Preliminary Program subject to change
TF006 (22c) Nanowires II: Modeling and Fundamental Properties of Nanowires
OverviewThis session will address modeling studies that seek to understand nanowire structure and properties,growth. Experimental studies on fundamental properties of nanowires will be presented.
Primary SponsorTopical F: Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (TF)
Co-Sponsor(s)Materials Engineering and Sciences Division (08)

Chair

Eray S. Aydil
Professor
University of California Santa Barbara
Chemical Engineering Department
Engineering Building II
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone Number: (805) 893-8205
Fax Number: (805) 893-4731
Email: aydil@engineering.ucsb.edu

CoChair

Kirk J. Ziegler
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Florida
Room 237 CHE
P.O. Box 116005
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone Number: 352.392.0881
Email: kziegler@che.ufl.edu
Electrodeposition of Bismuth Telluride Nanowires for Thermoelectric Applications: Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties
Raymond Scheffler1, Laura Q. Ye2 and Melanie McNeil1, (1)Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Synthesis and Raman Spectroscopy of Sic Nanowires
Joelle Frechette, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 220 Maryland Hall, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21231 and Carlo Carraro, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
Molecular Dynamics and Density Functional Theory Studies on the Formation of Ultrathin Gold Nanowires in Vacuum and in Organic Solvents
Qing Pu1, Yongsheng Leng1, Leonidas Tsetseris2, Harold Park3, Sokrates Pantelides2 and Peter T. Cummings1, (1)Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B 351604, 24th & Garland Avenues, 107 Olin Hall, Nashville, TN 37235-1604, (2)Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Stevenson Center 6301, P.O. Box 1807 Sta B 37235, Nashville, TN 37235, (3)Civil & Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 281 Jacobs Hall, Nashville, TN 37235
Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Transition Metal Nanowires under Uniaxial Tension: Temperature and Strain Rate Effects
Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, University of South Florida, Dept. of Chemical Engg., ENB 118, 4202 E Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, Chemical Engineering Department, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33620 and Babu Joseph, Chemical Engineering Department, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620
Sub-Picosecond to Nanosecond Carrier Dynamics in Zinc Oxide Nanowires and Films Measured by Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy
Jason B. Baxter and Charles A. Schmuttenmaer, Chemistry Department, Yale University, 225 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06520-8107
First Principles Studies of the Structural and Opto-Electronic Properties of Silicon Nanowires
Trinh Vo1, Andrew J. Williamson1 and Giulia Galli2, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, (2)Chemistry, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616
Molecular Spring Assemblies from Nanowires
Nicholas A. Kotov, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, Jaebeom Lee, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and Alexander O. Govorov, Ohio University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Athens, OH 45701

Topical F: Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum