Sunday Evening: Layered Clusters
Discussion Leader: P. Alivisatos
- K. Klabunde, Kansas State, Nanocrystals as Stoichiometric Reagents with Unique Surface Chemistry
- T. P. Martin, Stuttgart, Layered Clusters
Monday Morning: Semiconductor Clusters
Discussion Leader: A. Chemseddine
- A. Nozik, SERI, InP Quantum Dots: Spectroscopy, Carrier Dynamics, and Arrays
- D. Neumark, Berkeley, Studies of Semiconductor Clusters using Negative Ion Photodetachment
- K. Raghavachari, Bell Laboratories, Medium-Sized Carbon and Silicon Clusters
Monday Evening: Theoretical Advances for Large Clusters
Discussion Leader: U. Landman
- G. Scuseria, Rice, Linear Scaling Electronic Structure Methods Applied to Large Clusters
- K.-M. Ho, Iowa State, Structural Optimization of Atomic Clusters using a Genetic Algorithm
Tuesday Morning: Cluster Assembled Materials
Discussion Leader: R. E. Palmer
- R. Andres, Purdue, Electron Transport in a Two-Dimensional Superlattice of Gold Clusters
- R. Van Duyne, Northwestern, Structural, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Periodic Particle Arrays
- A. Perrez, Lyon, Materials Grown from Clusters
Tuesday Evening: Hot Topic Poster Talks
Discussion Leader: W. A. De Heer
Seven 10 minute talks selected from the abstracts submitted for posters
Wednesday Morning: Microclusters and Nanostructures
Discussion Leader: M. Moskovits
- S. Arnold, Polytechnic University, Fluorescence Microscopy of Levitated Microclusters
- L. Samuelson, Lund, Manipulation of Nanocrystals and Nanostructures
- J. Y. Ying, MIT, Synthesis and Molecular Properties of Transition Metal Oxide Molecular Sieves
Wednesday Evening: Particle Self-Assembly
Discussion Leader: C. A. Mirkin
- W. Gelbart, UCLA, Self-Assembly Aspects of Nanoparticles in Solution
- M. Bawendi, MIT, From the Isolated to the Many: Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Artificial Atoms
Thursday Morning: Structure and Dynamics
Discussion Leader: M. M. Kappes
- H. H. Haberland, Freiburg, Melting Points and Specific Heats of Free Mass Selected Sodium Clusters
- L.-S. Wang, PNL, Probing the Electronic Structures of Transition Metal Clusters and MetCars
- L. Woste, Berlin, Real Time Observation of Dynamical Processes Inside Metal Clusters
Thursday Evening: Monodisperse Clusters and Wires
Discussion Leader: J. R. Heath
- R. L. Whetten, Georgia Tech, Molecular Metal Nanocrystals and their Arrays
- C. M. Lieber, Harvard, One Dimensional Nanostructures: Synthetic Approaches and Physical Properties
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