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One-dimensional Inorganic Nanomaterials, ACS National Meeting, March 2007, Chicago, IL
We organized a symposium on one-dimensional inorganic nanomaterials during the 223rd ACS National Spring meeting in Chicago during March 25, 26 2007. This symposium was on the synthesis, characterization, assembly, physical properties, and applications of one-dimensional inorganic nanomaterials, which are broadly defined and can include nanowires, nanotubes, and their heterostructures. This symposium is based in the core disciplines of inorganic solid state nanomaterials that encompass nanomaterials synthesized via vapor phase (chemical vapor depositing), solution phase (solvothermal synthesis), and templated synthesis and can include the development of organometallic precursors in the context of nanomaterials synthesis. The synthesis and preparation of these materials use the chemicals and products derived from petroleum, such as organometallic precursors. The scientific exchange and dissemination of the cutting-edge research results from the leading scientist of the field certainly enhances the fundamental research in the fields relevant to petroleum.
We had 10 invited speakers for the symposium and about 30 contributed talks. Prof. Lars Samuelson (Lund U. Sweden), Prof. Paul Alivisatos (UC Berkeley), Prof. Peidong Yang (UC Berkeley), Prof. Bill Buhro (Washington U. St. Louis), Prof. Cathy Murphy (U. of South Carolina), Prof. Lincoln Lauhon (Northwestern U.), Prof. Yi Cui (Stanford U.), Prof. Ken Kuno (Notre Dame), Prof. Yiying Wu (Ohio State U.).We had four sessions: Solution Synthesis and Physical Properties, Characterization, Properties and Applications, Complex Nanostructures and Assembly, Nanomaterials for Energy Research. The symposium was featured twice in the ACS program booklet under both “nanoscience” and “Sustainability and Energy”. The session on nanoscale materials for Energy especially fit the theme of that ACS meeting (Sustainability) very well. Attendance varies from about 50 to 90, with the Energy session most well attended.
Particularly, we used the PRF SE fund to support the travel expenses for Prof. Lars Samuelson from Lund University, Sweden. His actually expense was a lot higher than the $1200 provided by PRF SE so the PRF partially supported his expense. Prof. Samuelson is known for his pioneering and defining works on the synthesis and physical studies one dimensional nanomaterials of III-V compounds using MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition) or CBE (chemical beam epitaxy). In his invited presentation, he discussed the growth of semiconductor nanowires based on epitaxial nucleation of nanowires using MOCVD or CBE, the recent structural and mechanistic investigation of the nanowires, and studies of low-dimensional physics and for applications in electronics and photonics using high quality chemically synthesized 1-D nanostructures.
