ABSTRACT BOOK (final version) - pdf file

Sunday, 27 September 14:00 Opening of the Registration Desk at the Auditorium Annunziata 18:00 Get-together party 19:00 Opening Ceremony chaired by A. Reale 19:30 Concert ,,Conservatorio A. Casella'' 21:00 Dinner and (22:30) Sulmona by night Monday, 28 September Plenary session at Annunziata Session 1 Chairman: H. Weitering 9:00 - 9:45 L-01 - M. Aziz Novel Semiconductors and Nanoscale Patterning Using Energetic Beams 9:45 - 10:30 L-28 - T. Tsuboi White Organic Light Emitting Diodes for Super-thin Flat Panel Lighting 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break   Parallel sessions at Annunziata and Saletta Mazara A t    A n n u n z i a t a Parallel Session 2 Semiconductor Nanostructures - Chairman: M. De Crescenzi 10:45-11:10 L-15 - O. Kazakova Nanowire-based Spintronics 11:10 - 11:35 L-03 - J. Barnas Resonances in Electronic Transport Through Systems of Coupled Quantum Dots 11:35 - 12:00 L-04 - I. Berbezier Self Assembled Germanium Nanocrystals: Electrical and Optical Properties 12:00 - 12:15 O-04 - P. Carelli Size Control and Localised Growth of Si Nanowires on Silicon Oxide Substrates 12:15 - 12:30 O-05 - P. Castrucci Enhanced Quantum Efficiency of Silicon with Ge Quantum Dots 12:30 - 12:45 O-12 - S. Gibilisco Role of Adsorbates in Photoluminescence Emission of Si Nanocrystals 12:45 - 13:00 O-13 - S. Gulkowski Modelling of Interface During Si Layer Growth on Partially Masked Substrate A t    S a l e t t a    M a z a r a Parallel Sessions 3 and 4 Auxetic materials - Chairman: J. Rybicki 10:45-11:10 L-10 - J.N. Grima Recent Advances in Non-conventional Systems 11:10 - 11:35 L-31 - K.W. Wojciechowski Anomalous Mechanical Properties of Various Models in Two Dimensions 11:35 - 12:00 L-27 - C.W. Smith Tailoring Thermal Expansivity in Cellular Solids Nanoparticles and nanowires - Chairman: S. Santucci 12:00 - 12:15 O-26 - A. Ponzoni Gas Sensors Based on Metal Oxide Nanowire Bundles: Preparation and I-V Characterization 12:15 - 12:30 O-29 - A. Reale Nanostructured Titania Photoanodes for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells: Optimization of Deposition Techniques 12:30 - 12:45 O-11 - M. Gazda Influence of Magnetic Field on the Electronic Conduction of (Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Granular Superconductors 12:45 - 13:00 O-06 - M. Cavallini Patterning of Discotic Liquid Crystals: a New Time Temperature Integrating Framework 13:00 - 13:15 O-30 - A. Sikorski Percolation in Polymer-Solvent Systems. A Computer Simulation Study 13:30 Lunch at Ristorante ,,Le metamorfosi'' 5 min walking distance Plenary session at Annunziata Session 5 Zero and One dimensional nanostructures - Chairman: T. Tsuboi 15:00-15:45 L-32 - G. Yablonskii ZnMgSSe/ZnSe/CdSe Quantum Dot Heterostructures for Green Laser Applications 15:45 - 16:30 L-30 - H. Weitering Electronic Instabilities, Fluctuations and Charge Transport in Quantum Chains 16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break   Parallel sessions at Annunziata and Saletta Mazara A t    A n n u n z i a t a Parallel Session 6 Carbon based nanomaterials: CTN, Graphene, Fullerenes Chairman: M. Passacantando 16:45-17:10 L-08 - C. Falessi Finmeccanica Nanotechnology Studies and Developments 17:10 - 17:30 L-20 - A. Morgante Surface Corrugation, Morphology and Electronic Structure of Exfoliated Graphene: a LEEM, Micro-LEED and Micro-ARPES Study 17:30 - 17:45 L-23 - U. Narkiewicz Removal of SO2 from Gases on Carbon Materials 17:45 - 18:00 O-01 - A. Ambrosio Optical Trapping of Carbon Nano-Tubes of Specific Spectral Characteristics 