Organized Nanostructures and Nano-objects: Fabrication, characterization and applications

 Symposium H 540.13 Kb

The symposium covers all the scientific and technological aspects related to the synthesis of semiconductor or metallic nanodots and nanowires, with special emphasis on the organization of these nano-objects in well ordered structures, in view of their future integration in functional devices.

Scope:

Due to their appealing size dependent properties, semiconductor and metallic nano-objects (nanocrystals, nanowires) have been predicted to be used as technological boost in various fields including nano-electronics, optoelectronics, photonics, magnetism and photovoltaic. The capability to control size, shape, composition and doping of these nano-objects is crucial to finely tailor their properties. Nevertheless the future implementation of these elemental building blocks in functional devices at nano-scale requires precise control of the organization of the nano-objects in terms of density and relative positioning within well organized structures. The capability to fabricate ordered arrays of nano-objects and to precisely organize the nano-objects on appropriate substrates or inside various matrices is the key point to support the technological development of new device concepts with predictable characteristics based on these novel nano-materials.

The symposium will provide the opportunity to present insights on advanced nano-structures and nano-device architectures at different stages of development. The symposium is open to all experimental and theoretical results on organized nano-structures, aiming to control the main parameters of the nano-objects in relation with their tunable properties and functionalities. As a consequence the symposium is expected to create a platform in order to bring together researchers coming from academia and industry and to stimulate interactions among scientists, engineers and students working on all the aspects of semiconductor and metallic nano-structures, from fundamental physics and material science issues to the final application in functional devices.

Hot topics to be covered by the symposium:

This symposium will include but will not be limited to the following topics:

• Synthesis of nano-structures: Top-down and Bottom-up processes
• Nano-structures on surface and in volume
• Metal and semiconductor nano-structures
• Doping issues in nano-structures
• Self and induced organization of nano-structures
• Advanced methodology to control synthesis and positioning in nano-structures
• Nano-structures for novel logic device architectures
• Semiconducting nanoparticles for memory applications
• Light emission and optical gain in semiconductor nano-structures
• Semiconducting nano-structures for III generation photovoltaic
• Self-organized magnetic nanoparticles

List of confirmed invited speakers:

• Aleksei Anopchenko, University of Trento (Italy): “Electroluminescent devices based on nanocrystalline-silicon multilayered structures”
• Thierry Baron, LETI-CNRS (France): “ Self-assembling of nanostructures by copolymer diblock technology for nanoelectronic devices ”
• Dieter Bimberg, Berlin’s Technical University, Berlin (Germany): “GaP-based Quantum Dots for Nanoflash Memories”
• Maja Buljan, Department of Physics, Rudger Boskovic Institute (Croatia) “Formation of three dimensional quantum dot lattices in amorphous systems”
• Panagiotis Dimitrakis, IMEL, NCSR ‘Demokritos’ (Greece): “Quantum dot for memory applications”
• Guilhem Larrieu, Laas-CNRS (France): "Fabrication of semiconductor nanowire arrays for nanoelectronic applications."
• Caroline A. Ross, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (USA) “Templated Self-assembly of Block Copolymer Films”
• Katerina Soulantica, LCC/CNRS (France): “Epitaxial growth of cobalt nanorods on solid substrates by a low temperature chemical route”
• Jose M. de Teresa, Zaragoza University (Spain): “Functional nanostructures grown by focused electron and ion beam induced deposition techniques”
• Margit Zacharias, IMTEK, Freiburg University (Germany): “Size controlled nanocrystals for photovoltaic applications”
• Jane A. Yater, Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Austin (USA): “Implementation of Si nanocrystal in non volatile memory devices”

Scientific committee:

• Xavier Batlle Gelabert, University of Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)
• Gerard Ben Assayag, NanoMat Group CEMES-CNRS, Toulouse (France)
• Marco Fanciulli, CNR-IMM, MDM Laboratory, Agrate Brianza (Italy)
• Olivier Fruchart, NEEL Institute, Grenoble (France)
• Blas Garrido, University of Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)
• Frank Lenzmann, ECN - Solar Energy, Amsterdam (Holland)
• Liberato Manna, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova (Italy)
• Pascal Normand, IMEL, NCSR ‘Demokritos’, Athens (Greece)
• S. Tom Picraux, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Lab, (USA)
• Francesco Priolo, University of Catania, Catania (Italy)
• Alexander G. Ulyashin, SINTEF, Oslo (Norway)

Proceedings:

Selected contributions will be published, after peer-review process, as regular journal articles in a special issue on "Organized Nanostructures" to appear in PSS(a)

Young scientists awards:

Financial support will be provided to young scientists (PhD students). In order to apply, they are requested to send an application to the organizers of the conference by e-mail. The selection will be performed on the basis of the scientific evaluation of the submitted abstracts.

Sponsors:

Symposium H is kindly supported by FEI company and University of Barcelona

Symposium organizers:

Michele Perego
Laboratorio MDM, IMM-CNR
Via C. Olivetti 2
20864 Agrate Brianza
Italy
Phone: +39 039 603 6383
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Sylvie Schamm-Chardon
NanoMat Group, CEMES-CNRS
BP 94347
31055, Toulouse Cedex 4
France
Phone: +33 562257877
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Paolo Pellegrino
University of Barcelona
Carrer Martí i Franquès 1
08028 Barcelona
Spain
Phone: +34 934039164
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