Meeting Profile

The meeting program combines the summer school, symposium, and satellite workshops. The program of the symposium includes plenary talks in the morning, and parallel sessions (oral and poster presentations) in the afternoon.

Guidelines for the presentations: Tutorial lectures are 45 minutes and invited papers at the symposium are 30 minutes including questions and a break; contributed oral papers - 15 and 20 minutes.

Related topics are grouped together with the section chairs. Sections are mainly to streamline the meeting organization (click on section titles for details):

• Summer School (Tutorial lectures)

  (Chairs: TBD)

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  Fall School (Tutorial lectures)

  Leading industrial researchers and noted University professors will present tutorial lectures describing the scientific and technological challenges in electronics, photonics and renewable energy such as atomic scale materials design, bio- and molecular electronics, high frequency electronics, fabrication of nanodevices, magnetic materials and spintronics, materials and processes for integrated and subwave optoelectronics, nanoCMOS, new materials for FETs and other devices, nanoelectronics system architecture, nano optics and lasers, non-silicon materials and devices, quantum effects in devices, nano science and technology applications in development of novel solar energy devices, and fuel cells and batteries.

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• Discovery and Poster Sessions

  (Chairs: TBD)

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  Discovery Workshop

  We always have many distinguished scientists as invited speakers at our Nano & Giga Forums and time slots for contributed oral papers are very limited. At the same time we receive a large number of excellent abstracts with requests for oral presentations. To accommodate these requests the conference organizers have established separate sessions for contributed papers (discovery sessions) at the symposium designated for oral papers from students, post-docs, and early career professors and researchers. All abstracts, which have been submitted with a request for oral presentation, will be reviewed by a selection committee.

  The selection process may require some additional time, however, some of the conference participants need prompt approval in order to apply for visa or/and funding for travel. For those participants we are offering prompt approval of abstracts for poster presentation. These abstracts will still receive subsequent consideration for oral presentation.

  All papers selected for oral presentation may also be presented as posters. Thus, initial approval for poster presentation with the subsequent selection as a contributed oral talk does not exclude the option of presenting a poster in addition to the oral presentation. This will allow for further interaction and discussion with attendees interested in your research.

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• Publication Committee

  (Members: Anatoli Korkin and Shobeir Mazinani)

• Characterization of Materials and Devices at (Sub)Nanoscale

  (Chair: Gennadi Bersuker)

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  Characterization of Materials and Devices at (Sub)Nanoscale

  Characterization of materials and devices at atomic and nanoscale in the most cases is far from being a routine (standard) measurement and often implies iterpretation (speculation) and methodology (technique) development. The session will address the interdisciplinary aspects of materials and device characterization at nano and atomic (subnano) scale outlining their methodological aspects and novel technique. Contributions, reporting state-of-the-art results or reviews, are solicited. The following topics are examples, but not limits:

  • electric characterization and reliability of nano devices
  • Structure of nanomaterials, interfaces and devices with atomic scale resolution
  • Novel methods for nanomaterials and device characterization: electrical, thermal, optical and magnetic
  • Energy structure: electrons, phonons, excitons, phonons and polarons
  • Simulation of nanodevices: Interplay of theory and experiment

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• Electrochemistry of Energy Transformation and Storage

  (Chairs: TBD)

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  Electrochemistry of Energy Transformation and Storage

  This section will focus on both the fundamental and applied aspects of electrochemical devices for energy transformation and storage. Topics of interest include, but not restricted to batteries, electrochemical supercapacitors, fuel cells and hybrid devices. Specific areas to be covered include electrode materials, electrode processing and characterization, electrolytes, cell design and performance, modeling, electrode/electrolyte interfacial phenomena, fundamental aspects of redox processes and charge transfer, structural and cycling stability of electrodes. Papers are solicited that cover applications of conducting polymers, inorganic materials and composites, synthesis and characterization of high surface area materials, optimization of microstructure and performance of electrodes and current collectors.

