Carbon Nano Structures & Devices

Symposium Co-Chairs

Wolfgang S. Bacsa
Professor
University of Toulouse, France

Jeffrey Fagan
Project Leader
NIST

Key Speakers

Effect of defects on the intrinsic strength and stiffness of graphene
Nikhil A. Koratkar
John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Chair Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Nanomaterials for Printed Electronics
Patrick Malenfant
Senior Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada, Canada

Fast Electrochromic Device Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Films
Mikhail E. Itkis
Research Professor, University of California, Riverside

Symposium Sessions
	Monday May 15
1:30	Graphene Synthesis & Applications
	Tuesday May 16
10:30	Carbon Nanostructure Enabled Applications
1:30	Composite Materials
	Graphene & 2D-Materials: Posters
	Wednesday May 17
8:30	CNT-Based Devices I
10:30	CNT-Based Devices II
	Graphene & 2D-Materials: Posters
	Carbon Nano Structures & Devices: Posters

Symposium Program
	Monday May 15

1:30	Graphene Synthesis & Applications	National Harbor 6
	Session chair: Jeffrey Fagan, NIST, US
1:30	Effect of defects on the intrinsic strength and stiffness of graphene (invited presentation) N.A. Koratkar, D. Narsimulu, E.S. Srinadhu and N. Satyanarayana, US
1:55	Hydrogenation of few-layer graphenes using Birch-type reduction: the importance of graphene edges X. Zhang, Y. Huang, S. Chen, N.Y. Kim, W. Kim, D. Schilter, M. Biswal, B. Li, Z. Lee, S. Ryu, C.W. Bielawski, W.S. Bacsa, R.S. Ruoff, CEMES-CNRS et Université de Toulouse, FR
2:15	Layer number controlled synthesis of high quality and large area graphene of large grain size by hot filament chemical vapor deposition T.B. Limbu, F. Mendoza, R.K. Katiyar, J.J. Razink, B.R. Weiner, G. Morell, University of Puerto Rico, PR
2:35	Pristine Low-Cost Large-Area Graphene Sheets G.G. Botte, Ohio University - Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research, US
2:55	Three-Dimensional Graphene-Based Microbarriers for Controlling Release and Reactivity in Colloidal Liquid Phases M.A. Creighton, W. Zhu, F. Van Krieken, R.A. Petteruti, H. Gao, R.H. Hurt, 3M, US
3:15	Graphene role in next generation Lithium-Sulfur batteries J. Delafuente, Graphenea Inc., US
3:35	Novel Graphene Structures: Substantial Capacity Enhancement in Lithium Batteries, vol. 1: pp. 95-98 T.M. Paronyan, A.K. Thapa, A. Sherihy, J.B. Jasinski, S.J. Dilip Jangam, University of Louisville, US
	Tuesday May 16

10:30	Carbon Nanostructure Enabled Applications	Chesapeake 6
	Session chair: Jeffrey Fagan, NIST, US
10:30	The Fabrication and Characterization of Nanocarbon Foam as Novel Wick Material for Thermal Management of Electronics, vol. 1: pp. 52-55 J. Li, J. Xie, M. Zhang, Florida State University, US
10:50	Quantum Modeling of Doped Carbon Nanotubes for High Ampacity Conductor Design, vol. 4: pp. 15-18 Y. Li, E. Fahrenthold, University of Texas at Austin, US
11:10	Toward Engineering Fluorescent nanodiamonds, vol. 1: pp. 72-75 T. Zapata, N. Bennett, P. Hemmer, Y. Fei, V. Struzhkin, F. Jelezko, Texas A&M University, US
11:30	Laser Annealing Nanoscale Carbons: Material Transformations, vol. 1: pp. 67-68 R. Vander Wal, J. Abrahamson, C. Gaddam, Penn State University, US

