Tentative Scientific Programme

2nd NanoSpain Workshop March 14-17, 2005
Monday 14th	Tuesday 15th	Wednesday 16th	Thursday 17th

Sunday March 13, 2005
19h00-20h30	Cosmo Caixa Museum Visit
20h30	Welcome Reception

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Monday March 14, 2005
09h00-10h45	Registration
10h45-11h00	Conference Opening
Chairman: Josep Samitier
11h00-12h00	Heinrich Hoffmann (EPFL, Switzerland): Nanoparticles for biomedical applications
12h00-13h00	Frank Scheffold (University of Fribourg, Switzerland): Optical and mechanical properties of bulk nano- and mesosized particles assemblies
13h00-15h00	Lunch
Chairman: Jaume Veciana
15h00-15h20	Maria José Alonso (USC, Spain): Nanomedicines for overcoming biological barriers: nanoparticles as carriers for intestinal drug absorption
15h20-15h40	Anisha Thayil (IFCO, Spain): Two-Photon Fluorescece Spectroscopy by resonant grating waveguide structures
15h40-16h00	Xavier Fernandez Busquets (UB, Spain): Application of the atomic force microscope to the study of autoaggregative proteins
16h00-16h20	Neus Gomez Bastus (UB, Spain): Nanoparticles - local and remote energy sources.
16h20-16h40	Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky (ICMM-CSIC, Spain): Bio-nanohybrid materials
16h40-17h00	Isabel Pastoriza (Universidad de Vigo, Spain): Formation and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles in DMF with Shape Control
17h00-17h30	Coffee Break
17h30-20h00	WG Meetings (parallel sessions)
	Molecular Electronics
	Nanofabrication
	Nanobiotechnology

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Tuesday March 15, 2005
Chairman: Fernando Briones
09h00-10h00	Miquel Salmeron (Lawrence Berkeley University, USA): Diffusion and reactions of simple molecules on Pd(111)
10h00-11h00	Martin Bennink (MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Netherlands): Unraveling molecular details of chromatin structure using atomic force microscopy and optical tweezers
11h00-11h30	Coffee Break
Chairman: Pablo Ordejon
11h30-11h50	Javier Méndez (ICMM-CSIC, Spain): Organic Nanodots
11h50-12h10	Javier Martinez (IMM-CSIC, Spain): Length control and sharpening of AFM carbon nanotube tips for high resolution imaging
12h10-12h30	Ricardo García (IMM-CSIC, Spain): Attomol chemistry and Nanofabrication by Atomic Force Microscopy
12h30-12h50	Luis Hueso (Cambridge, UK): Fully Polarized Spin Injection Into Carbon Nanotubes
12h50-13h10	Maria Teresa Gonzalez (University of Basel, Switzerland): Behaviour of break-junctions gold contacts in liquid environment
13h10-13h30	Xavier Cartoixa (UAB, Spain): (111) Heterostructures for Rashba spin injectors and resonant spin lifetime transistors
13h30-15h30	Lunch
Chairman: Juan Jose Saenz
15h30-15h50	Yamila Garcia Martinez (UA, Spain): Doping metallic chemically active nanocontacts: Platinum and gold in a Hydrogen environment
15h50-16h10	Riccardo Rurali (Universite Paul Sabatier, France): A theoretical study of surface reconstructed silicon nanowires
16h10-16h30	Eduardo Machado (UB, Spain): Conductance in Gold monoatomic wires containing Oxygen and Carbon impurities
16h30-17h30	Flash Contributions (5 minutes each)
17h30-19h30	Poster Session / Coffee Break

Tuesday 1

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Wednesday March 16, 2005
Chairman: Jose Rivas
09h00-10h00	Markus Antonietti (Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany): New Approaches to oxidic nanoparticles and functional mesoporous crystalline layers
10h00-10h20	Luis Fernandez-Barquín (UNICAM, Spain): Direct evidence of the existence of correlated nanometric magnetic grains in Fe-based amorphous and crystalline alloys by SANS
10h20-10h40	Victor Franco Puntes (UB, Spain): Subnanometric Co Nanoparticles, beyond superparamagnetism
10h40-11h00	Miguel Angel Garcia (RENFE-UCM-CSIC, Spain): Magnetic properties of metallic nanoparticles
11h00-11h30	Coffee Break
Chairman: Fernando Palacio
11h30-11h50	Daniel Ruiz-Molina (ICMAB, Spain): Multiple Length Scale Patterning of Single-Molecule Magnets
11h50-12h10	Juan Bartolomé (UNIZAR, Spain): Magnetic dynamics of Co nanospheres: origin of the enhanced anisotropy
12h10-12h30	Jordi Esquena (IIQAB-CSIC, Spain): Highly Concentrated Emulsions as Templates for the Preparation of Hierarchically Ordered Materials
12h30-12h50	Natalia Galiana (ICMM-CSIC, Spain): MBE fabrication of self-assembled Si and metal nanostructures
12h50-13h10	Wolfgang Maser (CARBON-ICB-CSIC, Spain): Polyaniline-Carbon Nanotube Composites: From Wrapping and Self-Alignment to Solubility and Enhancement Effects
13h10-13h30	Veronique Abad Langlais (UAB, Spain): Self–organized calix[4]arenes on Au(110):fully resolved structure by a combined stm, leed, and gixrd study
13h30-15h30	Lunch
15h30-16h30	Flash Contributions (5 minutes each)
16h30-19h00	Poster Session / Coffee Break
19h00-20h00	Meeting NanoSpain network (Plenary)
21h30	Conference Dinner

5th
Wednesday 16th

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Thursday March 17, 2005
Chairman: Jaime Colchero
09h00-10h00	Lars Montelius (Lund University, Sweden): Nanoimprint lithography: technology, prospects and some applications
10h00-10h20	Maria Villaroya (UAB, Spain): Patterning of nanometer-scale cantilevers integrated in CMOS circuit by e-beam lithography
10h20-10h40	Juan Carlos Martinez (FIS-UCM, Spain): Evanescent wave lithography. Towards the 3D nano-patterning of surfaces
10h40-11h00	Xavier Battle (UB, Spain): Fabrication of magnetic nanodots over macroscopic area.
11h00-11h30	Coffee Break
Chairmen: Josep Samitier / Antonio Correia
11h30-12h00	Jose-Luis Viviente (EU-NMP, Belgium): Evolutions towards an European Strategy for Nanotechnology
12h00-12h15	Jose-Manuel Baez (FECyT, Spain): Survey on actual infrastructures and human resources in nano-sciences and nano-technologies in Spain
12h15-12h30	Marta Aymerich (CIRIT, Spain)
12h30-12h45	Speaker to be defined (Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, Spain)
12h45-13h00	Manuel López Ruiz / Galo Gutiérrez (Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, Spain)
13h00-14h00	"2nd NanoSpain Workshop & WG" Conclusion Remarks Closing