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Agenda des premi�res r�unions de Groupes Th�matiques (Janvier et F�vrier)

Fondation Nanosciences

Dans le cadre de la pr�paration des r�ponses � l?appel � projets 2009, les animateurs de chaque th�matique ont organis� une r�union d?information et de concertation ouverte � l?ensemble des chercheurs du RTRA :

?21.01.2009 R�union du Groupe Th�matique Electronique Mol�culaire
?26.01.2009 R�union du Groupe Th�matique Nanomod�lisation
?30.01.2009 R�union du Groupe Th�matique "Vivant aux limites de la nano�lectronique"
?02.02.2009 R�union du Groupe Th�matique Nanocaract�risation et m�trologie
?02.02.2009 R�union du Groupe Th�matique Formation
?03.02.2009 R�union du Groupe Th�matique Nanomagn�tisme et Electronique de Spin
?05.02.2009 R�union du Groupe Th�matique Nanophotonique
?05.02.2009 R�union du Groupe Th�matique Nano�lectronique Quantique

Les r�unions suivantes de chaque th�matique prendront place au cours des semaines � venir. Sont d�j� pr�vues :
?les futures r�unions du groupe � Vivant aux limites de la nano�lectronique� : lundi 23 f�vrier (de 14h � 16h) et vendredi 27 f�vrier (de 16h � 18h) en salle P206

?le prochain rassemblement du groupe Nanomagn�tisme et Electronique de Spin : mardi 17 mars (de 9h � 11h) en salle R�mi Lemaire (K223) de l?Institut N�el.
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R�unions du Groupe Th�matique "Vivant aux limites de la nano�lectronique"

Fondation Nanosciences

Lundi 23 f�vrier de 14h � 16h
et Vendredi 27 f�vrier de 16h � 18h
Salle P206 de l'Ecole PHELMA Polygone

Les animateurs de la th�matique "Vivant" vont organiser le lundi 23 f�vrier une r�union pour la pr�sentation des projets candidats � l'appel � projet 2009 du RTRA.

Ils se r�uniront � nouveau le vendredi 27 f�vrier pour la validation des projets retenus.�

Synchrotron Radiation Techniques : contribution to nanoscience

Fondation Nanosciences

The School HERCULES (Higher European Research Course for Users of Large Experimental Systems) will be organising their 'Hercules Specialized Courses'(10th Edition) from May 18th to May 22nd focusing on the contribution of Synchrotron Radiation Techniques into the field of nanosciences.

Taking place in Grenoble, the courses will be provided with both theoritical and practical approaches (Read the program!)

Bear in mind you have to register by March 10th if you want to participate !

R�union du Groupe Th�matique "Nanomat�riaux, nanobonding & nanostructuration"

Fondation Nanosciences

Vendredi 13 Mars 2009 � 10h

Salle � confirmer � l'Ecole PHELMA - Polygone

La prochaine r�union du groupe de la th�matique � Nanomat�riaux, Nanobonding et Nanostructuration � se tiendra le 13 mars 2009.�

Seront annonc�s � cette occasion les projets ayant re�u la validation du groupe dans le cadre de l'appel � projets 2009 du RTRA.�

Cette r�union est ouverte � tous.

R�union du Groupe Th�matique "Nanomagn�tisme et Electronique de Spin"

Fondation Nanosciences

Mardi 17 Mars 2009 de 9h � 11h
Salle Remi Lemaire (K223) de l'Institut N�el

Le bureau de la th�matique Nanomagn�tisme et �lectronique de spin se r�unira en s�ance ouverte � tous, le� 17 mars prochain. A cette occasion, nous �couterons une pr�sentation orale de chacun des projets de demande d'aide au RTRA qui rel�vent de la th�matique. Cette s�ance est bien entendu ouverte � tous.
Il est important que les porteurs de projets relevant de cette th�matique se fassent connaitre pr�alablement par mail aupr�s d'Alain Schuhl ( alain.schuhl@cea.fr ) et de Jo�l Cibert� ( joel.cibert@grenoble.cnrs.fr )�

R�union du Groupe Th�matique "Nanomagn�tisme et Electronique de Spin"

Fondation Nanosciences

R�union du Groupe Th�matique "Nanomagn�tisme et Electronique de Spin"

Fondation Nanosciences

R�union du Groupe Th�matique "Nanomagn�tisme et Electronique de Spin"

Fondation Nanosciences

R�union du Groupe Th�matique "Nanomagn�tisme et Electronique de Spin"

Fondation Nanosciences

Nanobio-Europe'09

Fondation Nanosciences

16-18 June 2009

MINATEC - Grenoble, France

NanoBio-Europe'09, the International Conference on Nanobiotechnology in Europe, will be held on June 16-18, 2009 in Grenoble/France to present the most recent international developments in nanobiotech and nanomedicine.

NanoBio-Europe'09 provides a platform for interdisciplinary communication, new international cooperation and joint projects to participants from science and industry.� The sessions will cover topics like:

Nanobiotech for cell and molecular biology
Nano-enabled drug targeting and delivery
Imaging
Toxicology of nano-objects
Regulatory issues

Registration and submission of abstracts at:
http://www.nanobio-europe.com

The event will include joint plenary sessions with invited keynote lectures and contributed papers, posters exhibition, industrial exhibition, gala dinner, and technical visits.

Prizes for the best poster and for the best presentation by a young scientist will be awarded.

More than 250 participants are expected from Europe, Asia and Northern America.

The venue of the conference is the European premier innovation campus MiNaTec in Grenoble. Grenoble is a high-tech city, French capital of micro- and nanotechnology including nanobiotechnology, with wonderful surroundings in the heart of the Alps? especially in June!

National Meeting on Quantum Dots

Fondation Nanosciences

June 19th, 2009, from 9.30am

Amphith��tre 15 (Seminar room Jean Benoit)

Ecole PHELMA-Polygone ( ex-ENSERG)

23 rue des Martyrs - Grenoble

The National Meeting on Quantum Dots will be held in Grenoble (Phelma-polygone) on June 19th 2009. The last meeting was organized in 2003 in Marcoussis.
The aim of this one day meeting is to provide a forum for scientists from different research branches including physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering to discuss fabrication techniques, optical and transport properties as well as applications of quantum dots. One of the main goals of the conference is to bring together different quantum dot communities involved in research on self-assembled dots, nano-crystals, nano-wires and gated structures, in order to stimulate progress by combining the expertise developed in each community.
The scope of this meeting covers elaboration, basic physics and applied research on quantum dots. The focus of the conference is the optical and electronic properties of nanostructures grown both by epitaxial methods leading to three dimensional confinement of carriers.
During the last years, this field of research has continued to evolve at a very fast pace. This national meeting will provide an up-to-date image of the progress achieved and will contribute to the future success of the field.

The meeting will focus on the following topics:

Formation, ordering and structure of quantum dots
Quantum dots / cavity coupling and its applications
Spin dynamics, control and readout of a single spin
Dephasing, coherent control and quantum information with quantum dots

Deadlines�:

Submission of abstract: May 15th 2009
Program announcement: May 22nd 2009
Registration: Free until May 29th 2009
QD meeting, Grenoble: June 19th 2009

Contribution and registration :

Download and send a registration form to jbq@grenoble.cnrs.fr

Send a 1 page abstract (pdf format) to jbq@grenoble.cnrs.fr

Download the program

Location :

Seminar room Jean Benoit
Phelma-Polygone
23 rue des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble

Travel information :

Easy access by bus from Grenoble train station: take line 30 or line 34 and stop at � ecole d'electronique �� (5 to 10 min).