1:30	Composite Materials	National Harbor 6
	Session chair: Wolfgang S. Bacsa, University of Toulouse, France
1:30	Interface engineering to optimize composite properties (invited presentation) W. Haseltine, Solvay, US
1:55	Elucidating the effect of surface functionalization on the mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer B. Demir, T.R. Walsh, Deakin University, AU
2:15	In-situ Monitoring of Fiber Reinforced Composites Subjected to Different Forms of Mechanical Loading via Embedded Aligned CNT Sheets K. Aly, A. Li, P. Bradford, North Carolina State University, US
2:35	The Benefits of SWCNTs for Design of Conductive and reinforced plastics E. Ilin, A. Bezrodniy, M. Predtechenskiy, OCSiAl, LU
2:55	Effect of CNT Morphology and Alignment on the Interfacial and the Elastic Properties of Nanocomposites, vol. 1: pp. 212-215 A.R. Alian, S.A. Meguid, University of Toronto, CA
3:15	Kinetics study of carbon nanotube alignment under shear force via real-time polarized Raman spectroscopy, vol. 1: pp. 69-71 Y. He, A.I. Taub, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, US
3:35	Electrical characteristics of cement composites incorporating CNT and carbon fibers G.M. Kim, S.M. Park, G.U. Ryu, H.K. Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KR
3:55	Exploring the Interface: Improving the Mechanical Properties of Silicon Nitride Fibre - Polymer Composites, vol. 1: pp. 196-199 M. Hayward, J. Johnston, T. Dougherty, K. deSilva, Victoria University of Wellington, Nuenz Limited, NZ and NZ Product Accelerator, NZ

	Graphene & 2D-Materials: Posters	Expo Hall D & E
	Structure determination of silicene nanoribbons on Ag(110), vol. 1: pp. 87-90 P. Espeter, C. Keutner, N.F. Kleimeier, P. Roese, K. Shamout, G. Wenzel, U. Berges, H. Zacharias, C. Westphal, TU Dortmund, DE
	Oligomeric aminoborane precursors for the chemical vapour deposition growth of few-layer hexagonal boron nitride X. Wang, University of Oxford, UK
	Gallium Selenide: A Novel Optoelectronic 2D Material N. Briggs, J. Robinson, Pennsylvania State University, US
	Engineered Graphenes & Graphene-enabled Products for Electronics Assembly N.K. Chaki, B. Das, S. Devarajan, S. Sarkar, R. Raut and B. Singh, Alpha Assembly Solutions, IN
	Controlling Growth and Excited State Dynamics of Monolayer MoS 2 via Substrate Engineering K. Zhang,, The Pennsylvania State University, US
	Low temperature/low cost deposition of 2D materials on metals and conducting glass for protective, and energy conversion applications F. Zhang, Y. Lei and M. Terrones, Pennsylvania State University, US
	Graphitic Carbon Nitride Thin Film: Suitability of Device Applications P.C. Patra and Y.N. Mohapatra, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, IN
	Wednesday May 17

8:30	CNT-Based Devices I	National Harbor 6
	Session chair: Wolfgang S. Bacsa, University of Toulouse, France
8:30	Carbon Nanotube Transistor Technology for the 5 nm Technology Node and Beyond (invited presentation) Q. Cao, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, US
8:55	Thermal Dissipation Problems and Opportunities for Innovation in Electronics (invited presentation) B. Cola, Carbice Nanotechnologies, US
9:20	Next Generation Nanomaterials: Hierarchical Hybrid Architectures for Robust & Reusable Devices S.M. Mukhopadhyay, Wright State University, US
9:40	Progress towards total structure control in SWCNT populations, vol. 1: pp. 40-43 J. Fagan, National Institute of Standards and Technology, US
10:00	Fast Electrochromic Device Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Films (invited presentation) M.E. Itkis, University of California, Riverside, US