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• Fabrication of Nanostructured Materials and Devices

  (Chairs: Gyula Eres and Alexey Kovalgin)

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  Fabrication of Nanostructured Materials and Devices

  Future generations of devices will require features with critical dimensions smaller than 50 nm. Conventional optical projection lithography (I-line, DUV, 193 nm and 157 nm), will eventually be replaced with more complex technologies such as Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL), Electron Projection Lithography (EPL), Multiple Beam Direct Write Lithography (MBDWL) and Nanoimprint Lithography. This session is designed to discuss the future of both the lithographic techniques that will enable the fabrication of devices and the plasma processes that are used to either deposit or pattern materials. Papers representing high quality original research are requested in the following areas:

  • EUV and X-ray lithography
  • Electron and ion beam lithography
  • Sub-half wavelength "super resolution" optical lithography
  • Nanoimprint lithography and embossing
  • Lithographic modeling and simulation
  • Atom and molecule manipulation
  • Metrology and alignment
  • Plasma etching and deposition
  • Plasma modeling
  • Nanofabrication techniques
  • Nanoparticles synthesis and assembly

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• Functional Magnetic Nanostructured Materials and Devices

  (Chairs: TBD)

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  Functional Magnetic Nanostructured Materials and Devices

  We are going to discuss the fundamental problems and microelectronics applications of magnetism and spintronics. The subtopics will cover various aspects of recent advances in nanomagnetism, future of magnetic recording, spin-dependent transport and electronics, namely:

  • Micromagnetism, domain structure and magnetization reversal;
  • Magnetoimpedance and high frequency properties;
  • Low dimensional magnetism and small magnetic particles;
  • Magnetic superlattices, nanostructures and patterned media;
  • Surface magnetism and interface phenomena;
  • Spintronics : Fundamentals and applications.

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• Terahertz Electronics and Photonics

  (Chairs: TBD)

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  Terahertz Electronics and Photonics

  Research and development in the exploitation of millimeter and sub-millimeter waves has undergone impressive growth during the last decade, due to the potential technological uses of the Terahertz (THz) portion of the spectrum, with its unique location between the microwave (i.e. electronic) and the optical domains, which nominally corresponds to the frequency range from 300 GHz (sub-millimeter wave) to 10 THz.
  Papers representing high quality original research are requested in the following areas:
  • Design and fabrication of THz devices;
  • THz spectroscopy for remote detection;
  • Biosensors based on THz technology;
  • THz technology for wireless communication;
  • Modeling and simulation of THz devices

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• Nanophotonics, Optoelectronics, and Plasmonics

  (Chairs: Konstantin Golant and Albert Nasibulin )

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  Nanophotonics, Optoelectronics, and Plasmonics

  Cross fertilization of nanotechnology and photonics has resulted in very rapid progress in recent years in materials, devices, and physics understanding of optics and optoelectronics at nanoscale. Nanoscale materials such as nanowires and nano-composites are being explored for many optical devices applications. Semiconductor-metal integrated nanostructures are demonstrated as indispensable for making nanoscale optical devices such as nanolasers and spacers. Photonics bandgap structures and metamaterials are finding increasingly more applications in photonics. This Symposium will cover, among others, following topics:

  • Nanomaterials and nanostructures for photonics;
  • Semiconductor nanolasers and spacers;
  • Nanoscale detectors and photovoltaics;
  • Plasmonics and metamaterials;
  • Photonic crystal structures and lasers;
  • Theory and simulation of nanophotonics and nano-optoelectronics.