SUPER RESOLUTION OPTICAL MICROSCOPY: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS TO LIFE SCIENCES

Fondation Nanosciences

In Grenoble, several laboratories share a common interest in engaging or developing super resolution microscopy for life sciences. However, a strong� collaboration is necessary to implement the best methods and relevantly match the biological application projects of the local community.

Thus the Nanosciences Foundation organises a preospective workshop on:

Friday 19 June 2009

Conference Room at SPECTRO

Laboratoire de Spectrom�trie Physique

St Martin d?H�res Campus, 140 Avenue de la physique - Bat. E45

(http://www-lsp.ujf-grenoble.fr/How-to-find-us?lang=en)

Fluorescence microscopy has become a central tool in life sciences. However, the use of radiation in the visible range, with excitation or emission wavelengths in the micrometer range, limits the achievable spatial� resolution to about 0.2 �m (due to diffraction laws), which is more than 10 times the size of macromolecular complexes.

Recently a real revolution has occurred: by using non-linear properties of fluorescence probes, the theoretical diffraction-based spatial resolution limit has been surpassed, leading to ?super resolution? or so-called ?nanoscopy? methods. Convincing applications in biological sciences have been realized through several approaches, including: STED microscopy, which takes advantage of stimulated emission to spatially confine fluorescence; PALM/STORM/SPDM microscopies, where photoactivatable chromophores

are used to provide super-localization; or SIM microscopy, which is based on a spatial modulation of the illumination field.

This workshop aims at discussing these questions in the context of the Grenoble research.

In order to evaluate the international state-of-the-art of super resolution microscopy techniques, and to steer the debate, we have invited four world-class scientists who have contributed decisively to the field.

�Stefan Jakobs (Max Planck Institute,G�ttingen - Germany) is one of the first investigators of the STED method.
�Mark Neil (Imperial College, London ? UK) who has invented the structured illumination microscopy
�Heinrich Leonhardt (LMU Biozentrum, Munich - Germany) has published important illustrations of the efficiency of the structured illumination method for cell microscopy.
�Ulrich Nienhaus (University of Karlsruhe - Germany) is a specialist of fluorescent probes highly adapted to the PALM and STORM methodologies.

Download the Workshop flyer

registration closed
(the maximum amount of attendants has been reached)

Stefan Jakobs will give a lecture during an introductory seminar, the day before the workshop (Thursday 18 June 2009).� Read about the Seminar

Finalised Workshop program (Download):

8.30am : Coffee

9am : Guests? lectures and discussion :

Mark Neil: Structured Illumination for 3D microscopy�� Read the abstract
Heinrich Leonhardt: Subdiffraction multicolor imaging of the nuclear periphery with 3D structured illumination microscopy� Read the abstract

11am : Local scientists? input

Andr� Verdel (IAB)� � Heterochromatin formation and maintenance �
Annie Mola (IAB) �� Le complexe passager : r�gulateur cl� de la mitose ��
Claire Monge (LBFA) � Intracellular diffusion and organization of metabolism: system biology approach �
Isabelle Marty� (GIN) � Molecular complex involved in calcium signaling ��
Yves Goldberg (GIN) � Cell-cell communication in the brain via exosome transfer �� (PI:R. Sadoul)
Sergiy Avilov (EMBL) � Potential of super-resolution techniques for imaging influenza virus life cycle �

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12pm : Countryside lunch

2pm : Guest lecture and discussion :

Ulrich Nienhaus: Advanced Fluorescent Proteins for Optical Nanoscopy� Read the abstract

3pm :Local scientists? input

Yves Goldberg (GIN) � CHMP2B assemblies and their role in dendritic spine morphogenesis �
Dimitrios A. Skoufias (IBS) � The need of high resolution microscopy for studies on kinetochore and centromere associated proteins� �
Andrei Popov (GIN) � Action at the microtubule ends �
S�bastien Violot (iRTSV) � Interaction of actin-binding proteins with actin filaments��
Sylva Mache (iRTSV) �Single cell transcript profiling and intracellular localisation of transcriptional components�
Gilles Faury (iRTSV)� � Evolution de la morphologie des fibres �lastiques au cours du d�veloppement et du vieillissement�

Table Ronde : What projects could be promoted in Grenoble by 2010 ?

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Chairmen:

Jean-Claude VIAL

Laurent BLANCHOIN
Dominique BOURGEOIS

Scientific Committee: ��
Jacques DEROUARD
Michel ROBERT-NICOUD
Yves GOLDBERG��
Andrei POPOV��
Alexei GRICHINE
Franz BRUCKERT
Jean-Michel GERARD
Ir�ne WANG

Antoine DELON

Organisation : ��

St�phanie MONFRONT

Maud DAYEZ��

Photo Credits:�

Science (journal) 320 (5881): 1332?6. DOI:10.1126/science.1156947. PMID 18535242
Image extracted from http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopy

Sponsors:

Probing and manipulating the spin of magnetic adatoms and molecules with tunneling electrons

Fondation Nanosciences

Tuesday 7 July 2009 at 4pm

CNRS B�t E, conference room "Louis Weil" on 3rd floor

Joaquin Fern�ndez-Rossier (Univ. Alicante, Espagne)

Chaire d'Excellence at the Nanosciences Foundation

In the first part of the talk I briefly review� recent experiments of inelastic scanning tunneling spectroscopy of single and a few magnetic atoms and molecules [1-6 ].�� Then I show how these experiments can be� modeled with a phenomenological spin-assisted tunneling Hamiltonian so that the inelastic dI/dV line shape is related to the spin spectral weight of the magnetic atom [7]. This accounts for the�� spin selection rules and dI/dV spectra observed experimentally for single Fe and Mn atoms deposited on Cu2N, as well as Iron Pthalocyanines and Mn chains.�� In the final part of the talk I discuss how spin polarized STM can be used to manipulate the spin of the magnetic atoms and molecules [8].

1.A. J. Heinrich, J. A. Gupta, C. P. Lutz, and D. M. Eigler, Science 306, 466 (2004).
2.C. F. Hirjibehedin, C. P. Lutz, and A. J. Heinrich, Science 312, 1021 (2006).
3.C. Hirjibehedin et al., Science 317, 1199 (2007).
4.A. F. Otte et al., Nature Phys. 4, 847 (2008).
5.Xi. Chen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 197208 (2008).
6.N. Tsukahara et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 167203 (2009).
7.J. Fern�ndez-Rossier,� Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 256802 (2009)
8.F. Delgado,� J. J. Palacios, J. Fern�ndez-Rossier, in preparation

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Clean carbon nanotubes: From single electron quantum dots to ultra-high quality mechanical ...

Fondation Nanosciences

Tuesday 21 July 2009 at 4pm

CNRS B�t E, conference room "Louis Weil" on 3rd floor

G. A. Steele (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Carbon nanotube devices made using a new ultra-clean fabrication technique offer a unique new platform for studying transport, optics, nanomechanics, and the coupling between them. Motivated by a desire for single electron quantum dots to be used as a spin quantum bit, these clean nanotubes can also act as high efficiency optical emitters, and possess phenomenal mechanical properties as high frequency resonators.
In this talk, I will focus on the nanomechanical properties of these devices: here, a suspended nanotube acts a as a nanometre sized vibrating beam. The motion of the nanotube is detected by the current through a quantum dot formed in the nanotube itself. The resonator in these clean nanotubes shows a quality-factor of up to 150 000, two orders of magnitude higher than previous nanotube devices. We also find that the mechanical motion is strongly influenced by the quantum dot detector, observed by quantized jumps in the nanotube tension, periodic modulations of the resonance frequency, and spontaneous driving of the mechanical motion by the single electron current.

