Steven G. Louie, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

11:45 - 12:00 “Semiconductor, Metallic, and Intermetallic Nanoparticle Filaments and Tree-like

Assemblies: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications”

V. Abdelsayed and M. S. El-Shall, Virginia Commonwealth University,

Richmond, U.S.A.

12:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION F: NOVEL MAGNETISM

Chairman: A. Arrott

14:00 - 14:25 “Magnetic Properties of C₆₀ Polymers”

A. N. Andriotis, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Heraklio, Greece

14:25 - 14:50 “The Behaviour of Magnetic Metals Made out of Nanocluster Building

Blocks”

Chris Binns, University of Leicester, U.K.

14:50 - 15:15 “Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Spintronics Materials and Devices”

Hideo Ohno, Tohoku University, Japan

15:15 - 15:30 “Molecular-Scale Spintronics”

R. Pati, L. Senapati, P. M. Ajayan, and S. K. Nayak, Rensselaer

Polytechnic Institute, New York, U.S.A.

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION G: ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES

Chairman: H. Morkoç

16:00 - 16:25 “Ferroelectricity in Ultra-Cold Free Metal Clusters: A Precursor

to Superconductivity”

Walt A. deHeer, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

16:25 - 16:50 “Plasmonic Nanostructures: Optical Design at Nanoscale Dimensions”

Naomi Halas, Rice University, U.S.A.

16:50 - 17:15 “Geometry Driven Interfacial Phenomena in Semiconductor-Metal Hybrid Structures: Extraordinary magnetoresistance and Extraordinary Piezoconductance”

S. A. Solin, Washington University, St. Louis, U.S.A.

17:15- 17:30 “Light-Torqued Nanomotors in a Standing Wave”

K. Bonin and A. Shelton, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, U.S.A.

19:00 BANQUET

VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

Wednesday, November 12

SESSION H: CLUSTERS ON SUPPORT

Chairman: M. Duncan

8:30 - 8:55 “Controlling the Motion of Molecules on the Atomic Scale”

A. J. Heinrich, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, U.S.A.

8:55 - 9:20 “Nanoscale Control of Supramolecular Assemblies”

Klaus Kern, Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany

9:20 - 9:45 “Size Controlled Nanostructures by Cluster Deposition: From

Softlanding to Implantation”

W. Harbich, Ecole Polytechnique Fédéderal de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

9:45 - 10:10 “Nanostructured Surfaces from Size-selected Clusters: From Physics to Biology”

R. E. Palmer, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K.

10:10 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION I: NANO-GROWTH ON STRAINED SURFACES

Chairman: S. Brown

10:30 - 10:55 “Self-organized Formation of Nanostructures in Strained Thin Films”

Feng Liu, University of Utah, U.S.A.

10:55 - 11:20 “Alignment of Nano-Chains Driven by Cluster Deposition on Constrained Surface”

C. Bréchignac, CNRS Universite Orsay Cedex, France

11:20 - 11:45 “Order at Soft-Hard Interfaces”

Pulak Dutta, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, U.S.A.

11:45 - 12:00 “Influence of Structural Relaxation on the Optical and Electronic Properties of

Ge and Si Nanocrystals”

H.-C. Weissker, J. Fürthmuller, and F. Bechstedt, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität,

Jena, Germany

12:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION J: MULTI-SCALE MODELLING: FROM PHYSICS TO BIOLOGY

Chairman: M. Manninen

14:00 - 14:25 “Coulomb Blockade in Gold Nanoclusters”

R. M. Nieminen, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland

14:25 - 14:50 “Simulation of Chemical Reactions in Enzymes with a Density Function

Theory QM/MM Free Energy Method”

Weitao Yang, Duke University, Durham, U.S.A.

14:50 - 15:15 “de Novo Computational Chemistry and Applications to Clusters

and Nanoassemblies”

William A. Goddard, III, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A.

15:15 - 15:30 “Polymer Relaxational Dynamics in Confined Geometry ”

J.-M. Zanotti, M.-L. Saboungi and D. L. Price, C.N.R.S., Orleans, France

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION K: BIOLOGY AT MOLECULAR LEVEL

Chairman: L. A. Bloomfield

16:00- 16:25 “Dynamics of Trapped Gas Phase DNA: Fraying and Electron Autodetachment”

Joel H. Parks, Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A.

16:25 - 16:50 “Theoretical and Experimental Aspects on Trapping and Detection of Single

and Few Molecules by using Nanoprobes”

Magnus Willander, Gothenburg University and Chalmers Univesity of

Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

16:50 - 17:15 “Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Complexity Theory: Essential Tools

for Engineering Hybrid Biotic-Abiotic Systems”

Carlo Montemagno, University of California, Los Angles, U.S.A.

17:15 - 17:30 “Quantum Mechanical Study of Receptor-Ligand interaction at 5-HT₃

Serotonin Receptors”

S. Baldwin, B. K. Rao, P. Jena, M. Dukat, and R. A. Glennon,

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

17:30 - 20:00 Dinner Break

20:00 - 21:30 POSTER SESSION II (Empire Room)

Thursday, November 13

SESSION L: PROTEIN FOLDING/UNFOLDING

Chairman: K. Bonin

8:30 - 8:55 “Exploring the Protein Folding Funnel Landscape: Theory Meets Experiments”

Margaret Cheung, University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A.

8:55 - 9:20 “Protein Unfolding: Rigidity Lost”

M. F. Thorpe, Arizona State University, U.S.A.

9:20 - 9:35 “Multispectral Fluorescence Imaging of Basal Cell Carcinoma”

M. B. Ericson, C. Berndtsson, B. Stenqvist, A. –M. Wennberg, O. Larko, and A. Rosén, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

9:35 - 9:50 “The Fabrication, Characterization and Performance of Patterned Substrates for Use

as Biological Sensors ”

L. Guirl, S. Tripp, D. Inerowicz, S. Howell, F. Regnier, and R. Reifenberger,

Purdue University, W. Lafayette, U.S.A.

9:50- 10:30 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION M: BIOTECHNOLOGY

Chairman: N. Swami

10:30 - 10:55 “Nano-Assemblies Shuttled by Motor Proteins”

Viola Vogel, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.

10:55 - 11:20 “Optical Manipulation and Fusion of Micro-Containers for Biotechnology”

Kris Helmerson, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, U.S.A.

11:20 - 11:45 “Building an Interface to Biomolecular Processes with Magnetoelectronics”

Jeff M. Byers, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, U.S.A.

11:45 - 12:10 “Tissue Sensor Interfaces”

Alan Rosenbloom, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

12:10 – 12:25 “Multifunctional Magnetic Nanowires for Biotechnology Applications”

D. H. Reich, C. S. Chen, C. L. Chien, G. J. Meyer, K. Leong, P. C. Searson, and

G. Xiao, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A.

12:25 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 16:00 SESSION N: PANEL DISCUSSION

Moderator: R. Compton

Panel Members:

K. H. Bowen - Johns Hopkins University - Clusters and Cluster Assembled Materials

G. A. Prinz - Naval Research Laboratory - Nano Assemblies-Magnetism

R. S. Berry - University of Chicago - Theory - Clusters to Proteins

R. W. Siegel - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Nano-Structures in Biology

H. Frauenfelder - Los Alamos National Laboratory - Physics in Biology

M. Roco - National Science Foundation - Nano-Science and Technology : Government Perspective

16:00 Concluding Remarks - B. K. Rao, Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S.A.