Monday, November 5, 2007: 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
M - Salon F (Marriott Salt Lake City-Downtown)

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (22)

#72 - Carbon Nanotubes II: Characterization, Functionalization, and Applications (22004)
This session focuses on carbon nanotube applications including the issues regarding their processing and characterization. The session will feature technology that exploits the novel electronic, electro-mechanical, optical, and structural properties of carbon nanotubes for the solution of engineering problems. Topics include fuel cells and catalysis, sensors, field effect transistors and other electronic devices, polymer composites, nanotube electrodes, electro-mechanical devices, and energy absorbing materials. The session will also include papers focusing on processing techniques such as purification, separation and chemical functionalization that are necessary to develop nanotube-based technologies. Also included are papers dealing with characterization methods for carbon nanotube materials.
Chair:Virginia A. Davis
Cochairs:Matteo Pasquali
Michael S. Strano
Karl Johnson
12:30 PMWelcoming Remarks
12:35 PMA Structure-Reactivity Relationship For Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Reacting With 4-Hydroxybenzene Diazonium Salt
Nitish Nair, Woo-Jae Kim, Monica Usrey, Michael Strano
12:55 PMHighly Stable and Luminescent Individual Swnt in Acidic Media
Juan G. Duque, Laurent Cognet, Nicholas Parra-Vasquez, Nolan Nicholas, Howard K. Schmidt, Matteo Pasquali
1:15 PMStructure-Induced Superhydrophobicity Of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Liang Zhang, Daniel E. Resasco
1:35 PMEmulsion Stabilization With Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Randy K. Wang, Kirk J. Ziegler
1:55 PMDispersion Of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes In Proteins: Characterization And Potential Applications
Dhriti Nepal, Virginia A. Davis, Kurt E. Geckeler
2:15 PMNanotube-Assisted Protein Inactivation
Amit Joshi, Supriya Punyani, Theodorian Borca-Tasçuic, Ravi S. Kane
2:35 PMToward Neuroprosthetic Devices From Carbon Nanotubes
Nicholas Kotov

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