Pre Conference Tutorial

Date: 3 November 2008
Venue: Biopolis, Exploration Room, Level 4
Time: 0900 - 1300

Tutorial Registration Fees:
S$ 150.00 per participant per tutorial if you are not participating in the conference

Tutorial 101: Science at the Nanoscale

Speakers:
Dr. CHIN Wee Shong (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Dr. SOW Chorng Haur (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Dr. Andrew T S WEE (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Nanotechnology is one of the most important growth areas of this century. Nanoscience, the science underpinning nanotechnology, is a multidisciplinary subject covering atomic, molecular and solid state physics, as well as much of chemistry. Nanostructures are known to exhibit novel and improved material properties, fundamentally because the physical and chemical properties are very different when dimensions are reduced to the nanometer range. This book thus aims to introduce the various basic principles and knowledge needed for students to understand science at the nanoscale. Many ideas proposed in nanotechnology are frontier and futuristic, although some have immediate technological applications. The core scientific principles of all nanotechnology applications, however, are grounded in physics and chemistry.

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Tutorial 102: Graphene Tutorial

Speakers:
Dr Antonio H. CASTRO NETO (Boston University, USA)
Dr Young-Woo SON (Korea Institute for Advanced Study, South Korea)
Dr Yuanbo ZHANG (University of California at Berkeley, USA)

This tutorial consist of 2 lectures and 1 experiment

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