Session: Nanowires B: Nanowires and Their Composites for Sensing, Energy Conversion and Energy Storage (2009 Annual Meeting)

Thursday, November 12, 2009: 12:30 PM

Ryman F (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:

This session will focus on applications of nanowires in chemical and biosensors, thermoelectric power generation/cooling, batteries, fuel cells and other energy storage devices.

Sponsor:

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum

Chair:

Brian A. Korgel
Email: korgel@che.utexas.edu

Co-chairs:

12:30 PM

(578a) Bulk Production of Metal Oxide Nanowires Using A Novel Microwave Plasma Reactor
Vivekanand Kumar, Jeong H. Kim and Mahendra K. Sunkara

12:50 PM

(578b) Nanowire Assembly and Interconnect Formation Using Nano-Solders
Fan Gao, Subhadeep Mukherjee, Xiaopeng Li and Zhiyong Gu

1:10 PM

(578c) Model Nanowires: Mono- Versus Polycrystalline Nanostructure
Randy L. Vander Wal, Michael Kulis, Gordon M. Berger, Gary W. Hunter and Jennifer C. Xu

1:30 PM

(578d) Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Sudhira Pasupuleti and Gerold.A Willing

1:50 PM

(578e) Reactive Bi-Metallic Aluminium/Nickel Nanowires as Nano-Heaters and Their Applications
Qingzhou Cui, Yingying Sha, Julie Chen and Zhiyong Gu

2:10 PM

(578f) Electrolessly Etched Composite Silicon Nanowire Anode for Lithium Ion Battery
Wanli Xu and John C. Flake

2:30 PM

(578g) Palladium Nanofibers for Electrooxidation of Alcohols in Alkaline Medium
Liang Su, Wenzhao Jia, Ashley Schempf, Yu Ding and Yu Lei

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