2000 Gordon Research Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of Nanostructure Fabrication
Tilton School in New Hampshire
July 23-28 2000


 The Gordon Research Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of Nanostructure Fabrication will be held at Tilton College in New Hampshire on July 23-28, 2000.  The links are to web pages describing the interests and research of the Speakers and Discussion Leaders.


The 2000 Nano GRC Program

Topics and Speakers

Low Dimensional Structure
Horst Stormer, Columbia University: Things on the Edge
Don Eigler, IBM Almaden Research Center: Things in the Middle

Nano/Biotechnology
Andy Ellington, University of Texas: Aptazymes as Molecular Switches for Nanoscale Devices
Rich Colton, Naval Research Laboratory: Novel Biosensors based on Force Discrimination between Molecules
Ralph Joerger/Tanja Klaus, University of Uppsala:  Silver Accumulating Bacteria

Limits in Lithography
Frances Houle, IBM Almaden Research Center: Chemistry and Physics Controlling Nanoscale Pattern Formation in Polymeric Resists
Alex Liddle, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies: Fundamental Physics in High-Throughput Projection E-Beam Lithography
Greg Cardinale, Sandia National Laboratories: Printing at EUV Wavelengths

Magnetic Media and Nanostructures
Nicolas Garcia, CSIC, Madrid: Nanostructures and Domain Switching as Revealed by Magnetoresistance
Caroline Ross, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Magnetic Behavior of Lithographically Patterned Magnetic Arrays
Bruce Terris, IBM Almaden Research Center: Patterned Magnetic Media for High Density Storage

Microcontact Printing
Clivia Sotomayor Torres, University of Wuppertal: Nanoimprint Lithography, Polymer Aspects and Optoelectronic Applications
Grant Willson, University of Texas: Step and Flash Imprint Lithography: A low Cost Alternative for Nanostructure Fabrication
Steve Chou, Princeton University: Advances of Nanoimprint Lithography and Applications

Nano and Molecular Electronics
Phaedon Avouris, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center: Carbon Nanotube and Silicon Nanoelectronics
Mark Reed, Yale University: Is the Future in Plastics?
Rafael Kleiman, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies: Exploring the Limits of CMOS Technology with Scanned-Probe Microscopy
Shen Tsai, NEC Fundamental Research Laboratories: Quantum Computing in Nanostructures
Theresa Mayer, Pennsylvania State University: Field Induced Alignment of Nanowires

NanoMechanical Systems
Lidija Sekaric, Cornell University: Nanomechanical Resonant Structures in Silicon-based Materials
Mike Roukes, CalTech: Nanomechanical Systems: Fabrication, Applications, & Ultimate Limits
Peter Vettiger, IBM Zurich: Millipede - A Highly Parallel AFM-based Data Storage System

Discussion Leaders

Bill Warren, DARPA/DSO
Fabian Pease, Stanford University
Dustin Carr, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Don Tennant, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Harold Craighead, Cornell University
Terry Michalske, Sandia National Laboratories
John Randall, Texas Instruments
Henry Everitt, Army Research Office
Dieter Kern, University of Tuebingen

Chair
Christie Marrian
DARPA/MTO
3701 NORTH FAIRFAX DRIVE
ARLINGTON, VA 22203
Email: CMARRIAN@DARPA.MIL

Chair-Elect
Dieter Kern
UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN
INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE PHYSIK
AUF DER MORGEN STELLE 10
TUEBINGEN, D-72076
GERMANY
Email: DIETER.KERN@UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE


 The biennial Gordon Research Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of Nanostructure Fabrication is, by nature, multidisciplinary. Past subjects include charged beam-solid interactions, plasma-solid interactions, radiation-sensitive polymers, nanoscale analytical techniques, quantum effects at small dimensions, DNA based computation and molecular nanotechnology. The 2000 conference will cover topics at the forefront of nanofabrication, nanodevices, and applications of ultra small structures such as:

The science of nanostructure fabrication is vital not only to today's information revolution but also to the fields of imaging and manipulation of chemical and biological structures. Future progress in all these disciplines is paced by advances in the science and technology of nanofabrication that will be discussed at this conference. In addition, novel applications are emerging due to the unique properties of nanostructures. These include extensions and alternatives to silicon based ULSI and ultra sensitive sensors.

The conference format, a week of continuous interaction with experts in interrelated fields in a casual setting, provides a particularly rewarding opportunity for scientist to exchange ideas with and to learn from this gathering of leading researchers. A poster session is an integral part of the conference and will feature invited and contributed presentations.


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General Information on Gordon Conferences

 Gordon Research Conferences provide a unique environment that enhances open discussion among researchers of recent research results and stimulates new ideas. As stated in the announcement brochure of the Gordon Research Conferences: "The object and exclusive purpose of the Gordon Conferences is to foster and promote education and science by organizing and operating meetings of research scientists with common interests...for the purpose of discussions and the free exchange of ideas, thereby stimulating advanced thinking in research at universities, research foundations, and industrial laboratories". To this end Gordon Conferences prohibit recording of the sessions and publish no proceedings.

 The one-week long conference has intensive morning and evening technical sessions, with afternoons free for informal interactions. Sessions consist of several hour-long in-depth technical presentations, cover recent exciting developments in the field, and typically include a great deal of impromptu discussion by the audience. Participants attend the technical sessions together, eat their meals together, and spend their free time relaxing and talking together. This conference format provides ample opportunity for further discussion outside of the technical sessions. The opportunities for scientists to interact with experts in a number of interrelated fields are unequaled. While the program of invited talks is carefully crafted to achieve the major conference goals, participants are invited and encouraged to present their current research in an auxiliary open poster session.

 Gordon Research Conferences on the Chemistry and Physics of Nanostructure Fabrication have been held every other year since 1974 and have brought together both the leaders and the most creative researchers in the field. Key developments first discussed at these conferences include x-ray, electron-beam and ion-beam lithography, novel techniques for material growth and removal on atomic scales, and applications of nanostructures to novel information-processing and quantum-effect devices.

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