18:00 - 18:15 O-20 - L. Ortolani Graphene as Nanoscale Tangential Sieve for Selecting Achiral SWCNTs 18:15 - 18:30 O-19 - V. Morandi 3D Reconstruction of Graphene Waviness 18:30 - 18:45 O-25 - A. Wade Fulleride Films: Band Dispersion and Bulk vs Surface Contribution by Low-energy Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy 18:45 - 19:00 O-17 - R. Larciprete Atomic Oxygen Functionalization of Double-walled C Nanotubes A t    S a l e t t a    M a z a r a Parallel Sessions 7 and 8 Photonic applications of nanostructures - Chairman: G. Yablonskii 16:45-17:10 L-13 - S.M. Kaczmarek Spectroscopic Investigations of New Class of Rare-Earth and Zinc/Cadmium Tungstates and Molybdato-Tungstates 17:10 - 17:35 L-11 - M. Grinberg Influence of Excited 4fn-15d1 State on Impurity Trapped Exciton States in Ln-Doped Materials Nanoparticles and nanoporous systems - Chairman: E. Palange 17:35 - 18:00 L-18 - M. Maczka Phonon Properties of Nanocrystalline Bismuth Layered Ferroelectrics 18:00 - 18:15 O-02 - R.D. Boyd Nanoparticle Measurement: from Size Distribution and Shape to Advanced Characterisation 18:15 - 18:30 O-16 - S. Kondej Nanostructure Modelled by δ Type Potential: Estimates for the Number of Bound States 18:30 - 18:45 O-18 - A.E. Maccallini Gas Solubility and Mobility in Modified and Unmodified Zeolites at Low and High Pressures by PcT Kinetic and Equilibrium Sorption 18:45 - 19:00 O-28 - E. Principi A X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study of a Low-Pt Content Nano-catalyst Operating in a PEM Fuel Cell Invited Seminar at Annunziata 19:05 M. Tallini The Living Earth: a geological overview of L'Aquila quake 20:00 - 21:00 Dinner Poster Session 1 at Saletta Mazara and Auditorium dell'Annunziata 21:00 - 23:00 Wine and poster sessions: A: Physics and technology of carbon nanotubes and carbon-based materials - list of posters B: Photonic and optoelectronic materials - list of posters C: Nanoparticle materials and nanolitography - list of posters D: Physics and technology of nanostructured semiconductors and superconductors - list of posters E: Organic, hybrid and composite materials - list of posters Tuesday, 29 September Plenary session at Annunziata Session 9 Nanobiotechnology and Industrial Nanotechnology - Chairman: L. Ottaviano 9:00 - 9:45 L-09 - M. Fanciulli Oxides for Ultra-Scaled CMOS and Innovative Non-volatile Memory Devices 9:45 - 10:30 L-19 - A.V. Melechko Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers as Nanotools for Cellular Interfacing 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break   Parallel sessions at Annunziata and Saletta Mazara A t    A n n u n z i a t a Parallel Session 10 Magnetic Nanostructures - Chairman: O. Kazakova 10:45-11:10 L-07 - M.R. Dudek Absorption Properties of Carbon-Protected Magnetic Nanoparticles in a Pore 11:10 - 11:35 L-29 - A. Verna Interface Magnetization in Half-metallic Manganites: a Synchrotron Radiation Approach 11:35 - 12:00 L-12 - N. Guskos Magnetic Properties of a PBT-Block-PTMO Polymer with a Small Amount of Nickel Magnetic Nanoparticles 12:00 - 12:15 O-10 - S. Gardonio Photoemission from Diluted Magnetic Atoms on Metal Surfaces 12:15 - 12:30 O-21 - A. Capobianchi General Strategy for Direct Synthesis of L10 FePt Nanoparticle Alloys from Layered Precursor 12:30 - 12:45 O-24 - C. Pernechele Magnetocaloric Behaviour of Epitaxial MnAs Thin Films Grown on Different GaAs Substrates by MOVPE 12:45 - 13:00 O-32 - C. Visani Effect of Magnetic Anisotropy on the Inverse Superconducting Spin-switch in LCMO-YBCO-LCMO Hybrids A t    S a l e t t a    M a z a r a Parallel