2006 NSEC REU SUMMER PROGRAM RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Friday, August 4, 2006
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro CEPSR
Columbia University

SESSION I
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES

1:00 pm – Shivonne Haniff, University of Colorado
“Reduction of Hystersis in Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors”
Prof. James Hone, advisor

1:20 pm – Joseph Varghese, Cooper Union
“Multi-probe Nanotube Devices for Molecular Electronics”
Prof. Philip Kim, advisor

1:40 pm – Bannon Thorpe, Washington & Lee University
“Using Mechanically Controlled Break Junctions to Study Transport Properties of Single Molecules”
Dr. Latha Venkataraman, advisor

SESSION II
SYNTHESIS AND MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY CHARACTERIZATION

2:10 pm – Stacy Tse, The College of William & Mary
“Chemical Synthesis of Silver Nanowires”
Prof. Colin Nuckolls and Dr. Mike Steigerwald, advisors

2:30 pm – Ryan Fillman, Rowan University
“Self-Aligned Optical Lithography with Nanometer-Scale Separations for Contacting Single Molecules”
Dr. Shalom Wind, advisor

2:50 pm – Nicole Forman, St. John’s University
“Fabrication and Scanning Probe Microscopy Studies of Ultra Thin Graphitic Films”
Prof. George Flynn, advisor