2005 NSEC REU SUMMER PROGRAM RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Thursday, August 4, 2005
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro CEPSR
Columbia University

SESSION I
SYNTHESIS AND MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY CHARACTERIZATION

10:30 am –Michelle Hyers, Cooper Union
“Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: A View from the Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering Interface”
Professor George Flynn, mentor

10:50 am –Anita Shukla, Carnegie Mellon University
“Solution Based Formation of Carbon Nanotube-Single Molecule Junctions”
Dr. Shalom Wind, mentor

11:10 am – Jennifer Elyazi, Cooper Union
“Self-Assembled Ruthenium Oxide Nanowires”
Professor Colin Nuckolls., mentor

11:30 am Cristina Fernandez, University of Florida
“Optical Characterization of Pentacene Nanoscale Films”
Professor Aron Pinczuk, mentor

SESSION II
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES

12:50 pm Joel Chudow, Columbia University
"Electron Transport in Ultrathin Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x Superconductors"
Professor Philip Kim, mentor

1:10 pm Rob Barton, Harvard University
“A Study of Conductance Quantization with Mechanically Controlled Junctions”
Dr. Latha Venkataraman, mentor

1:30 pm – Jennifer Koonz, Wells College
“The Electrical Properties of Thin Carbon Nanotube Films in Electrolyltic Fluid Flow”
Professor James Hone, mentor