.: Nanospain2008 Conference :.

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Invited Speakers, Orals (Plenary Session)

Keynotes Speakers, Orals (Parallel Sessions)

Invited Speakers - Plenary Session (11)
Last Name	Name	Organisation	Country	Session

Artacho	Emilio	Cambridge University	UK	Theory & Modelling
"First-principles calculations of manganite surfaces and interfaces for spintronics"

Bergmans	Rob H.	NMi Van Swinden Laboratorium B.V.	Netherlands	Nanometrology
"Nanometrology and its role in the development of nanotechnology; an overview of the state of the art and an outlook on future developments by the European National Metrology Institutes"			Full Presentation (2.5Mb)

Blick	Robert H.	University of Wisconsin-Madison	USA	NEMS
"Self-Excitation in Nano-Electromechanical Systems"

Douglas	Trevor	Montana State University	USA	Nanochemistry
"Virus capsids: constrained organic architectures for nanomaterials synthesis"

Fujita	Daisuke	National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)	Japan	SPM/Nanomaterials
"Low-dimensional Surface Nanostructures studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy"

Gourdon	Andre	CEMES-CNRS	France	Molecular Electronics
"Molecular Devices for Single Molecule STM Experiments"			Full Presentation (2.7Mb)

Kläui	Mathias	University of Konstanz	Germany	Nanomagnetism
"Current-induced domain wall dynamics"			Full Presentation (4.0Mb)

Kippenberg	Tobias J.	Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics	Germany	Nanophotonics
"Cooling of a micro-mechanical oscillator using radiation-pressure induced dynamical backaction"

Lecommandoux	Sebastien	ENSCPB - University of Bordeaux	France	Nanochemistry
"Block copolymer self-assembly: a powerful tool for the design of new smart biomimetic nano-carriers"			Full Presentation (7.5Mb)

Malta	Oscar L.	Universidade de Pernambuco	Brazil	Nanomaterials
"The chemical bond overlap plasmon as a tool for quantifying covalency in optical solid state materials"			Full Presentation (0.5Mb)

Miles	Mervyn	University of Bristol	UK	SPM
"High Speed AFM – Contact & Non-contact"			Full Presentation (7.2Mb)

Orals - Plenary Session (44)
Last Name	Name	Organisation	Country	Session

Aime	Jean-Pierre	Université Bordeaux I	France	CNANO-GSO
"Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, Languedoc-Roussillon A single network for three regions promoting Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in the South-West of France"


Almeida	António	Universidade de Lisboa	Portugal	NanoBiotechnology
"Production and Immune Response Characterisation of S. equi Antigens Encapsulated in Surface Modified Polymeric Nanoparticles"

Berger	Andreas	CIC nanoGUNE Consolider	Spain	Nanomagnetism
"Magnetic Characterization of Nano-scale Granular Materials"

Bonafos	Caroline	CEMES-CNRS	France	CNANO-GSO
"White electroluminescence from C- and Si-rich thin silicon oxides"

Borrise	Xavier	CNM	Spain	Nanophotonics
"Plasmon confinement in V-groove waveguides fabricated by NanoImprint Lithography"			Full Presentation (4.2Mb)

Brown	Ross	IPREM6ECP	France	CNANO-GSO
"Mapping molecular diffusion in nano-channel systems by tracking individual fluorescent molecules"

Carlos	Luís	University of Aveiro - CICECO	Portugal	Nanophotonics
"Self-organization, photoluminescence and emergence in amide-functionalized organic/inorganic hybrids"			Full Presentation (1.0Mb)

Clavel	Guyhaine	University of Aveiro - CICECO	Portugal	CNANO-GSO
"Nonaqueous sol-gel routes to diluted magnetic semiconductors"

Cruz	Eugenia	INETI /UNFAB and iMed.UL	Portugal	NanoBiotechnology
"Nanoliposomes as Tolls for the Treatment of Infectious Diseases"

Cruz	Fernando	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	Simulation at the Nanoscale
"Equilibrium and Transport Properties of Small Alkanes and Alkenes Confined in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"			Full Presentation (1.4Mb)

Daniel-da-Silva	Ana Luísa	University of Aveiro and CICECO	Portugal	NanoBiotechnology
"Magnetic polysaccharide nanospheres with potential for biomedical applications: preparation via a reverse miniemulsion method"

Fernandez Barquin	Luis	Universidad de Cantabria	Spain	Nanomagnetism
"Size versus Disorder effects in the electronic properties of nanosized intermediate valence metals"			Full Presentation (5.4Mb)

