NSEC Meetings and Student Seminars
Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings run from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
2008
| April 4 | NSEC Postdoc/Grad Student Seminar Yuri M. Zuev, "Electric Field Modulation of Thermoelectric Transport in Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene" Haitao Liu, "Surface Functionalization of RuO2 and Graphene" |
Interschool Lab, 7th Fl. Schapiro/CEPSR |
| March 7 | NSEC Thrust Meeting Hot electrons in graphene" Inanc Meric and Melinda Han |
414 Schapiro/CEPSR |
| February 29 | NSEC Thrust Meeting "Trends in single molecule conductance based on amine linkages" Dr. Mark Hybertsen, Brookhaven "Enzymatic catalysis at the single molecule level: one bond at a time" Raul Perez Jimenez, Fernandez Group |
414 Schapiro/CEPSR |
| February 15 | Grad Student/Postdoc Seminar "Synthesis and Applications of Several Curved Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons" Matthew Myers, Department of Chemistry "Infrared Photoconductivity of Individual Carbon Nanotubes Using Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy" Sami Rosenblatt,Department of Electrical Engineering |
Interschool Lab, 7th Fl. Schapiro/CEPSR |
| February 8 | NSEC Thrust Meeting "Catalysis by nanotubes: direct measurements and role of defects" Prof. James Hone, Columbia University(EH&RS) "Nanotubes for molecular junctions: process scale-up" Prof. Yuyao Shan, Columbia University |
Interschool Lab, 7th Fl. Schapiro/CEPSR |
| February 1 | NSEC Thrust Meeting Carbon Nanotube Thrust Prof. Jim Hone Yuyao Shan |
414 Schapiro/CEPSR |
| January 25 | NSEC Thrust Meeting "Silicon Nanoelectronics: from Flash Memory to Beyond" Prof. Edwin C. Kan, Cornell University(EH&RS) "Probing the Ultrafast Optical and Terahertz Dynamics of Electrons and Holes in Graphene" Prof. Farhan Rana, Cornell University |
414 Schapiro/CEPSR |
| November 30 | NSEC Scientific Writing Short Course “Scientific Publishing: How to Write a Good Scientific Paper and Submit It Successfully" Claus Ascheron,Springer-Verlag |
414 Schapiro/CEPSR |
| November 16 | NSEC Safety Roundtable The safety meeting this Friday will consist of an informal discussion featuring a panel of local experts: Muhammad Akram, Director of Occupational Safety (EH&RS) Kathleen Collins, Director of Laboratory Safety (EH&RS) Richard Harniman, CEPSR Clean Room Supervisor Changgu Lee, Clean Room Committee Member Kirill Bolotin, Clean Room Committee Member |
414 Schapiro/CEPSR |
| November 9 | Grad Student/Postdoc Seminar “Probing Band Structures of Mono-, Bi- and Tri- layer Graphene by Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy" Kin Fai Mak,Department of Physics “Probing the edge-localized states of graphene quantum dots on Co(0001)" Daejin Eom,Department of Chemistry |
414 Schapiro/CEPSR |
| October 19 | NSEC Short Course: "Engineering Entrepreneurship - Important to the Economy and the Curriculum" Prof. Tom Cassel, University of Pennsylvania |
Interschool Lab 7th Fl. Schapiro/CEPSR |
| October 12 | NSEC Thrust Meeting “Progress Towards Mass Transport Through Carbon Nanotubes" Jinyao Tang |
414 Schapiro/CEPSR |
| September 28 | NSEC Thrust Meeting: Nanotube Growth and Synthesis Roundtable This meeting will review efforts in nanotube growth and synthesis on campus, and attempt to set priorities and directions for the coming year. There will be short presentations by the Hone, Kim, Nuckolls, and Wind groups, as well as any others who wish to contribute. |
414 Schapiro/CEPSR |
| September 14 | NSEC 2D Molecular Assembly Thrust Meeting “Photoemission from single, double and multilayer graphene on insulator" (Kevin Knox: Osgood Group) "Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics of Graphene" (Fai Mak: Heinz group) "Chemical control in graphene edges, first attempt" (Melinda Han: Kim Group & Noah Tremblay: Nuckolls Group) |
414 Schapiro/CEPSR |
| September 7 | NSEC Kickoff: Jamboree of Carbon Chemistry Strained C=C Bonds and Their Reactions at Ru Catalytic Sites (Matt Carnes) C-C Bond Formation and Rearrangement on Ru Surfaces (Matt Myers and James Kim) Forming Graphite in Solution (Haitao Liu) Graphene Fragmentgs on Co surfaces (Daejin Eom) Raman Spectroscopy of Graphene (Sunmin Ryu) Cleaning Up Graphene (Michelle Tomasik and Li Liu) STS of graphene (Elena Stolyanova and Li Liu) Reactions on graphene (Alina Feldman and Lizz Thrall) Colloids of graphene discs (Nae Young Jung) |
309 Havemeyer |