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• Molecular and Bio Electronics

  (Chair: Steffen Duhm)

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  Molecular and Bio Electronics

  With the size of the electronic devices becoming comparable to that of molecular systems, nano and molecular electronics become competing alternatives for future electronics. Theoretical methods used in both fields are rather similar in their mathematical form and in their shortcomings. Experiments are difficult to do and to interpret. The focus session will provide a forum to discuss the future of the electronics research, and is meant to highlight the importance of novel theoretical and experimental approaches to the electron transport on the nano-meter scale. Papers are solicited including (but not limited to) the following areas:

  • Computational nanoelectronics
  • Molecular electronics (experimental)
  • Molecular electronics (theoretical)
  • Full band modeling in quantum transport
  • Novel nano-scale device structures
  • Fullerenes and carbon nanotubes
  • Biomolecules and biosystems as "devices" and/or "computers"

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• NanoCMOS and Beyond: Devices & Architecture

  (Chairs: Francis Balestra and Patrick Lenahan)

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  NanoCMOS and Beyond: Devices & Architecture

  The straightforward scaling of CMOS-based microelectronic ICs will reach its limits some time during the next decade, and the further extension of the Moore Law will require new approaches to devices, circuits, and applications. The system approach requires the new circuit architectures to be ìself-consistentî on all these levels. This means that the circuits should be:

  - based on experimentally demonstrated (or rationally envisioned) devices,
  - at least in principle allow affordable fabrication costs, and
  - provide high estimated performance for real-world applications
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  The goal of this session will be to review and critically compare such self-consistent concepts including:

  • advanced (low-power, defect-tolerant) CMOS circuits,
  • CMOS/nanodevice hybrids,
  • purely nanodevice-based circuits,
  • Functional magnetic devices - spin wave and spin torque logic, magnetic QCA and spin torque oscillators,
  • carbon based electronics,
  • synaptic computing with ReRAMs or memristors.

  Since presentations at this session should discuss all the major aspects of the suggested architectures (device physics, fabrication yield and defect tolerance, circuit density, power, speed, etc.), preference will be given to detailed review talks, in particular, submitted by multidisciplinary groups and research collaborations.

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• Nanostructured Materials for Solar Energy Conversion

  (Chair: Koichi Yamashita )

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  Nanostructured Materials for Solar Energy Conversion

  There is an urgent need for cheap and efficient solar cell technology in order for solar energy to become more economically viable. Research employing nanomaterials for solar energy conversion either focuses on improving the energy conversion through better energy/photon management and/or reducing the processing cost through high-defect tolerance conversion approaches, but a deeper understanding of the photon-to-carrier conversion mechanisms and charge transport in nanoscale morphologies is needed. This session will examine recent developments and new approaches in the use of nanomaterials for solar cell devices and will discuss our current understanding of factors affecting conversion efficiencies. Papers representing high quality original research are requested in the following areas:
  • Nanostructures for solar energy conversion (nanocrystals, nanowires, quantum dots);
  • Carbon nanotubes in solar cell devices;
  • Organic solar cells and bulk heterostructure devices;
  • Dye-sensitized nanomaterials, Gretzel cells;
  • Optical and electronic processes in nanomaterials for solar energy conversion;
  • Advanced concepts for solar energy conversion; multiple exciton generation, up and down conversion, intermediate band, etc.;
  • Exciton and charge-transfer dynamics in nanomaterials;
  • Charge transport in nanoscale architectures;
  • Modeling and optimizing solar cell efficiency

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• Detectors and Sensors: Science and Technology

  (Chairs: Indu Mishra and Oleg Tolbanov)

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  Sensors: Science and Technology

  Shrinking detectors annd sensors to the nanoscale can lower the material costs and lead to smaller devices that are more sensitive, selective and responsive than conventional sensors. Nanosensors are promising for applications in diverse areas as medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring. Papers are solicited in both fundamental and applied research in the fabrication, detection, and application of nanosensors. Examples of specific areas are below.

