PrintThe Italian Academy
for Advanced Studies in America
Thursday, December 4, 2008, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Friday, December 5, 2008, 8:30am - 6:00pm
EMERGENT NANOSCIENCE
a two-day International Symposium
New York, NY— October 28, 2008— On December
4-5, the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University
in collaboration with the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) at
Columbia University and the Italian National Research Council, will host a
symposium on Emergent Nanoscience. This symposium will address topics in
nanoscience and nanotechnology at the frontiers of research, with particular
emphasis on research being done in Italy and at Columbia University. The presentations will introduce new
phenomena and materials including carbon nanostructures and graphene,
nanocrystals, quantum dots, molecular magnets, and biomolecules. The program will also cover advanced
theoretical and experimental approaches to exploring matter at the
nanoscale. The innovative research
presented at the symposium serves as the foundation for a new era in nanoelectronics
that will have a profound impact on our daily life. The speakers are prominent scientists conducting
ground-breaking research in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology,
promising lively and provocative discussion on the latest discoveries in these
areas.
Free and open to the public. RSVP: nb2413@columbia.edu
Columbia University
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies
1161 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
Co-sponsored by
The Columbia University Nanocenter
Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia
Organized by
Vittorio Pellegrini (INFM-CNR NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa,
and Italian Academy Fellow)
James T. Yardley (Columbia University and NSEC)
Speakers
Renato Bozio (Università di Padova)
Louis Brus (Columbia U.)
Julio Fernandez (Columbia U.)
Tony Heinz (Columbia U.)
Jim Hone (Columbia U.)
Liberato Manna (Università di Lecce)
Paolo Milani (Università di Milano)
Andrew Millis (Columbia U.)
Elisa Molinari (Università di Modena)
Alberto Morgante (Università di Trieste)
Colin Nuckolls (Columbia U.)
Aron Pinczuk (Columbia U.)
Myriam Sarachik (CUNY)
Sandro Scandolo (ICTP – Trieste)
Roberta Sessoli (Università di Firenze)
Sandro De Silvestri (Politecnico di Milano)
Erio Tosatti (SISSA – Trieste)
Latha Venkataraman (Columbia U.)
Program
Opening 2pm-2.30pm
Jim Yardley (Columbia U. and NSEC)
Vittorio Pellegrini, (INFM-CNR NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, and Italian Academy Fellow)
Achille Varzi (Acting Academic Director, Italian Academy, Professor, Columbia U.)
David Hirsh (Executive Vice President for Research, Professor, Columbia U.)
Alberto Devoto (Scientific Attache', Italian Embassy, Washington DC)
2.30pm-4pm Optics in low-dimensional systems
Tony Heinz (optics in carbon nanotubes)
Vittorio Pellegrini (optics in quantum dots)
Sandro De Silvestri (ultrafast optics)
4pm-4.30pm Coffee-break
4.30pm-6pm Nanowires and nanocrystals
Erio Tosatti (nanowires)
Louis Brus (nanocrystals)
Liberato Manna (nanocrystals)
Friday Dec 5
8.30am-10am Molecules
Myriam Sarachik (molecular magnets)
Roberta Sessoli (molecular magnets)
Latha Venkataraman (molecular electronics)
10am-10.30am >Coffee-break
10.30am-12pm
Elisa Molinari (modeling transport in nanostructures)
Aron Pinczuk (optics in 2D)
Alberto Morgante (nanostructures and syncrotron radiation)
12pm-1pm Lunch Break
1pm- 3pm Carbon-based structures, self-assembly
Sandro Scandolo (theory of carbon nanostructures)
Paolo Milani (nanotechnology with carbon nanostructures)
Andrew Millis (strongly-correlated nanosystems)
Colin Nuckolls (molecular electronics, single molecule transistors, biosensing)
3pm-3.30pm Coffee break
3.30pm-5.30pm Nanobiotech
Julio Fernandez (AFM of single biomolecules)
Jim Hone (nanobiotech devices)
Renato Bozio (imaging of moleules and biomolecules)
Fabio Beltram (real-time optical imaging of biomolecules in living cells)
5.30pm Conclusion and Workshop Closing.