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Intermodulation Atomic Force Microscopy

Fondation Nanosciences

August 27, 2009 at 10am

Room "Louis Weil" in building E Institut N�el/CNRS, 3rd floor

David Haviland, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm, Sweden.

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a powerful tool for mapping the topography of a wide variety of surfaces at the nanometer scale, from insulators to conductors, both soft and hard matter. Beyond topography mapping, the surface analysis power of the AFM lies in it's ability to measure

tip- surface forces. Today such force measurements are done in a quasi-static way. However, the most sensitive AFM imaging methods are dynamic techniques which exploit a cantilever resonance. Presently there is great interest in the AFM community to develop dynamic AFM methods which can extract the tip-surface forces.� I will discuss these developments and our solution to this problem, which is based on the intermodulation of two pure drive tones.� When the linearity of the oscillating cantilever is perturbed by the nonlinear tip-surface forces, an intermodulation spectrum is generated in cantilever response.� A perturbation analysis of of the nonlinear oscillator shows how this spectrum contains the information needed to extract the nonlinear tip-surface force.

NANOCARBONS: FROM PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES TO BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

Fondation Nanosciences

8-13 September 2009

Hotel Villa del Mare, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy

Chaired by: Professor Sophie Lanone, INSERM University Paris 12, FR

The closing date for application is the 14th of June, 2009.

The European Science Foundation (ESF), with support from ADEME (Agence de l'Environnement et de la Ma�trise de l'Energie) and CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), is organising this conference focused on the synthesis and use of carbon nanotubes.

Carbon Nanotubes (CNT), discovered in 1991, have amazing mechanical, thermal and electrical conductivity, as well as excellent field emission properties. Actual uses of CNT are already about to be numerous (car industry, sport accessories, etc.), and future applications are foreseen to be in constant development. Right now, the very same properties that make CNT very attractive raise questions about their potential toxicity, possible long-term secondary effects, and/or biodegradability. Physico-chemical properties of CNT seem to be critical not only for their potential applications, but also for their biological and toxicological effects. However, a comprehensive and systematic understanding of this subject still needs to be acquired, particularly when considering the very promising biomedical applications of CNT.

The general aim of this conference is, thanks to its pluridisciplinary approach, to give the different actors of CNT research (physicists, chemists, biologists) the proper level of knowledge required to discuss with the other participants and understand each other correctly. Therefore, the conference will propose lectures accessible to scientists of different fields, as well as more specialized lectures in each domain of interest, including the most recent advances on the subject. Particular attention will be given to accessibility and exchange of competences between the disciplines. Specifically, the program of this conference focuses on four general topics that are considered by the scientific committee as major axes of CNT research:

1)�� Synthesis/characterization of CNT

2)�� CNT chemistry

3)�� Biomedicine

4)�� Biological and environmental effects of CNT

Download the conference flyer in PDF format

This conference is part of the 2009 ESF Research Conferences Programme and is accessible on-line from www.esf.org/conferences/09291.

ProMiNaS Workshop on The Convergence of Conventional Microelectronics and Nanotechnology

Fondation Nanosciences

From Sept. 15th to 17th, 2009�

Micro and Nanotechnologies Innovation Campus MINATEC,Grenoble, France

This workshop will come as the final event of a series of training courses organized in the framework of a Marie Curie program funded by the European Community. The objective of this series of events was to train a limited number of PhD students and postdocs, without restriction of geographical origin, to the most recent lab techniques in processing and characterization of micro- and nano-electronics devices.

One objective of the workshop is to propose an overview of the current orientation in nanoscience, including nanobiology, nanoelectronics, spintronics, optoelectronics and social perception of nanotechnologies.

A second one is to give an opportunity to young scientists, former participants or not to the ProMiNaS training, to interact and present their own work.

The workshop will consist of five sessions. Each of them will consist of a tutorial talk given by an expert in the field and of three/four invited talks (40 minutes each), in a deliberate intent to provide an extensive overview of current trends in Nanoscience.

The tutorial speakers will be :

- Dr. Silvano De Franceschi

- Dr. B. Dieny

- Pr. Uri Sivan

- Dr. Jean-Michel G�rard

- Dr. D�nal O'Math�na

nanodevices with nanowires
spintronics
nanobiology
nano-optics
risks and societal impact of nano-

The workshop is primarily intended for the trainees of the courses in this series. Other young or not so young researchers engaged in micro and nano electronics are also welcome. All participants will have the opportunity to present posters on their current work (in their own

laboratories) in relation to the subjects covered in the ProMiNaS courses.

Participation of former ProMiNaS students will be financially supported by the Program. For other participants, partial financial support will be possible depending of the final budget.

Important : attendance will be limited to 120 participants, on a first-come, first-served basis.

The chairman of the workshop will be Prof. Uri Sivan, Head of the Russell Brerry Nanotechnology Institute at the Technion.

Upload here the event program

Plus d'informations sur le site de Prominas : http://www.prominas.eu/Workshop.html

Local density of states in disordered two-dimensional electron gases at high magnetic field

Fondation Nanosciences

Tuesday 29 september 2009 at 4pm

CNRS B�t E, conference room "Louis Weil" on 3rd floor

Thierry Champel (Laboratoire de Physique et Mod�lisation des Milieux Condens�s, Grenoble)�

Motivated by high-accuracy scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements on disordered two-dimensional electron gases in strong magnetic field, we present an expression for the local density of states (LDoS) of electrons moving in an arbitrary potential smooth on the scale of the magnetic length, that can be locally described up to its second derivatives.
This result has been derived with a specific Green's function technique based on the use of an over complete semi-coherent basis of states. This formalism allows us to derive the exact Green's function for an arbitrary quadratic potential in the special limit where Landau level mixing becomes negligible. The obtained solution remarkably embraces under a unified form via pure geometric parameters the cases of confining and unconfining quadratic potentials. Whereas confining potentials are naturally characterized by quantization effets, lifetime effects emerge instead in the case of saddle-point potentials as a result of the instability of the dynamics due to quantum tunneling.
The energy-dependence of the LDoS is found to be universal in terms of local geometric properties, such as drift velocity and potential curvature. We also show that thermal effects are quite important close to saddle points of the potential landscape, leading to an overbroadening of the tunneling trajectories, which may explain the broad structures recently observed in experiment.

Refs. :
T. Champel and S. Florens, arXiv:0904.3262 ;
T. Champel and S. Florens, arXiv:0906.3375; to appear in PRB.

Les s�minaires "Nano�lectronique Quantique" sont ouverts � tous et nous esp�rons que vous serez nombreux � profiter de cette occasion d'�change scientifique de qualit�.

Workshop on � Quantum Information and Spintronics with Semiconductors �

Fondation Nanosciences

From 11 to 16 October 2009

Toulouse - Grenoble - Paris (France)

2nd French-Chinese International Workshop

Following the first meeting in Beijing in 2007, the 2009 China-France international workshop aims at promoting scientific exchanges in the areas of Spintronics & Quantum Information and their applications, including related materials, technical processing and device development.

The invited talks will address areas of major interest highlighting comprehensive and favoured research areas for the scientists of the two countries.