  • Advanced nanomaterials applied to sensors
  • Biological and chemical detection
  • Optical nanosensing
  • Radiation imaging detectors
  • Radio tomography and ultra-wideband sounding
  • Top-down and self assembly approaches to nanosensors
  • Sensing with nanowires/nanotubes

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• Non-Volatile Memory Devices at the Nano Scale

  (Chairs: David Gilmer and Vladimir Gritsenko)

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  Non-Volatile Memory Devices at the Nano Scale

  The continued scaling of non-volatile memory devices (NVM) opens the door for new memory solutions including the introduction of novel materials systems for information storage. Recent reports in the literature indicate devices based on resistance switching mechanisms can be a very promising low energy solution for advanced scaled memories. Resistance switching devices, often termed resistive random access memory (ReRAM), offer the promise of low operating power, fast speed, and long endurance. ReRAM devices generally consist of a simple metal/insulator/metal stack where the insulator has at least two different, stable resistance states which can be switched by application of an electrical field. These ReRAM device types have been studied for decades, but only in recent years have demonstrated potential for feasible commercial application. To date, numerous materials have been reported to demonstrate ReRAM switching including many simple transition metal oxides such as NiOx, TiOx, HfOx, etc..., more complex oxides such as STO or PCMO, and also other system types such as with mobile metal-cations. Understanding the effects of stoichiometry, oxygen-affinity, diffusion, and redox mechanisms in these systems will help determine intrinsic limits and tradeoffs for device switching energy versus switching speed and will require both material physics and materials chemistry for a full understanding of resistance switching mechanisms involved. Successful technology advances in this area will also include the development of appropriate fabrication methods and processes to produce the NVM-ReRAM nanostructures with controllable resistance switching window with long endurance.
  
  The aim of this conference topic is to provide a forum to show recent advances and stimulate new ideas towards fundamental and applied materials and chemical science for resistance-switching materials in ReRAM type devices. The accomplishments and challenges related to device design and fabrication of the ReRAM NVM devices will be discussed to assist understanding of the switching mechanisms involved, and the nanoscale structure-property relationships of the various thin films, novel interface and electrode combinations, and available or envisioned material choices.
  
  Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
  • Material processing or aspects of resistive-change switching in nonvolatile memory;
  • Mechanisms and modeling of resistive switching in ReRAM devices;
  • Metal-oxide stoichiometric effects on resistive switching;
  • Molecular/solid state interfaces and diffusion for resistive switching;
  • Thin-film synthesis and/or characterization of resistance-switching nonvolatile memories;
  • Electrical characterization of resistance-switching in NVM devices;
  • Fundamental scaling limits of resistive memory devices.

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• Novel Carbon Materials in Optics, Electronics and Photovoltaics

  (Chairs:Sergey Maksimenko and Vladimir Popov)

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  Novel Carbon Materials in Optics, Electronics and Photovoltaics

  The program of the Section will be focused on the latest developments in scientific and technological aspects of the growth techniques, optical, electronic and electrochemical properties, biocompatibility, means of modification, micro and nanostructuring of such novel carbon materials as

  • mono, poly and nanocrystalline CVD diamond;
  • single and multi-wall carbon nanotubes;
  • graphene;
  • carbon nanocomposites.

  Applications of these materials in fabrication of photonic and electronic devices, thermal management, solar cells, sensors, nanomechanics, biomedicine and other fields will be considered.

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• Organic Materials and Devices

  (Chairs: Tatyana Kopylova and Björn Lüssem)

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  Organic Materials and Devices

  The session will address all the interdisciplinary aspects of organic materials and their nanometer scale device applications, such as semiconductor materials for information and communication technology, like thin film transistors (TFT), organic light emitting diodes (OLED), photovoltaic, and sensors; optical materials for waveguides, lasers, and all-optical switching; soft-lithography for large volume but low cost micro and nano-fabrication; imprinting and recognition for chemical sensors; and so on. Theoretical as well as experimental contributions, reporting state-of-the-art results or reviews, are solicited. The following session topics are examples, but not limits:

  • Synthesis of organic materials with defined properties;
  • Modeling and simulation of organic materials, its properties and interactions;
  • Organic bulk material and thin layer properties and characterization;
  • Organic-organic and organic-inorganic interface properties and characterization;
  • Degradation processes in organic materials and its applications;
  • New organic device concepts;
  • Modeling and simulation of device structures and characteristics;
  • Device engineering, fabrication, and integration;

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