"IV International Conference on Surfaces, Materials and Vacuum",
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 26th - 30th September 2011.
"Specialist Meeting on Carbon"
25th - 28th September 2011
| Joe Greene, University of Illinois, USA | Fundamental properties of transition metal nitrides: Design strategies for growth of self organized nitride nanostructures |
| Kang L. Wang, UCLA, USA | Epitaxial oxides for spintronics |
| Emmanuel Haro Poniatowski, UAM-Iztapalapa, Mexico | Transport and optical phenomena in matter |
| Ali Erdemir, Argonne National Lab. USA | Innovative design concepts in nanocomposite coatings for extreme tribological applications |
| Juan Antonio Zapien, City University, Hong Kong | Hybrid photonic/plasmonic nanostructures for sensing and energy applications |
| Pedro Prieto, Universidad del Valle, Cali Colombia | Electric and magnetic properties of multiferroic oxide thin films |
| Juan MartÃnez Pastor, Universidad de Valencia, Spain | Semiconductor nanostructures and nanophotonics for quantum information technology |
| Aristides Marcano, University of Delaware, USA | Optimized photothermal lens experiment: Applications and perspectives |
| Gottlieb Oehrlein, University of Maryland, USA | Plasma-materials interactions – from nanostructures to metamaterials |
| René Olivares-Navarrete, Georgia Tech and Emory University, USA | Surface Properties of Biomaterials and Their Application in Endogenous Tissue Engineering |
| Daniel Sanchez Portal, Centro de FÃsica de Materiales CFM, Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, Spain | Theoretical studies of the magnetism induced by defects and non-magnetic adsorbates in graphene and carbon nanotubes |
| Joe Greene, University of Illinois, USA | Growth of Self-assembled Nanostructures (the materials science of small things) |
| D. Depla, Ghent University, Belgium | Reactive sputter deposition |
| Juan Antonio Zapien, City University, Hong Kong | Ellipsometry |
| Juan MartÃnez Pastor, Universidad de Valencia, Spain | Electroluminescent diodes and Lasers |
| René Olivares-Navarrete, Georgia Tech and Emory University, USA | Biomaterial-Cell Interactions |
| Saúl Romero, ININ, MEX | Análisis de Materiales con haces de iones |
| PANalytical | X-Ray difraction |
A. Ferrari |
University of Cambridge, Dept Engn, Cambridge |
UK |
Raman spectroscopy and photonics of graphene |
T. Enoki |
Dept of Technology, Tokyo Inst. of Tech. |
Japan |
Nanographene and its unconventional electronic and magnetic structures |
W. I. Milne |
University of Cambridge, Dept Engn, Cambridge |
UK |
Novel Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Sources |
A. Tagliaferro |
Politecnico di Torino |
Italy |
Carbon films as coronary stent coating |
S. R. P. Silva |
Univ Surrey, Nanoelect Ctr, Adv Technol Inst |
UK |
Accept - Title pending confirmed |
J. C. Sanchez |
Materiales Nanoestructurados y Microestructura, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla |
Spain |
Tribological behavior of amorphous carbon-based coatings |
P. Patsalas |
Univ Ioannina, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Ioannina |
Greece |
Accept - Title pending |
G. A. J. Amaratunga |
University of Cambridge, Dept Engn, Cambridge |
UK |
Nanocarbons for energy storage |
M. Hiramatsu |
Meijo Univ, Nano Factory, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Nagoya |
Japan |
Carbon nanowalls: synthesis and application |
G. Fanchini |
Rutgers State Univ, NJ ---Canada |
USA |
Amorphization of graphene: from order to a-C |
M. Chhowalla |
Rutgers State Univ, NJ |
UK |
Large area electronics based on partially oxidized graphene |
R. Nemanich |
Department of Physics, Arizona State University |
USA |
Visible Light Photo-induced and Photo-enhanced Electron Emission from Doped Nanocrystalline Diamond Films |
J. McLaughlin |
Director of the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Institute and NIBEC NIBEC Building University of Ulster |
Ireland |
Advances in carbon nanostructures of CNT's and Graphene properties in relation to their biosensing capability |
R. B Jackman |
Director, MSc programme in Nanotechnology, Chair in Electronic Devices, Head, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering & Diamond Electronics Group London Centre for Nanotechnology |
UK |
Detonation nanodiamonds - properties and device applications' |
P. Bergonzo |
Director of Research at the French Atomic Energy Commission, Diamond Sensors Laboratory |
France |
Diamond for biosensing and neurointerfacing applications |
T. Makarova |
Physics Dept., Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University |
Sweden |
Magnetic order induced in graphite by fluorination |
A. Herrera |
CINVESTAV-Unidad Querétaro, Qro. |
Mexico |
The distribution sp2/sp3 species in carbon nanofilms and it's effect on the rheological properties |
G. McGuire |
International Technology Center, NC |
USA |
Detonation Nanodiamond in DMSO as Seeding Slurries for CVD Diamond |
N. Marks |
Nanochemistry Research Institute (NRI) at Curtin University |
Australia |
Self-assembly of carbon into nanotubes, onions and other sp2-bonded forms |
S. Curtarolo |
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Physics, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University |
USA |
Ab-initio insights in nano catalysts: thermo-kinetic effects and size dependent Wulff plots |
C. Corbella |
Departamento de FÃsica Aplicada y Óptica (FAO) of the Univsity of Barcelona |
Spain |
Micro/nanostructured surfaces of amorphous carbon |
M. Buongiorno-Nardelli |
CHiPS and Department of Physics, NC State University, CSMD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
USA |
Theory of the electronic and transport properties of epitaxial graphene |
D. R. McKenzie |
The University of Sydney |
Australia |
Using an energy landscape for carbon to choose the right carbon for the job |
M. Moseler |
Fraunhofer Frieburg |
Germany |
Atomistic insights into the tribology of diamond materials and the growth of carbon nanotubes |
A. Erdemir |
Argonne National Labs |
USA |
Principles of Surface Design and Chemistry for Superlubricity in Carbon Films |
A. A. Balandin |
Nano-Device Laboratory, University of California - Riverside |
USA |
Thermal Properties of Low-Dimensional Carbon Materials |
A. Krasheninnikov |
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki |
Finland |
Engineering the structure and properties of carbon nanostructures using electron and ion beams |
F. Contreras Torres |
Inst. de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM |
Mexico |
Chemical Functionalization of Carbon Nanomaterials |
S. E. Rodil |
IIM-UNAM |
Mexico |
Nanocomposite Amorphous Carbon-Silver films |
E. Marinero |
Hitachi San Jose Research Laboratory, |
USA |
Towards Single-Digit Atomic Layers Thick Carbon Overcoats for Information Storage Technology: Needs and Challenges |
J. Robinson |
US Naval Research Laboratory |
USA |
Tailoring graphene's properties through chemistry: from functionalization to nanomechanics |
O. Dubon |
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, U.C. Berkeley |
USA |
Accept - Title pending |
A. Khlobystov |
B-28 School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham |
UK |
Carbon Nanotubes as Containers for Molecules |
Michaël LEJEUNE |
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Picardie Jules Verne |
France |
Amorphous carbon films for electrochemical applications (detection of metals) |