The workshop will provide a forum for discussion on recent progress and latest achievements, and promote an exchange of scientific information and a mutual collaboration.

Download the Workshop flyer

If you are :

a PhD student or a Post-doc fellow willing to experience a long stay in a chinese laboratory souhaitant effectuer prochainement un s�jour scientifique long dans un laboratoire chinois
a researcher keen to establish new collaborations with theses laboratories

Then, you're kindly invited to attend the complete scientific� manifestation or one of the talks taking place at the occasion of your laboratory's visit.

A financial support may be provided to a limited group of phD students and Post-docs in order to help them taking part in the event.

Please contact Joel Cibert� by the 21st September 2009 with your completed application including:

a short CV,
a covering letter,
a reference letter from your PhD supervisor / Post Graduate manager

Grenoble Innovation Fair 09

Fondation Nanosciences

22 - 23 Octobre 2009

World Trade Center - Grenoble

Grenoble Innovation Fair

Exhibition Hall : 70 booths featuring new technologies

From emerging and mature technologies to ready to buy products and services 70 start ups and research labs will be exhibiting at the GIF Expo. From prototypes to products and services, visit the innovation marketplace and seize business opportunities : licensing opportunities, technology partnerships, new product co-development relationships, sales partnerships ...

CONFERENCES : OPEN INNOVATION, a response to faster paced innovation challenges

The 2009 conference program features a top flight panel of leading experts, academic brains and top management representatives from leading international companies.

Through keynotes and case studies, the GIF 09 conference will examine :

the basic principles of open innovation and how to get started
how labs, start ups and large corporations can jointly benefit from open innovation
what successes and failures advanced practionners have experienced with open innovation
how large companies have set an open innovation organization and culture
how start ups and labs often practise open innovation but are unaware they are doing so !

One-on-one business meeting service

Make a selection of professionals you wish to meet through the description of their business profile, and plan your agenda with the online service.

R�union du Groupe Th�matique "Vivant aux limites de la nano�lectronique"

Fondation Nanosciences

Mardi 26 Janvier 2010 � partir de 16h
b�timent C de chimie, 2eme �tage, salle 209,�

301 rue de la chimie, D.U. de Saint Martin d'H�res

Pierre Labb� et Franz Brucker, les animateurs de la th�matique RTRA "le vivant aux limites de la nanoelectronique" vont organiser une r�union d'information et de prospective destin�e � faire le point sur l'appel d'offre 2010, ainsi que sur la journ�e d'�valuation des projets soutenus par la Fondation, le 28 janvier 2010.

Cette r�union sera �galement l'occasion d'entamer le processus de r�flexion relatif � la d�finition des th�matiques qui seront propos�es pour les appels � candidature de Chaires d?Excellence en 2010.

Cette r�union est ouverte � tous.

R�union du Groupe Th�matique "Nanomat�riaux, nanobonding & nanostructuration"

Fondation Nanosciences

Vendredi 29 janvier 2010 de 14h � 16h

Salle P207 au 2�me �tage de l'Ecole PHELMA - Polygone

La prochaine r�union du groupe de la th�matique �Nanomat�riaux, Nanobonding et Nanostructuration � se tiendra le 29 Janvier 2010.�

Cette r�union - ouverte � tous - s'adresse � tous ceux qui souhaitent participer au processus de r�flexion relatif � la d�finition des th�matiques qui seront propos�es pour les appels � candidature de Chaires d?Excellence en 2010.

Nous vous esp�rons nombreux � y assister!

R�union du Groupe Th�matique "Nanocaract�risation & Nanom�trologie"

Fondation Nanosciences

Lundi 1 f�vrier 2010 de 14h a 16h.
Salle P205 - Ecole PHELMA Polygone

Hubert Renevier organise une r�union du groupe th�matique "Nanocaract�risation et Nanom�trologie"

Elle aura pour but de pr�parer l'appel � projets 2010 de la Fondation Nanosciences concernant les Chaires d?Excellence. Des modifications substantielles sont � attendre par rapport aux appels d?offre pr�c�dents. En particulier il n'y aura pas d'Appel � Projets sans Chaires d'Excellence. Concernant les Chaires d?Excellence, une r�flexion pour la d�finition des axes de recherche (larges) qui seront propos�es pour les appels � candidature de Chaires d?Excellence en 2010 doit �tre men�e au pr�alable. En effet au-del� de la d�signation de candidats potentiels, il nous semble important de d�finir des axes de recherche � d�velopper sur Grenoble.

C'est l'objectif de cette r�union qui est ouverte � tous.

R�union des Groupes Th�matiques "Nano�lectronique Quantique" & ...

Fondation Nanosciences

Vendredi 5 f�vrier 2010 de 9h a 11h.
Salle P207 - Ecole PHELMA Polygone

Olivier Buisson et Vincent Bouchiat organisent une r�union commune aux groupes th�matiques Nano-�lectronique Quantique et Electronique Mol�culaire.

L'organisation suivante est propos�e:

- Une premi�re partie o� vous pourrez pr�senter les axes de recherche sugg�r�s pour les chaires d?excellence. (deux transparents par pr�sentation, 5min par pr�sentation).

- Une deuxi�me partie qui permettra de faire la synth�se de ces axes afin de faire remonter � la Fondation ceux qui nous paraissent les plus pertinents pour cet appel d?offre.

Cette r�union est ouverte � tous.

GIANT EXPAT'EXPO 2010

Fondation Nanosciences

GIANT programme partner organisations CEA, CNRS, EMBL, ESRF, ILL, GEM, Grenoble INP, Fondation Nanosciences and UJF are pleased to invite you to the first-ever special event specifically for Polygone Scientifique foreign employees and their spouses:

Thursday 11 February 2010
From 5.00pm to 8.30pm
At the Phelma Polygone, 23 avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble

This event is a unique opportunity to discover the broad range of social, cultural, and networking activities organised by Grenoble?s many volunteer organisations and clubs. You?ll come away with the contacts you need to help make your stay in Grenoble a fun and enjoyable experience.

Meet people who can help you settle in
Get insider information from expats who know Grenoble inside and out
Learn about social and professional networks for spouses
Find out about the activities available to you in and around Grenoble

* Indoor and outdoor sports
* Social outings and events
* Visits of local sites of interest
* Introduction to French cuisine and wines
* Libraries and book clubs
* French conversation groups
* Arts, crafts and culture

And much more!

The evening will start with a conference with useful tips to help you get accustomed to a new culture. The event will continue with a buffet of local specialties and meetings with local club and volunteer organisation representatives. Detailed agenda to follow.

ELECTRONIC NOISE AND RELAXATION IN NANOSTRUCTURES

Fondation Nanosciences

April 1-2, 2010

Grenoble

Conference topics

Relaxation in the edge states,
Electron noise and relaxation in normal and superconducting nanostructures,
Mesoscopic charge dynamics,
Spin and phonon dynamics in nanostructures

Organizers

Leonid Glazman (Yale University, Chair of the Nanosciences Fondation)
Frank Hekking (LPMMC, UJF and CNRS)
Manuel Houzet (SPSMS/INAC, CEA) Contact: manuel.houzet@cea.fr

List of invited speakers:

Carles Altimiras (CNRS, Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures)
H�l�ne Bouchiat (LPS Orsay)
David Carpentier (ENS Lyon)
Pascal Degiovanni (ENS Lyon)
Alessandro De Martino (Institute of Theor. Physics, University of Cologne)
Takis Kontos (ENS-Paris)
Thierry Martin (CPT, Marseille)

Christophe Mora (ENS Paris)
Simon Nigg (Univ. Geneva)
Jesper Nyg�rd (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen)
Bertrand Reulet (LPS Orsay)
Laurent Saminadayar (Institut N�el, Grenoble)
Rapha�l Van Roermund (SPSMS/INAC, CEA)
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer (Institut N�el, Grenoble)

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Registrations

Participation in the meeting is free. If you wish to take part in the lunches on April 1 and/or 2, please register at the workshop website before March 26 (please note that there is a limited number of seats for the lunches).