| May 18 | Columbia NSEC 5th Year Anniversary Celebration and Symposium: Perspectives on Nanoscale Electron Transport Prof. Paul McEuen, Cornell University Prof. Mark Ratner at Northwestern Prof. Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University Dr. Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University Dr. Mark Hybertsen, Brookhaven National |
New York Academy of Science |
| April 27 | Grad Student/Post Doc Seminar “Infrared Spectroscopy of Landau Levels in Single Layer Graphene” Erik Henriksen, Dept. of Physics “Structural and Electrochemical Properties Influence Single-Molecule Electron Transport by Diaminoacenes Frank W. Foss Jr., Dept. of Chemistry |
Interschool Lab 7th Fl Schapiro CEPSR |
| April 13 | NSEC Saftey Course "Nanocenter/Clean Room Safety Trainings" Richard J. Harniman, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Columbia University |
Interschool Lab 7th Fl Schapiro CEPSR |
| February 9 | Grad Student/Post Doc Seminar “Long-Wavelength Electron-Phonon Coupling in Single Layer Graphene” Jun Yan, Dept. of Physics “Towards an AC Dielectrophoresis Toolkit for Assembling Nanoscale Devices” Sarbajit Banerjee, Dept. of Physics |
Interschool Lab 7th Fl Schapiro CEPSR |
| November 10 | NSEC Saftey Course "Nanocenter/Clean Room Safety Trainings" Richard J. Harniman, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Columbia University |
Interschool Lab 7th Fl Schapiro CEPSR |
| November 3 | Grad Student/Post Doc Seminar "Field-effect Transistor from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons" Shengxiong Xiao, Dept. of Chemistry "An STM and Theoretical Study of the Interaction of Hexabenzocorone (HBC) on a Ru(0001) Surface" Kwang Taeg Rim, Dept. of Chemistry |
Interschool Lab 7th Fl Schapiro CEPSR |
| October 6 | Grad Student/Post Doc Seminar "Plasmon Mediated Photochemistry of Metal Nanoparticles" Peter Redmond, Dept. of Chemistry "Towards Scanned Probe Microscopy of Single-Molecule Transistors" Etienne De Poortere, Dept. of Physics |
Interschool Lab 7th Fl Schapiro CEPSR |
| April 21 | NSEC Saftey Course "Cradle to the Grave Management of Laboratory Chemicals" Christopher Pettinato, MPH, CSP, Director of Environmental Safety Programs Columbia University |
Interschool Lab 7th Fl Schapiro CEPSR |
| March 31 | NSEC Short Course Intellectual Property Seminar - Jeffrey M. Sears, Asst. General Counsel, Columbia University; Gonzalo Merino, Asst. General Counsel, Columbia University; Tim Corless, Senior Assoc. Director STV Partnerships | Interschool Lab 7th Fl Schapiro CEPSR |
| February 24 | NSEC Chemical Saftey Course | Interschool Lab 7th Fl Schapiro CEPSR |
| February 10 | Grad Student/Post Doc Seminar “Carrier Dynamics in Single Wall Nanotubes probed by Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy” Yang Wu, Dept. of Physics “Excitons in the Optical Properties of Nanotubes” Catalin Spataru, Nanoscale Science & Eng Center |
Interschool Lab 7th Fl Schapiro CEPSR |
| May 6 | Grad Student/Postdoc Seminar "Correlating the Structure and Electronic Properties of an Individual Carbon Nanotube Using Rayleigh Scattering" Matthew Sfeir, Dept. of Chemistry "Nanomechanical Engineering: Towards Guided Assembly of Hybrid Nanosystems" Henry Huang, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering |
Pizza at 12:30! Interschool Lab 7th floor Schapiro CEPSR |
| April 29 | NSEC Safety Course: "Solvent Safety, Do You Know Enough?" Jennifer Gardner, Industrial Hygienist, IBM |
Pizza at 12:30! Interschool Lab 7th floor Schapiro CEPSR |
| April 15 | Molecular Assemblies - Aromatic Molecule Energy Level Alignment at Metal Surfaces (George Flynn, Marcus Lay, Mark Hybertsen) | 414 Schapiro CEPSR |
| April 8 | Carbon Nanotubes - 1. Extraction of single walled tubes from long multiwalled nanotubes (Dr. Byung Hee Hong), 2. High Frequency Application of single walled nanotube circuits. | 414 Schapiro CEPSR |
| April 1 | Single Molecule Transport - The Story of Ru, as told by the Nuckolls group and others. | 414 Schapiro CEPSR |
| March 4 | Grad Student/Postdoc Seminar "Electrochemistry of Regioregular Oligothiophenes" Iris Tam, Department of Chemistry "Photoemission of electrons from metal nanoparticle films into solution" Dr. Erich Walter, Department of Chemistry |
Pizza at 12:30! Interschool Lab 7th floor Schapiro CEPSR |
| February 18 | Carbon Nanotubes - New nanotube transfer technique (Henry Huang) and efforts to characterize ultra-long nanotubes. | Interschool Lab 7th Floor Schapiro CEPSR |
| February 11 | Molecular Assemblies - "Bisoxazole Self Assembly: Domain Formation & Chirality," Gina Florio. | Interschool Lab 7th Floor Schapiro CEPSR |
| February 4 | Single Molecule Transport - Single-molecule transport using carbon-nanotube electrodes. | 414 Schapiro CEPSR |