García Lastra	Juan María	Universidad del País Vasco	Spain	Nanotubes
"Effect of Chemisorbed Molecules on the Transport Properties of a (6,6) Carbon Nanotube"			Full Presentation (1.6Mb)

Garcia-Martin	Antonio	Instituto de Microelectronica de Madrid -CSIC	Spain	Nanophotonics
"Magneto-plasmonic materials: tuning magneto-optics with plasmons"

Garcia-Mochales	Pedro	Universidad Autonoma de Madrid	Spain	Simulation at the Nanoscale
"Formation of stable pentagonal nanowires under stretching on FCC metals"

Guari	Yannick	Université Montpellier	France	CNANO-GSO
"Synthesis and studies of coordination polymer nanoparticles"			Full Presentation (11.6Mb)

Hanbucken	Magrit	Direction Générale de la Recherche et de l’Innovation (DGRI)	France	Scientific Policy
"A glance at the french networks supporting nanoscience and nanotechnology"

Hernández-Borrell	Jordi	IN2UB-UB	Spain	CNANO-GSO
"Towards insertion of a transmembrane protein into supported planar bilayers: preliminary studies"

Huntzinger	Jean-Roch	Université Montpellier 2/CNRS	France	CNANO-GSO
"Atomic force microscopy and Raman analysis of exfoliated graphene on SiC"

Imaz	Inhar	Nanosfun- Institut català de nanotecnologia	Spain	NanoChemistry
"Functional Metal-Organic Nanoparticles"

Kahn	Myrtil	Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS	France	CNANO-GSO
"Experimental evidence of the existence in solution of organizations of ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by organometallic method using dynamic light scaterring"

Kholkin	Andrei	University of Aveiro	Portugal	SPM
"Nanoscale Characterization of Ferroelectric Materials via Piezoresponse Force Microscopy"

Laukhina	Elena	CIBER-BBN	Spain	Molecular Electronics
"Conducting nanocomposite organic films for plastic pressure sensors and electronic circuits"

Martinez	Maria Teresa	Instituto de Carboquimica	Spain	NanoBiotechnology
"Electronic detection of DNA hybridization"

Martins	Pedro	Universidade do Minho	Portugal	NEMS / MEMS
"Electroactive β-PVDF Polymer as Fluidic Acoustic Mixer for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications"			Full Presentation (1.7Mb)

Maspoch	Daniel	Institut Català de Nanotecnologia	Spain	SPM
"Dip-Pen Nanolithography: “Writing” Molecules, Biological Entities and Nanomaterials at the Nanometer Scale"

Mas-Torrent	Marta	ICMAB - CSIC	Spain	NanoChemistry
"Self-assembly of polychlorotriphenylmethyl organic radicals on surfaces"			Full Presentation (1.5Mb)

Melo	Luis	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia	Portugal	Scientific Policy
"Nano Activity in Portugal"			Full Presentation (0.8Mb)

Miranda	Rodolfo	UAM-IMDEA Nano	Spain	Scientific Policy
"IMDEA-Nanociencia: A new Institute devoted to research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Madrid"

Paiva	Maria Conceição	Institute for Polymers and Composites	Portugal	NanoMaterials
"Chemical Functionalisation of Carbon Nanotubes for the Dispersion in Polymer Matrices"			Full Presentation (3.3Mb)

Pereira	Sergio	CICECO University of Aveiro	Portugal	Nanophotonics
"Controlled integration of nanocrystals on the surface of group III-nitride light-emitting epitaxial heterostructures"			Full Presentation (2.8Mb)

Perez-Murano	Francesc	CNM-IMB, CSIC	Spain	CNANO-GSO
"CMOS integrated nanomechanical mass sensors: determination of evaporation rate of femtoliter droplets"

Pitarke	Jose Maria	CIC nanoGUNE Consolider	Spain	Scientific Policy
"CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, the big challenge of the small"

Rivas Rey	Jose	INL, Portugal & USC	Spain	Scientific Policy
"The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory Facts, Prospects and Strategic Goals"


Rocha	Joao	University of Aveiro, CICECO	Portugal	NanoChemistry
"Photoluminescent Microporous Lanthanide Silicates and Metal-Organic Frameworks"

Rubio	Angel	Universidad Pais Vasco	Spain	CNANO-GSO
"Dimensionality effects in the optics of BN nanostructures: applications for optoelectronic devices"

Sanchez Portal	Daniel	Donostia Internacional Physics Center	Spain	CNANO-GSO
"Carbon Nanostructures: Optical Properties from TDDFT Studies and Complex Magnetic Behaviour of Substitutional Transition Metal Impurities"