Location

The meeting will take place in the main auditorium of the CNRS (tour A, second floor) at the Polygone Scientifique, 10 min from the railway station of Grenoble, well connected by buses number 34 (in front of the station) and 30 (on the back of the station); get off the bus at the stop "Place de la Resistance".

Coffee breaks and lunch will be served in the "Maison des Magisteres" (in front of the tour A) - where Wifi connection will also be available.

Multi scale device simulations: from organic electronics to molecular device

Fondation Nanosciences

Jeudi 8th April 2010 from 1pm to 2pm

Amphith��tre, B�t. INP, MINATEC

by Aldo Di CARLO

Abstract:

The advent of the organic electronics/optoelectronics and the introduction of new devices and concepts based on molecular functionalities require the development of a new class of simulators able to capture nanoscale details as well as the macroscale device contest. In this talk I will present some results of the attempt to describe these systems and devices by using multiscale/multiphysics approaches in connection with conventional simulators as well as with a new Technology CAD, TiberCAD [1], which has been developed specifically for multiscale descriptions.� Examples of application will cover the interplay between mobility and grain sizes in organic TFTs [2], organic solar cells [3], and the relation between current flow and power dissipation in molecular devices [4].

References:

1) M. Auf der Maur et al., Optical and Quantum Electronics 40, 1077 (2009).

2) A. Di Carlo et al., App. Phys. Lett. 86, 263501� (2005).

3) A. Gagliardi et al., J. Comp. Electronics 8, 398 (2009).

4) G. Schulze et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 100,� 136801 (2008).

Biography:

Aldo Di Carlo is associate professor of optoelectronics and leader of the Nano&Optoelectronic research group (http://www.optolab.uniroma.it) of the University of Rome ?Tor Vergata? (Italy). His research interests mainly focus on the charge transport in nanostructured systems and in organic devices. Recently, particular attention has been given to the development of the non-equilibrium theory for the microscopic description of the transport process in nanostructured devices and its multiscale implementation. Since 2006 he is co-director of the Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy (CHOSE) of the Lazio Region-Italy. CHOSE involves more that 30 researchers for the development and industrialization of the Dye Sensitized Solar Cell technology. Aldo Di Carlo is author/co-author of more than 200 scientific publications on international journals, of 6 patents, several book chapters and co-author of two books of optoelectronics.

Techno Forum N�1

Fondation Nanosciences

Thursday 6th may 2010 at 9.30am

10.05 - Spintec Seminar room (3rd floor, 2eme �tage)

F. Gustavo, B. Delaup, H. Hass: general presentation and update of the PTA evaporation and sputtering material deposition facilities
T. Fournier, T. Crozes, B. Fernandez: general presentation of the deposition facilities at Nanofab
G. Kastaros: forming gates on the evap plassys
F. Lecocq: Al tunnel junctions by shadow evap
P. Laczkowski: shadow evap and multiple angle deposition
M. Mongillo: Ni for electrical contacts to Si nanowires
D. Buttard: high temperature Al deposit for Alumina membranes
S. Renet: Cd2SnO4 & Zn2SnO4 by sputtering deposition for solar cells.A. Volland: NiZr Metallic Glass on AC450

Organisers:

Bassem, Helge, Laurent, Thibault

Contact:

Laurent Vila (laurent.vila@cea.fr)

Superconductor-insulator transition in sub-10 nm nanowires

Fondation Nanosciences

Friday 14th may 2010 at 11am

CNRS B�t E, conference room "Louis Weil" on 3rd floor

Please note that on that day, the CNRS doors will be closed. Thanks for calling on +33 (0)4 76 88 78 43� or +33 (0)4 76 12 79 in order to get in.

Venkat Chandrasekhar (Northwestern University, USA)

Two electrons bound in a singlet state have long provided a conceptual and pedagogical framework for understanding the nonlocal nature of entangled quantum objects. As bound singlet electrons separated by a coherence length of up to several hundred nanometers occur naturally in conventional BCS superconductors in the form of Cooper pairs, recent theoretical investigations have focused on whether electrons in spatially separated normal metal probes placed within a coherence length of each other on a superconductor can be quantum mechanically coupled by the singlet pairs. This coupling is predicted to occur through the nonlocal processes of elastic cotunneling (EC) and crossed Andreev reflection (CAR). In CAR, the constituent electrons of a Cooper pair are sent into different normal probes while retaining their mutual coherence. In EC, a sub-gap electron approaching the superconductor from one normal probe undergoes coherent, long-range tunneling to the second probe that is mediated by the Cooper pairs in the condensate.
We present here experimental evidence for coherent, nonlocal coupling between electrons in two normal metals linked by a superconductor. The coupling is observed in nonlocal resistance oscillations that are periodic in an externally applied magnetic flux.

In collaboration with Paul Cadden-Zimansky and Jian Wei.

Nanostructured Lipid Based Materials as Potential Carrier Systems for Functional Molecules

Fondation Nanosciences

Monday 31st May 2010 at 11am

Salle des s�minaires de l?IBS

By Otto Glatter (Department of Chemistry, University of Graz, Austria)

Host : Frank Gabel (IBS/LBM)

Glycerolmonolinolein (MLO), Glycerolmonoolein (GMO), Phytantriol (PT) and a few other lipophilic molecules self-assemble in bulk in presence of water to form well defined liquid crystalline phases. Their structure can be tuned by temperature variation and/or by addition of oils. This leads to gel-like or fluid systems with a large internal interface between water and oil domains with different viscosities. These nanostructured phases can be dispersed in the excess water phase by addition of an external stabilizer and energy input leading to internally self-assembled particles, so-called ISAsomes. These ISAsomes are potential carrier systems for hydrophilic, amphiphilic and lipophilic functional molecules. The hierarchical structure can be extended to a next level by gellifying the continuous aqueous phase by the addition of polymers like k?Carrageenan. This leads to a new type of hydrogel, loaded with ISAsomes. Differently to the original oil-continuous bulk phase, the viscosity of this, now water-continuous, system can be varied in a wide range by composition. These gels can even be dried into foils and re-dispersed. Finally, we can use the oil-continuous bulk phase to create concentrated, stable water in oil emulsions having a paste-like consistency with a water content of up to 90% by volume. The possibilities for applications of the different systems will be discussed.

