FOUNDATIONS OF NANOSCIENCE CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:

2^nd Annual Conference on

FOUNDATIONS OF NANOSCIENCE:

SELF-ASSEMBLED ARCHITECTURES AND DEVICES (FNANO05)

FNANO05 Announcement: [PDF] [TXT] [HTML]

FNANO05 Webpage: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO05/

LOCATION: Snowbird Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah

HOTEL Accommodations: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO05/venue.html

DATES of FNANO05: noon April 24 - noon April 28, 2005

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: International Society For Nananoscale Science, Computation and Engineering (ISNSCE) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

FNANO05 Schedule: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO05/FNANO05schedule.html

FNANO05 Conference Registration page(Registration is now closed): http://events.duke.edu/fnano

Obtaining last year's FNANO Proceedings: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO05/FNANOdiscount.html

Plans for Special Journal Issues of FNANO Papers: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO05/journals.html

Concurrent NSF Workshop on Programmed Self-Assembly: href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO05/NSF

PAPER and POSTER SUBMISSIONS: http://fnano05.cs.duke.edu/submit/

- SUBMISSION DEADLINE: extended to March 1, 2005 (now a firm deadline).

- SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: If you wish to present a talk or poster at FNANO05, you need to submit by March 1, 2005 an extended abstract of at least one page in PDF format. Even if your talk is invited, you still need to submit at least a one page abstract by this date.

- SUBMISSION METHOD: Submissions are electronic via a Web interface at the above Paper and Poster Submission Website. Please make sure you have a browser that supports uploading via a web form.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: The conference proceedings will include a 1 to 12 page paper for each invited or contributing speaker and a 1 to 5 page extended abstract for each poster presenter.

DEADLINE for Uploading ACCEPTED PAPERS (for invited talks & accepted submitted papers and posters) for Publication in the Conference Proceedings: April 1, 2005.

Conference Proceedings Paper Format Instructions: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO05/instructions.html

Both printed and electronic (DC-ROM and download) versions of this year's FNANO05 Proceedings will be available for purchase from the electronic publisher Sciencetechnica.

Prior FNANO04 Conference: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO05/FNANO04

(Last year's FNANO04 Proceedings are available for purchase at the web site: http://sciencetechnica.com/discount.cfm?special=Foundations-of-Nanoscience-2004 ).

CONFERENCE FORMAT: A combination of:

- invited and contributed talks, and

- posters and open discussion periods.

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION: This is a yearly conference on foundations of nanoscience, maintaining the highest scientific standards. Self-assembly is the central theme of the conference. Topics include self-assembled architectures and devices, at scales ranging from nano-scale to meso-scale. Methodologies include both experimental as well as theoretical approaches. The conference spans traditional disciplines including chemistry, biochemistry, physics, computer science, mathematics, and various engineering disciplines including MEMS.

Last year's 1st Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO04) in 2004 had a significant impact on the emerging fields of Nanoscience and Self-assembly -- for the first time it brought many of the leading Nanoscientists and researchers working in a wide variety of areas of Self-assembly in the same place to present invited talks. The upcoming 2nd Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience will have a modified format, with many contributed posters and open discussion periods to allow for attendee interaction, as well as invited talks by distinguished Nanoscientists.

FNANO05 CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:

FNANO05 Program Chair: John H. Reif <>, Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC

FNANO05 Program Committee: Track Chairs

Track on Principles and Theory of Self-Assembly:

Track Chair: Leonard Adleman <adleman@usc.edu>, Laboratory for Molecular Science, University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA

coChair: Paul Rothemund <pwkr@centrosome.dna.caltech.edu>, Department of Computer Science, and Department of Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Track on Self-Assembled DNA Nanostructures:

Track Chair: Nadrian Seeman <ncs1@feynman.acf.nyu.edu>, Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY

coChair: Chengde Mao <mao@purdue.edu>, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette, IN

Track on Self-Assembled Surface Chemistry:

Track Chair: Lloyd Smith <smith@chem.wisc.edu>, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

CoChair: Paul Weiss <stm@psu.edu>, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Track on Peptide Self-Assembly

Track Chair: Reza Ghadiri <Ghadiri@scripps.edu>, Department of Chemistry, Beckman Center for Chemical Sciences, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

CoChair: Mehmet Sarikaya <sarikaya@u.washington.edu>, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Track on Viral Self-Assembly

Track Chair: M.G Finn <mgfinn@scripps.edu>, Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

Track coChair: Morley Stone <mstone@darpa.mil>, DARPA/DSO, Arlington, VA

Track on Self-assembly Across Scales:

Track Chair: Karl Bohringer <karl@ee.washington.edu>, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

coChair: Babak Amir Parviz <babak@ee.washington.edu>, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Track on DNA-linked Nanoparticle Structures:

Track Chair: George C. Schatz <schatz@chem.northwestern.edu>, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Track on Nano-Optics

Track Chair: Harry Atwater <haa@its.caltech.edu>, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Track on Molecular Electronics Devices:

Track Chair: Mark Ratner <ratner@chem.northwestern.edu>, Chemistry Department, Northwestern University, Evanston Il

coChair: David Bocian <david.bocian@ucr.edu>, Department of Chemistry

University of California, Riverside, CA

Track on Molecular Electronic Circuit Assembly:

Track Chairs: James R. Heath <heath@caltech.edu>, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Los Angeles, CA & Kwan Kwok <kkwok@darpa.mil>, Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, VI

Track on Molecular Electronics Architectures:

Track Chairs: R. Stanley Williams <stan_williams@hp.com> & Philip J. Kuekes <kuekes@hpl.hp.com>, Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Palo Alto, CA

coChair: Alvin R. Lebeck <alvy@cs.duke.edu>, Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC

Track on Molecular Motors:

Track Chair: Andrew Turberfield <a.turberfield@physics.ox.ac.uk>, Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Track on Fullerene Nanostructures:

Track Chair: Jie Liu <j.liu@duke.edu>, Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC

PROGRAM TRACK CHAIRS RESPONSIBILITIES: Paper solicitation, Paper refereeing and acceptance decisions for papers in their track (in consultation with the Program Chair).

Overview: The construction of molecular scale structures at the scale of the 1 - 100 nanometer range is one of the key challenges facing science and technology in the twenty-first century. This challenge is at the core of an emerging discipline of Nanoscience, which is at a critical stage of development. There have been some notable successes in the construction of individual molecular components (e.g., carbon nanotubes, and various molecular electronic devices), and the individual manipulation of molecules by probing devices. However, a key deficiency is the lack of methods for constructing complex devices out of large numbers of these molecular components. We need methods to help us hold, shape, and assemble various molecular components into complex machines and systems.

Top-down methods for construction of nanostructures, such as e-beam lithography, have inherent limitations in scale. Bottom-up methods appear to have no such scale limitations. Self-assembly is a bottom-up method of construction where substructures are spontaneously self-ordered into superstructures driven by the selective affinity of the substructures. While top-down methods are well understood, and widely used in engineering and manufacturing processes, self-assembly is a much less well-understood construction process. Chemists have for many decades used self-assembly methods (for example, for the self-assembly of lipid or polymer layers), but they conventionally result in structures with limited complexity, and are not readily programmable. However the cell is self-assembled, and contains many complex structured components.

A missing pillar in the emerging discipline of Nanoscience is an understanding of self-assembly methods for forming complex structured components. For a variety of historical reasons, self-assembly processes and experiments have not been examined by science to the degree that is now needed by Nanoscience. The Conference provides a synergism for a community of scholars working in self-assembly related areas who would otherwise not have contact with each other.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

FNANO Conference Proceedings: The Conference Proceedings will be published in hard copy as well as an electronic book by an electronic publisher. Both printed and electronic versions of the proceedings will be subsequently available by commercial book venders. A hard copy of the Conference Proceedings will also be provided to registered Conference attendees. Submitted papers can be either an abstract or full paper, at the author's option. The proceedings will include, for each invited or contributing speaker, a paper ranging in length between one page to approximately 12 pages (maximum length and format to be determined). The proceedings will also include a one page abstract for each poster.

JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES: Selected conference papers will be invited to special issues of various journals to be determined.

DETAILS of CONFERENCE VENUE:

The Conference will be at the Snowbird Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah. It is 20 miles from Salt Lake International Airport.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS:

CUT-OFF DATE for Snowbird Hotel Room Reduced Rates: February 15, 2005.

We have negotiated the following considerably reduced rates for hotel rooms at Snowbird: one hundred Rooms will be $99.00/night at the Snowbird Cliff Lodge, and $99.00/night at the Lodge at Snowbird (8 minutes walk from Snowbird Cliff Lodge, where the Conference Sessions are held). The reduced rates are generally available for the dates April 23- April 29, 2005 to allow for an extended stay. Reservations with these discount rates are available for booking by calling 800-453-3000 or 801-742-2222. Be sure to specify that you attending the "Foundations of Nanoscience" Conference to ensure that you are not charged higher rate. The rooms at either of these hotels are quite spacious and comfortable. Book early to get the reduced rates. Space is limited; rooms may NOT be available after February 15.

FACILITIES:

The facilities at Snowbird include multiple restaurants, swimming pools & hot tubes, athletic spa, skating rink and world-class skiing. (In addition to the main ski slopes, there is also a beginner's skiing slope that is free at night. There is also free all day skiing for any children with a parent that purchases a ski ticket.)

TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM AIRPORT: A Canyon Transport van to Snowbird from the Airport baggage claim area costs $25 (during regularly scheduled times) and takes 40 minutes. You can make reservations at 801-742-340 or (800) 255-1841. The road up though Little Cottonwood Canyon to Snowbird is rarely closed for snow removal, but this can occur very occasionally in the evening during a very large snowstorm, and also rarely for a period in the morning afterward. Although these events are unlikely, just in case, we strongly suggest you arrive early to avoid problems.