Serp	Philippe	Toulouse University	France	CNANO-GSO
"MWCNT activation and its influence on the catalytic performance of Pt/MWCNT catalysts for selective hydrogenation"			Full Presentation (4.4Mb)

Silva	Nuno Joao Oliveira	ICMA - CSIC	Spain	Nanomagnetism
"Magnetic and structural properties of iron oxyhydroxynitrate nanoparticles"

Vazquez de Parga	Amadeo L.	Universidad Autonoma de Madrid	Spain	SPM
"Graphene on Ru(0001): Spatially resolved electronic structure"

Willinger	Marc-Georg	University of Aveiro	Portugal	NanoMaterials
"EELS in the TEM: chemical information at the nanometer scale"

Torrecillas	Ramon	CINN-CSIC	Spain	Scientific Policy
"Nanoscience Institute in Asturias"

Zabaleta	Jone	ICMAB - CSIC	Spain	NanoMaterials
"Self-assembling and guided self-organization of oxide nanostructures from chemical solutions"			Full Presentation (2.4Mb)

Zheludkevich	Mikhail	CICECO/DECV	Portugal	NanoMaterials
"Self-healing coatings with multi-level protection based on active nanocontainers"			Full Presentation (2.0Mb)

Keynote Speakers - Parallel Sessions (11)
Last Name	Name	Organisation	Country	Session

Berberan-Santos	Mario	IST and IN	Portugal	NanoChemistry
"Luminescence of fullerenes: Established and foreseen applications"


Brogueira	Pedro	IST	Portugal	NanoFabrication


Covas	José A.	I3N /Univ. Minho	Portugal	NanoComposites
"Preparing nanocomposites via melt processing: current difficulties and perspectives"



Freitas	Paulo	INESC-MN, IST and INL	Portugal	NanoBiotechnology


Grávalos	Javier	Acciona	Spain	Industrial
“Nanotechnology in Acciona: Prometeo project, the development of advanced materials for construction components.”




Monteiro	Teresa	University of Aveiro and I3N	Portugal	Nanophotonics
"Optical studies of quantum sized semiconductor structures"

Otero	Roberto	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Spain	NanoChemistry
"1D ZnO Chains as the Spinal Cord of Adsorbed Metalloporphyrin Nanotubes Linked by Water Ligands"


Samitier	Josep	IBEC	Spain	NanoBiotechnology
"Nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine in spain"


Santaren	Julio	TOLSA S.A.	Spain	Industrial
"DOMINO Project: A Challenging Adventure fro the Spanish Industry into the Nanoworld"


Tamayo	Javier	IMM-CSIC	Spain	NanoFabrication
"Nanomechanical Devices: Ultrasensitive sensors of molecular recognition and conformational changes of biomolecules."


Van Hulst	Niek	ICFO	Spain	NanoPhotonics
"NanoAntennas - Controlling Single Molecule Excitation and Emission"

Orals - Parallel Sessions (33)
Last Name	Name	Organisation	Country	Session

Andrade	Suzana M	Instituto Superior Técnico	Portugal	NanoChemistry
"Nanometric aggregates of a covalent porphyrin dimer followed by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in aqueous buffered solution"

Barreiro	Amelia	CIN2	Spain	NanoFabrication
"Nanotube based thermal motors: sub-nanometer motion of cargoes driven by thermal gradients"

Blanco	Alvaro	ICMM - CSIC	Spain	NanoPhotonics
"Self-assembled disorder"			Full Presentation (13.7Mb)

Borges	João	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Portugal	NanoComposites
"Electrospun Nanofibers as Potential Reinforcements for Composites"

Brunet	Ernesto	Universidad Autonoma de Madrid	Spain	NanoChemistry
"The Role of Porous Materials in the Efficient Storage of Hydrogen"			Full Presentation (1.6Mb)

Cadillon	Luís	I3N /Univ. Aveiro	Portugal	NanoComposites
“Introduction of polypyrrol nanoparticles in cement paste to improve the physical properties"

Calvo	Mauricio	Instituto de Ciencias de Materiales de Sevilla	Spain	NanoPhotonics
"Nanoparticle based One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals"			Full Presentation (2.5Mb)

De la Figuera	Juan	Instituto de Quimica-Fisica Rocasolano	Spain	NanoFabrication
"Nanoscale periodicity in stripe-forming systems at high temperature – the Au/W(110) system"			Full Presentation (4.8Mb)