10:30	CNT-Based Devices II	National Harbor 6
	Session chair: Wolfgang S. Bacsa, University of Toulouse, France; Jeffrey Fagan, NIST, US
10:30	Nanomaterials for Printed Electronics (invited presentation) P. Malenfant, National Research Council of Canada, CA
10:55	Selectivity of Conjugated Polymers for the Electronic Nature of Carbon Nanotubes (invited presentation) A. Adronov, McMaster University, CA
11:20	Facile and High-Throughput Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Carpet-PDMS Structures toward Flexible Supercapacitors, vol. 1: pp. 44-47 R. Zhang, J. Ding, E.H. Yang, Stevens Institute of Technology, US
11:40	Carbon nanotubes functionalized neural probe platform for characterization of cell attachment and motility, vol. 1: pp. 56-59 J. Tyson, M. Tran, T. Patrick, G. Slaughter, University of Maryland Baltimore County, US
12:00	Tunable and label-free virus enrichment for ultrasensitive virus detection using carbon nanotube arrays Y-T Yeh, Y. Tang, A. Sebastian, A. Dasgupta, N. Perea-Lopez, I. Albert, H. Lu, M. Terrones, S-Y Zheng, Pennsylvania State university, US
12:20	Dual Glucose and Lactate Self-powered biosensor, vol. 1: pp. 48-51 A. Baingane, N. Mburu, C. Animanshaun, G. Slaughter, University of Maryland Baltimore County, US

	Graphene & 2D-Materials: Posters	Potomac Registration Hall
	Graphene oxide/vinyl ester resin nanocomposite: the effect of graphene oxide, curing kinetics, mechanical properties and thermal stability, vol. 1: pp. 91-94 V. Arabli, A. Aghili, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, IR
	Determination of thickness of multilayered WS2 using Raman effect X. He, F. Ran, Y. Cheng, H. Li, X. Zhang, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, SA
	Transition Metal Dichalcogenides as Cell Culture Platforms, vol. 1: pp. 99-102 A. Palumbo, F. Tourlomousis, R. Chang, E.H. Yang, Stevens Institute of Technology, US

	Carbon Nano Structures & Devices: Posters	Potomac Registration Hall
	Wireless Bacteria Nanosensor Based on Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Ag Nanoparticles, vol. 1: pp. 60-62 N.I. Alvarez-Colon, A. Arroyo, P. Jirau, C.A. R. Rodriguez Prado, C. Cuyar Cruz, S. Rodriguez, J. Avalos, G. Morell and B. Weiner, University of Puerto Rico- Río Piedras Campus, US
	Artificial Bacteriophage for Anticancer Drug Delivery, vol. 1: pp. 63-66 J. Velasco-Medina, J.M. Espinosa-Duran, J.C. Arce-Clavijo, UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE, CO
	A Solution Processed High Temperature, Flexible, Thin-Film Actuator C. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Yao, W. Luo, J. Wan, J. Dai, E. Hitz, K. Fu, L. Hu, University of Maryland, US
	Molecule -Based Materials From 1 Dimension to 2 Dimension Nanostructures Y. Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN
	Efficient purification of metallic impurities from carbon nanotubes using nitrogen-bubbled chloroform Y. Hyun, J. Park, J. Goak and N. Lee, Sejong University, KR
	Torsional yarn actuator driven by magnet force D. Weon Lee, S. Jeong Kim, Hanyang University, KR
	Hierarchical Hybrid Catalysts from Flexible Fabric Substrates W. Wang and S.M. Mukhopadhyay, Wright State University, US

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Journal Submissions

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Selected papers will be reviewed and invited into a Special Issue of Journal of Nanoparticle Research. The journal disseminates knowledge of the physical, chemical and biological phenomena and processes in nanoscale structures.

Coverage includes synthesis, assembly, transport, reactivity, and stability, and emphasizes realization and application of systems, structures and devices with novel functions obtained via precursor nanoparticles.

The Journal fosters the interdisciplinary dissemination of knowledge by encouraging synergetic approaches originating from a wide range of disciplines, such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Health Care.