Organisers:

SEMINAIRE iBS

Institut de Biologie Structurale J.P. Ebel

41, rue Jules Horowitz

F-38027 GRENOBLE Cedex 1

T�l. +33 (0)4 38 78 95 50 - Fax +33 (0)4 38 78 54 94

www.ibs.fr

TransAlp' Nano 2010

Fondation Nanosciences

3rd-5th June 2010

Como, Italy

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 31st March 2010

Submit now at:

http://transalpnano2010.fisica.unimi.it/abstract-submission.php

You are invited to participate in the Conference and to submit an abstract on any of the topics included in the scientific programme:

Nanomedicine and Nanobiology
Nanoelectronics
Nanophotonics
Applications
Simulation and modeling
Risk assessments and Society perception

INVITED SPEAKERS

Ueli Aebi, M.E. M�ller Institute for Structural Biology, Biozentrum, Universit�t Basel - to be confirmed
Christoph J. Brabec, Friedrick-Alexander-Universitat-Erlangen-Nurnberg - to be confirmed
Pierluigi Civera, Politecnico di Torino
Jean-Michel Fourniau, �cole des hautes �tudes en sciences sociales (EHESS)
Mathias Lutholf, EPFL Lausanne
Marina Marinovich, Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Armando Rastelli, IFW Dresden
Philippe Sautet, CNRS and Ecole Normale Sup�rieure of Lyon - to be confirmed
Christian Seassal, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon
Andreas Walraff, ETH Zurich - to be confirmed
Francesco Zerbetto, Universit� di Bologna
Andreas Z�ttel, EMPA Materials Sciences and Technology, Hydrogen & Energy

Satellite School on Quantum boxes, nanowires and molecules http://transalpnano2010.fisica.unimi.it/satellite-school.html

30th May - 2nd June 2010 | in Gazzada Schianno (VA), Italy

The School is aimed at graduate students and post-docs to deepen their knowledge in some of the most challenging topics in current Nanoscience studies.

The Chairs

Laurent Levy and Paolo Milani

Techno Forum N�2

Fondation Nanosciences

Thursday 3 June 2010 at 9.30am

Institut Neel room E424 (3eme �tage BtE)

T. Fournier : Etching facilities Nanofab (RIE, IBE,?)
JB. Jager: Etching facilities PTA (RIE, IBE,?)
S. Litaudon: Deep RIE of Si
Y. Hadj-Larbi: ICP RIE, Ta pillar etching
J. Claudon: Cl etching of III-V compounds
G. Cunge: Etching and process at LTM
G. Rosaz: SOG planarization by CMP
F. Omne: Etching of diamond with ECR/O2
O. Bourgeois, T. Fournier : Isotropic etching of Si

Organisers:

Bassem, Helge, Laurent, Thibault

Contact:

Laurent Vila (laurent.vila@cea.fr)

Substrate Integrated Circuits (SICs) for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Systems and Applications

Fondation Nanosciences

Wednesday 16th June 2010 from 1pm to 2pm

Amphith��tre, B�t. INP, MINATEC

by Ke WU

Abstract:

Widespread applications and commercial success of future GHz and THz electronic and photo-nic devices and systems including RF, microwaves and millimeter-waves are closely related to their manu-facturing cost and circuit integration. Our proposed integration technologies of planar and non-planar struc-tures as well as related new progress indicate that the emerging substrate integrated circuits (SICs) are able to provide unprecedented advantages for developing low-cost GHz/THz components, systems and wireless photonic applications. This talk reviews the state-of-the-art and underlying features of the proposed integra-tion platforms for designing the next generation RF/millimeter-wave ICs and systems. Challenging issues and future directions are discussed for research and developments. Potential problems and possible solutions are also presented. It is believed that the newly proposed concept of SICs will offer a potentially cost-effective and performance-promising solution for mass commercial applications. With the develop-ment of innovative fabrication processes and material synthesis techniques, unique hybrid and monolithic high-density 3-D integration of planar and non-planar structures (or system-on-substrate approach) become realizable. It can also be demonstrated that this scheme of SICs may be able to effectively bridge the gap between electronics and photonics. In this presentation, our current research activities and future RF/-millimeter-wave research directions will be discussed.

Biography:

Dr. Ke Wu is Professor of electrical engineering and Canada Research Chair in RF and millimeter-wave engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique (University of Montreal). He has been the Director of the Poly-Grames Research Center and the Founding Director of the Center for Radio-frequency Electronics Research of Quebec. He has authored/co-authored over 730 referred papers and a number of books/book chapters and patents. Dr. Wu has held key positions in and has served on various panels and international committees including the chair of technical program committees, international steering committees and international conferences/symposia. He will be the general chair of the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium. He has served on the editorial/review boards of many technical journals, transactions and letters as well as scientific encyclopedia including editors and guest editors. He has been providing consulting services to corporations, governments and universities around the world. Dr. Wu is an elected IEEE MTT-S AdCom member for 2006-2012 and serves as the chair of the IEEE MTT-S Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Committee. He was the recipient of many awards and prizes including the first IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award, the 2004 Fessenden Medal of the IEEE Canada and the 2009 Thomas W. Eadie Medal from the Royal Society of Canada (The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada). He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is an IEEE MTT-S Distinguished Microwave Lecturer from Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2011.

" Charge transport in molecular and semiconductor nanowires ?

Fondation Nanosciences

Tuesday 22 June 2010 at 4pm

Amphitheatre 15 of the 'Ecole PHELMA Polygone' (formarly called ENSERG)

Baruch Feldman is doing his first postdoctoral appointment at the Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Ireland.

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Speaker's Abstract and biography

I will describe our recent applications of the non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method to electronic transport in two different systems.� The junctionless Si nanowire (SiNW) transistor was recently fabricated at Tyndall, and has desirable short-channel characteristics, as well as not needing junctions.�
We recently predicted that this device can work at scales as small as ~3 nm gate length and ~1 nm SiNW diameter.� In such a thin SiNW, dopant delocalization occurs over length scales comparable to the gate length, making the junctionless design more robust against dopant fluctuations, while making junctioned designs difficult to achieve.�
I will also discuss our simulations of a junctionless carbon nanotube (CNT) transistor and end the talk with a preview of our forthcoming paper on our NEGF code TIMES.

This Seminar will be preceded by Jim Greer's talk.

The Foundation's seminars are free and can be attended by everyone. We hope many of you will enjoy this scientific exchange of quality.

" Charge transport in molecular and semiconductor nanowires ?

Fondation Nanosciences

Tuesday 22 June 2010 at 4pm

Amphitheatre 15 of the 'Ecole PHELMA Polygone' (formarly called ENSERG)

Jim Greer is Head of Electronics Theory and Head of Graduate Studies at the Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Ireland.

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Speaker's Abstract and biography

Microelectronics technology has made great progress by scaling down transitor sizes. However in nanoelectronic design, there is an advantage in starting on an atomic scale and use a full quantum mechanical treatment for electron transport. Approximations can then be introduced to allow for predictive simulations for transistors with feature sizes of a few nanometers. In this case, it is easier to start with "small" systems such as molecular tunnel junction and to develop rigorous treatments of the electronic structure combined with transport, notwithstanding the difficulties in obtaining well-defined experimental benchmarks.
Results for predicting currents across molecular tunnel junctions and challenges associated with the accurate theoretical treatment of charge transport on the nanoscale and the need for accurate calculations of electronegativity to predict currents is highlighted, The relationship of electronegativity to elecron-electron correlation is given and related to electron transport. The talk concludes with examples of carrier scattering in silicon nanowires.�

This Seminar will be shortly followed by Baruch Feldman's talk.

The Foundation's seminars are free and can be attended by everyone. We hope many of you will enjoy this scientific exchange of quality.

MINATEC Crossroad'10 - Upstream Research

Fondation Nanosciences

23rd-24th June 2010

MINATEC, Grenoble

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MINATEC Upstream research

Invited speakers of the UPSTREAM Research event co-organised by FMNT, INAC and the NanoScience Foundation will provide deep insights into the role of basic research in the fields of materials and nanotechnologies. Experts from FMNT and INAC will share some of the major technical and scientific results obtained by their teams in 2009.

