Keynote Forum
Time: 14:00-16:30, September 26th, 2013 (Thursday); Place: Room No. 305, 3rd Floor, QICC

Moderator

Dr. Kostya Ostrikov, CEO Science Leader & Founding Leader, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Australia

14:30-15:00

Title: The Triumphal Progress of (Nano)Plasmonics
Dr. Norbert Kroo, Vice President, Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary.

15:00-15:30

Title: Scanning Micro-particle Lens System for Large Area Laser Parallel Nano-fabrication and Super-resolution Imaging
Dr. Lin Li, Professor, University of Manchester, UK

15:30-16:00

Title: HfO2 Thin Films for Resistive Switching Memory Application
Dr. Tseung-Yuen Tseng, Professor, National Chiao- Tung University, Taiwan

16:00-16:30

Title: Nano-engineered Porous Ceramic Platform (PCP) for Water Remediation
Dr. Danny Xiao, Co-founder, Chairman and CTO, Inframat Corporation, USA

16:30-17:00

Title: Sustainable Nanoscience for a Sustainable Future
Dr. Kostya Ostrikov, CEO Science Leader & Founding Leader, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Australia

Track 1-1: Nano-Physics
Time: 08:30-12:10, September 27th, 2013 (Friday);

Chair:

Dr. Xianfang Zhu, Professor, Xiamen University, China

Co-Chair:

Dr. Anand Kulkarni, Emeritus Professor, Michigan Technological University, USA

08:30-08:35

Chair Introduction

08:35-08:55

Title: Nanoelectromechanics with Metallic Nanostructures
Dr. Yuri Pashkin, Professor, Lancaster University, UK

08:55-09:15

Keynote Speaker
Title: Novel Nanoinstabilities and Nanoprocessing of Carbon Nanotube as Induced by Electron Beam Irradiation
Dr. Xianfang Zhu, Professor, Xiamen University, China

09:15-09:35

Title: Biological/Bioinspired Multi-gradient Surfaces with Water Collection/Repellency
Dr. Yongmei Zheng, Professor, Beihang University, China

09:35-09:55

Title: Optical Absorption in Nano Structures for Photovoltaic Applications
Dr. Anand Kulkarni, Emeritus Professor, Michigan Technological University, USA

09:55-10:15

Title: The Bio-assembled Nano-composites in Conch Shells Exhibit Giant Electret Hysteresis
Dr. Xixiang Zhang, Director, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:50

Invited Speech
Title: Essential and Advanced Concepts in the Optics of Coupled Quantum Dots

Dr. Michael Scheibner, Assistant Professor, University of California, USA

10:50-11:10

Title: Nanobubble Interaction with Solid Surface and Its Implications for Surface Nanomorphology
Dr. Pavel Janda, Scanning Probe Microscopy Group Head, Deputy Head, Departmant of Electrochemical Materials, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, AS CR v.v.i., Czech Republic

11:10-11:30

Title: Origin of Friction at Nano-scale-observed by Advanced Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy
Dr. Quanshun Luo, Senior Researcher, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

11:30-11:50

Title: Enhanced Performance of OxideThermoelectrics by Magnetic Doping
Dr. Udo Schwingenschloegl, Associate Professor, PSE Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

11:50-12:10

Title: On the Nature of Superconductivity in Nanostructures
Dr. Klimenty N. Yugay, Professor, Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Russia