3rd NASA-NIST Workshop on Nanotube Measurements

Workshop Presentations

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NIST Building 101, Lecture Rooms A & B

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

8:00 Bus to NIST, Registration, and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Jim Turner, NIST, "Welcome"

9:15 Leonard L. Yowell, NASA, Remarks on NASA’s Perspectives on Nanotube Measurements

9:30 Dan Resasco, UO, SWNT Growth by the CoMoCAT Method. Kinetic Modeling, Characterization of Catalysts and Nanotube Product

10:00 Robert Haddon, UCI, Use of Relative Purity in the Processing and Applications of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

AM Session: Development of High Quality Materials

10:30 Break

11:00 Mark Hersam, Northwestern, Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes by their Physical and Electronic Structure using Density Differentiation

11:30 Matteo Pasquali, Rice, Metallic vs. Semiconducting SWNT Separation using Dielectrophoresis

12:00 Jennifer Cha, IBM, Applying Biomolecular Recognition for Carbon Nanotube Separation

12:30 Lunch at NIST Cafeteria Buffet

PM Session: Characterization Methods

1:30 Bruce Weisman (Rice), Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Bulk SWNT Samples using Near-IR Fluorimetry

2:00 Esko Kauppinen (Helsinki), Novel Floating Catalyst Synthesis and Electron Diffraction Characterization of High Purity Individual SWCNTs

2:30 Pasha Nikolaev, NASA, Developing Carbon Nanotube Standards at NASA

3:00 Break

3:30 Ado Jorio, Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais, Raman Spectroscopy and Nanotube Standards

4:00 Jeffrey Fagan, NIST, Length Separation and Optical Characterization of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

4:30 Peter Lilihei, NASA, Quantifiable Assessment of SWNT Dispersion in Polymer Composites

5:00 Poster Session and Reception with Heavy Hors D’oeuvres

7:00 Bus Returns to Hotel

Thursday, September 27, 2007

8:00 Bus to NIST, Continental Breakfast

AM Session: Application Specific Materials and Measurement Needs

8:30 Karen Winey, University of Pennsylvania, Strategies for Improved Properties in Nanotube / Polymer Composites

9:00 Jeffrey Blackburn, NREL, Optical and Electrical Properties of Transparent, Conductive Networks of Separated Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

9:30 Michael Strano, UIUC Optical Modulation of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Sensor Applications

10:00 Break

10:30 Breakout Session: Roadmapping Future Characterization Needs

12:00 Lunch at NIST Cafeteria Buffet

1:30 Plenary: E. Clayton Teague, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, International Efforts in Nanotube Standards

2:00 Clare Allocca, NIST, A Needs-Based Assessment of Nanomaterials

2:30 Dianne Poster, NIST, Summary of NNI Workshop on Standards for EHS Concerns

2:40 Break

3:00 Breakout Session: Needs for Reference Materials and Documentary Standards

5:00 Bus Returns to Hotel

6:00 Dinner Buffet at Hotel

Friday, September 28, 2007

8:00 Bus to NIST, Continental Breakfast

Health Applications and Concerns: The Need for Well-Characterized Materials

8:30 Anna Shvedova, NIOSH, Toxicity of Carbonaceous Nano-engineered Materials

9:00 Valerie Moore, Carbon Nanotubes in Medicine - Where We Are and Where We Need to Be

9:30 Matt Becker, NIST, SWNT interactions with Biological Systems: Focus on Length

10:00 Break

10:30 Kazu Suenaga, AIST, Atomic-Level Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes

11:00 Reports from breakout sessions

12:00 Lunch at NIST Cafeteria Buffet

1:30 Post Meeting Lab Tours