Elizondo Sáez de Vicuña	Elisa	ICMAB - CSIC	Spain	NanoBiotechnology
"Compressed Fluid Based Technologies for the Preparation of Drug Delivery Systems"

Fernandez	Ivan	IMM - CSIC	Spain	NanoFabrication
"Parallel nanogap fabrication with nanometer size control using III-V semiconductor epitaxial technology"			Full Presentation (6.0Mb)

Fernandez-Cuesta	Irene	CNM	Spain	NanoBiotechnology
"Interdigitated nanoelectrodes for sensing: fabrication and characterization"			Full Presentation (3.9Mb)

Fortunato	Elvira	FCT-UNL	Portugal	NanoBiotechnology
"DNA detection using amorphous silicon sensors with gold nanoparticles"

Froufe	Luis	ICMM - CSIC	Spain	NanoPhotonics
"Single molecule fluorescdence decay rate statistics in disordered media"			Full Presentation (2.6Mb)

Garcia Sanchez	Daniel	CIN2	Spain	NanoFabrication
"Mechanical detection of the vibrations of Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Resonators"			Full Presentation (2.0Mb)

Garcia-Ramos	Jose V	Instituto de Estructura de la Materia. CSIC.	Spain	NanoChemistry
"SERS on Functionalized Silver Nanostructures: Towards the Detection of Single Molecules in Hot Spots"

Gonçalves	Gonzalo	FCT-UNL/CENIMAT-I3N	Portugal	NanoFabrication
"High mobility indium zinc oxide deposited by rf magnetron sputtering at room temperature"

Hernandez-Palacios	Martin	Aliter	Spain	Industrial
"Nanotechnology Master Overview"

Lanceros-Mendez	Senentxu	University of Minho	Portugal	NanoPhotonics
"Tunable Fabry-Perot Optical Filter with a Resonant Cavity"			Full Presentation (0.5Mb)

Lanceros-Mendez	Senentxu	CFísica- Univ. Minho	Portugal	NanoComposites
“Polymer based Electro-active Micro- and Nano-composites”

Loureiro	Joana	INESC-MN	Portugal	NanoBiotechnology
"Integrated platform for Stem Cells separation/counting"

Maia	João M.	I3N- Univ. Minho	Portugal	NanoComposites
"Direct Numerical Simulation of Carbon Nanofibre Composites Under Shear Flow"

Miranda	Rodolfo	Universidad Autonoma de Madrid	Spain	NanoChemistry
"Preferential nucleation, molecular distortion, charge transfer, and elastic effects in the self-assembly of TCNQ on Cu(100)"

Monge	Miguel	Universidad de La Rioja	Spain	NanoChemistry
"Silver nanoparticles and gold metallodendrimers: from molecular precursors to nanomaterials"			Full Presentation (0.6Mb)

Neves	N.M.	IBB/3B’s- Univ. Minho	Portugal	NanoComposites
"Biodegradable Polymeric Microfibres Reinforced with Nanofibres for Biomedical Applications"

Norkis	Salazar	Universidad Simón Bolívar	Venezuela	NanoComposites
“PMMA-Organo Bentonite Nanocomposites from the Exfoliation-Adsorption Technique and their Characterization by FTIR, XRD, TEM, TSDC & DSC”

Obiols-Rabasa	Marc	CSIC - IIQAB, CIBER-BBN	Spain	NanoComposites
“Rheological studies on polymeric nanoparticle dispersions stabilized by a polyfructose-derivative surfactant“

Pedro	Luísa	University of Algarve	Portugal	NanoBiotechnology
"Protein nanoparticles for molecular therapy: Molecular construction of SIVp17/HIV1p6 nanoparticles and assembly in animal cell cultures"			Full Presentation (0.5Mb)

Prieto	Emilio	CEM	Spain	Industrial
"Standardization in Nanotechnologies. The AENOR Spanish Group GET15 and its role within ISO and CEN"

Rauwel	Erwan	University of Aveiro and CICECO	Portugal	NanoChemistry
"Non-Aqueous Sol-Gel Routes Applied to Atomic Layer Deposition"

Reyntjens	Steve	FEI Company	Netherlands	NanoFabrication
"Novel tools for NanoPrototyping using DualbeamTM FIB/SEM"			Full Presentation (2.6Mb)

Schwarz	Reinhard	Instituto Superior Técnico	Portugal	NanoPhotonics
"Interface analysis techniques on nanoscale dimension in flexible solar cells"

Xiao	Jun	CETR	USA	Industrial
"Scanning Nano-Metrology of ultra thin films"