Sessions 11 and 12 Nanobio systems and investigations - Chairman: A.V. Melechko 10:45-11:10 L-05 - L. Casalis DNA-based Functional Materials for Nano-Proteomics 11:10 - 11:25 O-15 - J. Kaiser Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Using Table-top Short-wavelength (46.9 nm) Radiation La 11:25 - 11:50 L-17 - K. Lawniczak-Jablonska XAFS in Biotechnology: Studies of Malaria Pigment Substitute in Reaction with Chloroquine 11:50 - 12:05 O-22 - P. Parisse Enzymatic Reactions on Surface-bound DNA Nanostructures 12:05 - 12:20 O-08 - F. De Angelis 3D Adiabatic Compression of Plasmon Polariton for Nanomapping at 10 nm Resolution Organic nanostructures - Chairman: L. Lozzi 12:20 - 12:35 O-23 - M. Pedio Photoemission of Metalloporphyrins Self-assembling Monolayer on Noble Metal {111} Substrates 12:35 - 12:50 O-07 - S. Ciuchi Reconciling Coherent Band Motion and Incoherent Diffusion in Organic Molecular Semiconductors 12:50 - 13:05 O-03 - A. Carbone Trapping-Detrapping Fluctuations in Organic Space-Charge Layers 13:15 Lunch at Ristorante ,,Le metamorfosi'' 5 min walking distance 14:00 Trip to Scanno, http://www.scanno.org/ 20:00 - 23:00 Conference Dinner at Ristorante "Le metamorfosi" Wednesday, 30 September Plenary session at Annunziata Session 13 Bright and "visionary" nanotechnology - Chairman: M. Fanciulli 9:00 - 9:45 L-25 - R. Reisfeld Luminescent Solar Concentrators Cased on Hybrid Materials 9:45 - 10:30 L-06 - R. Cingolani Nanotechnology for human and humanoid systems 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break   Parallel sessions at Annunziata and Saletta Mazara A t    A n n u n z i a t a Parallel Session 14 Charming low dimensional systems - Chairman: A. Continenza 10:45-11:10 P-40 - N. Motta Microscopic and Spectroscopic Study of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/Carbon Nanotube Composites for Solar Cells Applications 11:10 - 11:35 L-24 - G.J. Papadopulos Scattering of Electrons by a Two-dimensional Parabolic Repeller in a Magnetic Field 11:35 - 12:00 L-21 - S. Mudry Phase Diagrams and Cluster Structure Before Solidification 12:00 - 12:15 O-09 - J. Dziedzic Divide-and-Conquer Learn-on-the-Fly: A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Approach for Simulation of Nanoscale Metallic Systems 12:15 - 12:30 O-31 - A. Stroppa Hybrid Functional Study of Prototypical Multiferroic Systems 12:30 - 12:45 L-33 - M. Zaluska-Kotur Surface Patterns Due to Step Flow Anisotropy Formed in Crystal Growth Process A t    S a l e t t a    M a z a r a Parallel Session 15 Polymers and glasses - Chairman: S. Ciuchi 10:45-11:10 L-14 - T. Kanaya Glassy Dynamics and Glass Transition of Polymer Nanometer Thin Films 11:10 - 11:35 L-22 - M. Mukherjee Systematic Study of Synthesis and Self-assembled Morphology of Silver Triblock Copolymer Nanocomposite 11:35 - 12:00 O-14 - R. Gunnella Control of Polymers Assembling in Thin P3HT Films Grown by Electrospray 12:00 - 12:15 O-27 - L. Pranevicius Hydrogenation of Thin Mg Films in CH4+Ar Plasmas 12:15 - 12:40 L-16 - S.P. Kruchinin Magnetic Properties of NiFe2O4 Nanoparticles 13:15 Lunch at Ristorante ,,Le metamorfosi'' 5 min walking distance Poster Session 2 at Annunziata 15:00 - 17:00 Beer and poster sessions: F: Magnetic materials and diluted magnetic semiconductors - list of posters G: Nanobiotechnology - list of posters H: Surfaces, thin and thick films - list of posters I: Industrial applications of nanotechnology list of posters J: Nanomechanical properties of materials - list of posters 17:00 S. Santucci, J. Rybicki, L. Ottaviano Conclusive remarks and closing ceremony