CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:

3rd Annual Conference on

FOUNDATIONS OF NANOSCIENCE:

SELF-ASSEMBLED ARCHITECTURES AND DEVICES (FNANO06)

 

FNANO06 Announcement: [PDF] [TXT] [HTML] http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO06/FNANO06/FNANO06.html

FNANO06 Webpage:  http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO06/FNANO06

 

LOCATION: Snowbird Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah

HOTEL Accommodations: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO06/venue.html

DATES of FNANO06: noon April 23 - noon April 27, 2006

 

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

 

PAPER and POSTER SUBMISSIONS: http://fnano06.cs.duke.edu/submit/     (This submission website will be open starting Feb. 1)

¯SUBMISSION DEADLINE: extended to February 22, 2006 (a firm deadline).

¯SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: If you wish to present a talk or poster at FNANO06, you need to submit by February 22, 2006 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.

 

Acceptance/Rejection DECISIONS: determined by March 1, 2006.

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: March 15, 2006.

Conference Proceedings Paper Format Instructions: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO06/FNANO06/instructions.html

Printed versions of this year's FNANO06 Proceedings will be provided to registered attendees. Both printed and electronic (DC-ROM and download) versions of this year's FNANO06 Proceedings and will also be available for purchase.

FNANO06 Schedule: to be determined and posted by March 1, 2006 at URL: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO06/FNANO06/FNANO06schedule.html

FNANO06 Conference Registration page (Registration will be open starting February 1, 2006):  http://events.duke.edu/fnano06

 

CONFERENCE FORMAT: A combination of:

¤   invited and contributed talks, and

¤   posters and open discussion periods.

 

FNANO Conference Overview: 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.

The prior year's 1st and 2nd Conferences on Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO04 and FNANO05) had a significant impact on the emerging fields of Nanoscience and Self-assembly -- they 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. This year's 3rd Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience has a mixture of both as invited talks by distinguished Nanoscientists as well as contributed posters and open discussion periods to enhance attendee interaction with the goal of creating vibrant intellectual community in the area of self-assembly. And addition, this year's conference included three new special Tracks (the Track on Biomedical Nanotechnology, the Track on Top-down Meets Bottom-up, and the Track on Self-Assembled System Complexity) on topics of emerging interest to the community of self-assembly.

 

FNANO06 CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:

FNANO06 Program Chair: John H. Reif <>, Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC

 

FNANO06 Program coChairs:

¤   Paul Weiss <stm@psu.edu>, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

¤   Erik Winfree <winfree@caltech.edu>, Department of Computer Science and Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

 

 

FNANO06 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: Natasha Jonoska <jonoska@tarski.math.usf.edu>, Department of Mathematics, University of South Florida, FL

 

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>, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

 

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 Self-assembly of Peptide-Protein Nanostructures

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

 

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 (late session)

¤    

Track on Molecular Electronic Devices  & Circuit Assembly:

¤   Track Chairs: James R. Heath <heath@caltech.edu>, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Los Angeles, CA

¤   coChair: Pat Collier <collier@caltech.edu>, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

 

Track on Self-assembled Computer Circuit and System Architectures:

¤   Track Chairs: 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: in Memorial to Rick Smalley

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

 

 (Special) Track on Biomedical Nanotechnology

¤   Description: Talks & posters in this track present biomedical applications of nanoscience.

¤   Track Chair: Carston R. Wagner <wagne003@tc.umn.edu>, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

 

 (Special) Track on Top-down Meets Bottom-up

¤   Description: Talks & posters in this track combine bottom-up self-assembly with top-down methods such as lithography or an external patterning force (e.g., electromagnetic field or chemical gradient).

 

 (Special) Track on Self-Assembled System Complexity:

¤   Description:  A special session on system complexity issues in self-assembly, nano-manufacturing, and nano-based systems.

¤   Track Chair: Natasha Jonoska <jonoska@tarski.math.usf.edu>, Department of Mathematics, University of South Florida, FL

 

 

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

 

FNANO CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION: 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.

Plans for Special Journal Issues of FNANO Papers: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO06/journals.html

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.

Concurrent NSF Workshop: to be determined

Obtaining prior year's FNANO Proceedings: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO06/FNANOproceedings.html

FNANO06 Proceedings are available for purchase at: http://sciencetechnica.com/.

 

Prior FNANO05 Conference: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO06/FNANO05

FNANO05 Proceedings are available for purchase at: http://sciencetechnica.com/.

 

Prior FNANO04 Conference: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/FNANO06/FNANO04

FNANO04 Proceedings are available for purchase at: http://sciencetechnica.com/.

 

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: March 1, 2006.

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, where the Conference Sessions are held. There may also be rooms at $99.00/night at the Lodge at Snowbird (8 minutes walk from Snowbird Cliff Lodge). The reduced rates are generally available for the dates April 22- April 28, 2006 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(FNANO)" Conference to ensure that you are not charged a 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 March 15, 2006.

 

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 $30 (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.