By participating to UPSTREAM Research, you will get a broad vision of the fascinating nanoworld challenges addressed by the scientific community in the next decade. One of the most difficult challenges is to deliver materials with controlled and desired properties. They must exhibit the potential to enable high density emerging research devices, lithographic technologies, and interconnect fabrication and operation at the nanometer scale, and open new opportunities of applications in nanoelectronics and in the field of renewable energies or life sciences. This challenge requires not only the knowledge and understanding of the properties of nano-objects like carbon nanotubes (CNTs), nanowires, or quantum dots, but also the control of their implementation and assembly in nanostructures, in accurate locations to be able to develop new smart devices. On all these concerns, the numerical simulation proves to be an unavoidable necessity.

By involving biotechnology and incorporating metals and ceramics as well in the creation of new materials, innovative boundary and interdisciplinary regions are created. A review of some of the high-lights obtained in those fields which use nano-technologies by integrating various types of materials will be given.

A workshop of the European funded project AFSID (Advanced Functionalized Si Devices : http://www.afsid.eu/) covering recent advances in single dopant and single electron effects in silicon nanodevices will be held in the first part of UPSTREAM Research.

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Confirmed speakers:

Philip Wong - Professor - Stanford University - United States
Thierry Baron - Researcher - CNRS - France
Pascale Bayle-Guillemaud - Researcher, Chief of SP2M/LEMMA - CEA/INAC - France
Claire Berger - CNRS Research director - Institut N�el/Georgia Tech - France/United States
Laurence Magaud
Francis Balestra - CNRS Research Director Sinano Institute
C�cile Gourgon
Erwin Pargon
Marco Pala - CNRS Researcher - FMNT/IMEP-LAHC - France
Mairbeck Chshiev - Chaire d'excellence Fondation Nanosciences - SPINTEC - France
Vincent Bouchiat - CNRS Research Director - Institut N�el - France
Jean-Pierre Nozi�res
Ada Cavalcanti-Adam - Group leader Max Planck Institute - Max Planck for Metals Research - Germany
Catherine Picart - Professor - Grenoble INP - France
Franz Bruckert - Professor - Grenoble INP - France
Serge Cosnier - CNRS Research Director - DCM/UJF - France
Thierry Livache - Researcher, Chief of SPrAM/CREAB - CEA/INAC - France
Sven Rogge� - Professor - TU Delft - The Netherlands
David Williams - Researcher - Hitachi Cambridge Lab. - United Kingdom
Xavier Jehl - Researcher - CEA/INAC - France
Yann-Michel Niquet - Researcher - CEA/INAC - France
Lucien Besombes - Researcher - CNRS/Institut N�el - France

Nanostructured Organic Light-Emitting Diodes for Energy Efficient Lighting

Fondation Nanosciences

Tuesday 22 June 2010 at 4pm

Amphitheatre 15 of the 'Ecole PHELMA Polygone' (formarly called ENSERG)

Dr. Samuel Mao is a career staff scientist of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and an adjunct professor at the college of engineering of the University of California at Berkeley.

Speaker's Abstract and biography

Lighting represents one-fifth of the electricity consumption. The U.S. Department of Energy has set an ambitious goal to develop advanced solid-state lighting technologies that, compared to conventional lighting approaches, are much more energy efficient, longer lasting, and cost competitive.

One of the primary energy efficient solid-state lighting technologies is based on organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which differ fundamentally from today?s incandescent and fluorescent devices. Although significant progress has been made since the invention of OLEDs some twenty years ago, the technology has yet to reach the full potential of solid-state lighting.

In this talk, challenges involved in OLED development will be identified and experiments exploring high efficiency OLEDs will be discussed. In particular, OLEDs incorporated with micro- and nano-structures for enhanced charge injection and light extraction have demonstrated significantly improved performance. A nanoscale organic-inorganic hybrid approach based on semiconducting quantum dot-polymer composites will also be examined.

The talk will conclude with a brief introduction of a suite of other energy technologies that the speaker is currently studying.

The Foundation's seminars are free and can be attended by everyone. We hope many of you will enjoy this scientific exchange of quality.

Quantum Phenomena in Nanostructures and Low-Dimensional Materials

Fondation Nanosciences

9-21 August 2010

Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor - United Kingdom

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 5 May, 2010

Programme and online application form can be found on:

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/esqn/windsor10

Please, bring attention of postdocs and PhD students in your group to the 5th International Windsor Summer School:

�?Quantum Phenomena in Nanostructures and Low-Dimensional Materials?

This meeting will address raising fundamental issues related to new quantum physics discovered in low-dimensional materials and nanostructures, as well as the on-going search for applications of quantum phenomena in new types of functional devices.

Its programme will include:

reviews on graphene (fundamental material properties and functional nano-devices for applications);
topological insulators;
new superconductors (pnictides);
heterostructures of transition metal oxide compounds;
semiconductor photonics (microcavity polaritons and their condensation, quantum optics of quantum dots);
spin qubits and superconducting qubits;
nanomechanical systems;
and theoretical techniques for strongly correlated low-dimensional systems (bosonisation, renormalization group, etc).

Full-board accommodation at Cumberland Lodge in shared twin room: �800.

Registration fee: �100 if paid by 15/06/2010 (�120 upon arrival).

On behalf of the Windsor Summer School organisers:

Boris Altshuler, Vladimir Falko, Peter Littlewood, Walter Metzner

FUNDAMENTALS OF SINGLE SPIN PHYSICS par Joaquin Fernandez-Rossier

Fondation Nanosciences

From 6 to 9 Septembre 2010 - from 11am to 12am

Maison des Magist�res (CNRS ? Polygone Scientifique)

Lectures at Ecole Doctorale de Physique given by
Joaquin Fernandez-Rossier

Professor at the University of Alicante (Spain) and
Chair of Excellence of the Nanosciences Foundation

Lectures 1 and 2 :Monday and Tuesday 6 et 7 septembre - Lecture room 2

"Understanding the electronic properties of a single spin in a solid state environment"

Lecture 3: Wednesday 8 Septembre - Salle Mag 1��

"Probing the spin state of the system"

lecture 4: Thursday 9 Septembre - Salle Lecture 2� ��

"Manipulating the spin state"

Registration mandatory by email at Sandrine Ferrari : sandrine.ferrari@ujf-grenoble.fr

ElecMol'10

Fondation Nanosciences

December 6 - 10, 2010

Grenoble, FRANCE

We are pleased to announce the 5th edition of the international and� interdisciplinary meeting ElecMol?10 which will focus on recent advances in molecular and organic electronics. The 2008 edition was a great success with more than 350 international participants and an outstanding scientific program with invited lectures given by worldwide renowned personalities in different fields of molecular electronics ranging from single molecules and quantum dots to supramolecular architectures and biomimetic devices

SCOPE, TOPICS & INVITED LECTURERS

We are pleased to announce the 5th edition of the international and interdisciplinary meeting "ElecMol" which will focus on recent advances in molecular and organic (opto)electronics in the fields of:

-T1: Single Molecules & Quantum Dots: Junctions/Memories & Switches
A.P. Alivisatos (LBNL & Univ. of California @ Berkeley, USA)
M. Irie (Rikkyo Univ., Japan)

-T2: Organic Electronics & Spintronics: Materials & Devices
I. McCulloch (Imperial College, UK) & T. Someya (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

-T3: Organic Optoelectronics & Photonics: Materials & Devices
M. Gr�tzel (EPFL, Switzerland) & V. Sandoghdar (ETH, Switzerland)

