Symposium ZZ: Carbon Functional Interfaces - II

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Carbon Functional Interfaces - II

Recent years have seen a steep increase in the use of novel carbon materials in very distinct fields, covering from molecular electronics over biomedical applications to energy-related applications. The versatility of carbon is based on its ability to form a plethora of different allotropes, each of them with particular optical, electronic, and structural properties. The rich allotropicity of carbon bonding can explain the broad use of carbon-based materials such
as diamond, amorphous carbon, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes (CNT), and, more recently, graphene. The symposium will address the interface of carbon-allotropes with other materials, soft-matter, electrolytes, etc. Following the successful 2011 MRS Spring Meeting Symposium, this symposium will aim to bring together scientists working on different carbon materials, with particular focus on the science and technology of these carbon-based multifunctional surfaces and interfaces.

Abstracts are specifically solicited on topics related to fundamental and application-driven research of carbon materials for biomedical and energy-related fields, and also for optoelectronics and molecular electronics. The symposium will address the different fabrication pathways for carbon functional surfaces and interfaces, as well as modification of these carbon surfaces and novel functionalization schemes. Highlights will include important nanoscale interfacial processes such as charge transfer and emission, electrochemical processes, and interaction with molecules and biomolecules, in addition to devices relevant to this remarkably broad range of applications.

Session topics will include

  • Fundamentals of the preparation of carbon materials such as graphene, diamond, carbon nanotubes, amorphous carbon, and fullerenes
  • Science of carbon surfaces and interfaces
  • Electro- and physicochemistry of carbon surfaces and functionalization routes
  • Energy transfer, energy conversion, and energy storage using carbon materials
  • Field and thermionic emission from carbon surfaces
  • Carbon-based thermoelectrics
  • Carbon-based molecular electronics
  • Carbon-based biosensors and bioelectronics
  • Biointerfacing with amino acids, peptides, enzymes, and cells

A joint session with Symposium P: Graphene and Related Carbon Nanomaterials is being considered.

Invited Speakers Include:

Adam J. Bergren (National Inst. for Nanotechnology and Univ. of Alberta, Canada), Francesco Bonaccorso (Univ. of Cambridge, United Kingdom), Manish Chhowalla (Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey), Dean Ho (Univ. of California, Los Angeles), Ladislav Kavan (J. Heyrovsky Inst. of Physical Chemistry, Czech Rep.), Serge G. Lemay (Univ. of Twente, Netherlands), Christoph E. Nebel (Fraunhofer Inst. for Applied Solid State Physics, Germany), Robert J. Nemanich (Arizona State Univ.), Maurizio Prato (Univ. Trieste, Italy), Yahachi Saito (Nagoya Univ., Japan), Yoon-Ho Song (Electronics and Telecom-munications Research Inst., S. Korea), and Greg M. Swain (Michigan State Univ.).

Symposium Organizers

Jose Antonio Garrido
Technische Universität München
Walter Schottky Institute
Am Coulombwall 4, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Tel 49-89-289-12766, Fax 49-89-289-12737
joseantonio.garrido@wsi.tum.de

Ken Haenen
Hasselt University
Institute for Materials Research (IMO)
and IMEC vzw, IMOMEC
Wetenschapspark 1, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
Tel 32-11-268875, Fax 32-11-268899
ken.haenen@uhasselt.be

Cheol Jin Lee
Korea University
School of Electrical Engineering
and Dept. of Micro/Nano Systems
Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-713, S. Korea
Tel 82-2-3290-3216, Fax 82-2-921-4722, cjlee@korea.ac.kr

Ian D. Sharp
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis
1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel 510-495-8715, Fax 510-495-8700, idsharp@lbl.gov 

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