-T4: Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes & Nanowires: Synthesis & Devices
Ph. Avouris (IBM-Yorktown Heights, USA) & C.M. Lieber (Harward Univ., USA)

-T5: Self-Assembly & Supramolecular Architectures
J-M. Lehn (ISIS, France) & G.M. Whitesides (Harvard Univ., USA)

-T6: Scanning Probe Microscopies & Near Field Approaches
R. Berndt (Univ. of Kiel, Germany) & G. Meyer (IBM-Zurich, Switzerland)

-T7: Molecular Theoretical Modelling
G. Cuniberti (TU-Dresden, Germany) & S.G. Louie (Univ. of California @ Berkeley, USA)

-T8: Bioinspired Approaches & Biomimetic Devices
D. Porath (Hebrew Univ., Israel) & N.C. Seeman (New-York Univ., USA)

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

ElecMol?10 is a single-session conference with a program consisting in 16 Invited Lectures / 36 Oral Communications / Poster Communications

LOCATION

The meeting will be held in Grenoble within CEA?s MINATEC center (www.minatec.com)

FEES (including 19.6% VAT)

Admission, Program & Book of Abstracts, Welcome Reception, Conference lunches, & Coffee breaks, accommodation not included!

Early Bird Registration: Until October 6, 2010

Full Conference Fees for Academic/Non-Academic Researchers: 400?/550?

Conference Fees for Undergraduate & Ph.D. Students, and Post-docs: 200?

Late Bird Registration: After Oct. 6, 2010 these rates will be increased by 15%

REGISTRATIONS & CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2010.

A registration form and instructions for abstract submission will be soon
available online @ www.elecmol.com

CONTACT
E-mail: info@elecmol.com & Website: www.elecmol.com

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Vincent Bouchiat, Institut N�el
Martin Brinkmann, ICS
Christophe Bucher, DCM
St�phane Campidelli, SPEC
Johann Coraux, Institut N�el
Renaud Demadrille, INAC/SPrAM
Jean-Christophe Gabriel, CEA-DSM
Bruno Jousselme, SPCSI
Fr�d�ric Lafolet, DCM
Patrice Rannou, INAC/SPrAM
Stephan Roche, INAC/SP2M
Jean Weiss, IChS
Secretary?s office:C�line Deleval INAC/SPrAM

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Prof. Andr�-Jean Attias U. Paris VI
Prof. Paul F. Barbara, U. Texas @ Austin
Prof. Alberto Credi U. Bologna
Dr. Mandar M.Deshmukh Tata Inst. Mumbai
Dr. G�rald Dujardin U. Paris Sud XI
Prof. C. Daniel Frisbie U. Minnesota
Dr. Marcelo Goffman CEA-Saclay
Prof. Philippe Lafarge U. Paris VII
Dr. Kamal Lmimouni IEMN-Lille
Prof. Richard Martel U. Montreal
Dr. Serge Palacin CEA-Saclay
Prof. Soo Young Park Seoul Nat. U.
Prof. Mark A. Ratner Northwestern U.
Prof. John A. Rogers U. Illinois
Prof. Hiroshi Sakaguchi Shizuoka U.
Dr. Shukichi Tanaka KARC-NiCT Kobe
Prof. Yasuo Wada Toyo Univ.

Nanomedicine: Reality Now and Soon

Fondation Nanosciences

23-28 October 2010

Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain

ESF-UB Conference in Biomedicine

The application of nanotechnology will have a major influence in many fields of medicine. Novel nano-based materials appear in drug delivery systems, diagnostics, imaging, biosensing, and medical materials and devices. This conference aims to provide detailed understanding and discuss the clinical utility of those areas of nanomedicine which are close to application or already clinically applied/on the market. Invited international experts active in nanomedicine development from industry, clinic and academia will give in-depth lectures on the state-of-the-art including a critical analysis of the likely impact on human healthcare. Spotlights will also be put on new possibilities arising in the near future.

More Info:

Full conference information accessible online from www.esf.org/conferences/10329

Workshop on "Contact and surface effect issues in nanostructures"

Fondation Nanosciences

Tuesday 28 Septembre 2010 from 9.00am to 12.00

PHELMA Polygone School - Lecture room P007

Nanostructures are in essence extremely sensitive to any surface effect. This can be turned to profit for some applications but can also make it difficult to control the nanostructure properties in a reliable and reproducible way. Making electrical contacts to nanostructures is essential for any electronic applications of nanostructures. However, making good contacts to nanostructures is very challenging.

Many laboratories from the Nanoscience Foundation and beyond are addressing these points from several different points of view, with contributions in fabrication technology, experimental developments, theory and simulation, as well as work on applications. Examples of nanostructures under consideration are, but not limited to, semiconducting nanowires, carbon nanotubes, and graphene nanoribbons.

This informal workshop will be held within the framework of the Chair of Excellence of Prof. H. S. Philip WONG from Stanford University.

�The aim is to bring together scientists in order to share their experience on this very important topic. Time will be left for discussion in order to identify the roadblocks for which a collaborative effort could be beneficial.

It will be organized as follows:

�� 1/ Invited talk by Prof. H.-S. Philip Wong :

�� "Metal to Carbon Nanotube Low Resistance Contacts"

�� 2/ Contributions from participants

�� 3/ Discussion

�� 4/ Summary and conclusions

�Participants who wish to bring an oral contribution are invited to send the title and duration of their talk to St�phanie Monfront by email

The presentations do not need to be formal. We expect each talk to last typically between 10 and 20min. The talks will then be ordered such as to make discussion easier.

Tuesday September 28th, from 9:00am to 12:00am

In lecture room P007 at PHELMA Polygone School.

(23 rue des martyrs ? 38000 Grenoble)

Carbon Electronics ? From Material Synthesis to Circuit Demonstration

Fondation Nanosciences

Thursday 23 Septembre 2010 at 4pm

Amphitheatre 15 of the 'Ecole PHELMA Polygone' (formarly called ENSERG)

Philip Wong is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Standford University and holds a Chair of Excellence at the Nanosciences Foundation since 2007.

His seminar will be an excellent opportunity to know more about his research interests and his scientific projects and interactions in Grenoble.

This year marks the 13th anniversary of the first publication of the carbon nanotube transistor. While there have been significant accomplishments in fundamental understanding and discovery, the engineering work that is required to harness carbon nanotube into useful technologies is just beginning.

This presentation reviews recent progress in carbon nanotube electronics, focusing on digital logic applications including the transistor and the interconnect wires. We will start with material synthesis using chemical vapor deposition and present a method for growing predominantly aligned carbon nanotubes over hundreds of microns over full 4-inch wafers. Techniques to transfer these carbon nanotubes to arbitrary substrates will be presented. This enabled the development of a variety of applications including three-dimensionally integrated carbon nanotube circuits. This is followed by device fabrication and circuit demonstration, showing rail-to-rail, cascadable logic gates that point the way to large scale integrated circuits. We will present some recent advances in mitigating the impact of metallic carbon nanotubes for transistor applications and forming good metal to carbon nanotube contacts. Compact device models have been developed for circuit and system-level performance estimation and circuit design. The models are relatively robust and have been used successfully in many academic research groups independent of our involvement. Finally we will conclude with recent results of an experimental demonstration of GHz operation of ring oscillator digital CMOS circuits using metallic carbon nanotube and graphene as interconnects.

The Foundation's seminars are free and can be attended by everyone. We hope many of you will enjoy this scientific exchange of quality.

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