IMRE

M3 CONFERENCE

Invited Speakers

Plenary Speakers


	Prof Ada Yonath Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Homepage		Prof. Kurt Wüthrich The Scripps Research Institute and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Homepage
Title of talk: Ribosome - An Amazing Chemical Bonding Machine		*Title of talk: Structural Genomics - Exploring The Protein Universe*

	Prof Tobin J. Marks Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center Northwestern University Homepage		Prof Christopher Murray University of Pennsylvania Homepage
*Title of talk: Transparent Conducting Oxides for Processable Electronic and Photonic Circuitry and Power Generation*		*Title of talk: Multi-Component Superlattices And Nanocrystal Based DEvices: Building With Artificial Atoms*

	Prof Tang Benzhong The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Homepage
*Title of talk: Aggregation-Induced Emission*

Keynote Speakers


	Dr Katsuhiko Ariga National Instiute of Materials Science, Japan Homepage		Prof Harry Heinzelmann Center Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA
*Title of talk: Supramolecular Technology to Bridge Nano and Macro*		Title of talk: Applications of Micro- and Nanostructuring

	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Parak Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany Homepage		Prof Susan Trolier-McKinstry The Pennsylvania State University
*Title of talk: Sensing With Colloidal Particles*		Title of talk: Medical Applications of Piezoelectric Microelectromechanical Systems

	Dr Liu Bin National University of Singaore and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR		Prof Karl Berggren Massachusetts Institute of Technology
*Title of talk: Solid State Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with Conjugated Polymer Hole Conductors*		*Title of talk: Lithography and Self-Assembly Below 10-nm: Approaching the Atom from the Top Down*

	Prof Xiaogang Liu Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR and National University of Singapore Homepage		Prof Hua Zhang Nanyang Technological University Homepage
*Title of talk: Upconversion Nanocrystals: A New Class of Luminescent Bioprobes*		*Title of talk: Graphene-based Nanomaterials and Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications*

	Prof Michael Heuken AIXTRON SE		Prof Yi Lu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Homepage
*Title of talk: Recent Progress in GaN Technology for Energy Saving Applications*		*Title of talk: Functional DNA Nanotechnology And Its Application In Biosensing, Bioimaging and Medicine*

Invited Speakers


	Prof. J.C. (Kees) Hummelen University of Groningen Homepage		Dr. Amit K. Chakraborty National Institute of Technology Durgapur Homepage
Title of talk: New Strategies for High Efficiency OPV		*Title of talk: Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Reinforced Epoxy Nanocomposites*

	Prof Anjun Qin Zhejiang University, China Homepage		Dr Karthik Kumar Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Homepage
*Title of talk: Polytriazoles With Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics*		*Title of talk: Lithographically Defined Nanostructures for Color Plasmonics*

	Prof Hidehiro Sakurai Institute of Molecular Sciences, Japan Homepage		Prof Xianhong Wang Key Lab of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Homepage
*Title of talk: Matrix and Dopant Effects on Quasi-Homogeneous Gold Nanocluster Catalyst in Aqueous Media*		*Title of talk: Morphology Controllable Large Surface Area Polyaniline: Promising Cathode Material For Supercapacitor*

	Dr Jesudoss Arokiaraj 3M Corporate Research Lab		Dr Masahiro Goto National Institute for Materials Science, Japan Homepage
Title of talk: Solutions for Thermal Management in High Power LED Packages		*Title of talk: Laser Induced Molecular Nanojet in Liquid*

	Dr. Pierre Brodard Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures EMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland Homepage		Dr Haruyuki Makio Mitsui Chemicals Singapore R&D Centre Pte Ltd
*Title of talk: Raman Spectroscopy of Nanostructures*		Title of talk: Advaced Olefin-Based Polymers and their Materials Applications

	Prof Keshab Gangopadhyay University of Missouri Homepage		Prof Michael H. Huang National Tsinghua University Homepage
Title of talk: Shock Wave Based Cell Transfection System and Fluorescent Organosilicate Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery		*Title of talk:* "Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Nanocrystals and Their Facet-Dependent Properties"

	Prof Gopalan Srinivasan Physics Department Oakland University Homepage		Prof Subhra Gagopadhyay University of Missouri Homepage
Title of talk: Ferromagnetic-Piezoelectric Composites for Ultra-Sensitive, Low Noise Magnetic Field Sensors		*Title of talk: Nanoporous Oraganisilicate Films and Novel Plasmonic Nanostructures for Fluorescence Based Detection*

	Dr Lu Xianmao National University of Singapore		Dr Huang Ling Nanyang Technological University
*Title of talk: Controlled Synthesis of Nanostructures and Their Application in Energy Storage*		*Title of talk: Control of Nano?*

	Prof Chinmay Kumar Maiti Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Homepage		Prof Dave Fernig University of Liverpool and Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore Homepage
Title of talk: Quantum Well SiGe Heterostructure MOS Capacitors		*Title of Talk: Nanomaterials for Sensing in Medicine and Biology*

	Prof Tokuji Miyashita Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University Homepage		Prof Hiroshi Ito Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University Homepage
Title of talk: Enhanced Optical Second Harmonic Generation from Polymer Nanosheets Assembled with Gold Nanoparticle		*Title of Talk: Nano-Structure Fabrication In Precision Polymer Moulding*

	Prof Greg Hughes Dublin City University, Ireland Homepage		Prof Kevin Homewood University of Surrey, UK Homepage
Title of talk: Growth and Characterisation of Self-Forming Copper Diffusion Barrier Layers for Transistor Interconnect Applications		*Title of talk: Silicon LEDs and Routes to Lasers In The Infrared*

	Dr Zeng Hua Qiang National University of Singapore Homepage		Dr Sonar Prashant Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Homepage
*Title of talk: Material Aspects of Organic Pentagons*		*Title of talk: Diketopyrrolopyrrole Based Donor-Acceptor Organic Semiconductors For High Performance Printed Electronics*

	Prof Keiji Tanaka Department of Applied Chemistry Kyushu University Homepage		Dr Helmut Schäfer Physical Chemistry Department University of Osnabrueck
*Title of talk: Anomalous Structure Of Polymers At Interfaces With Solid Substrates*		*Title of talk: Recent Progress in the Synthesis and Investigation of Upconverting Nanocrystals*

	Prof Cho Bong Rae Department of Chemistry Korea University		Prof Qiang Zhao KLOEID and IAM Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications Homepage
*Title of talk: Two-Photon Probes for Bioimaging*		*Title of talk: Phosphorescent Iridium(III) Complexes for Sensors and Bioimaging*

	Dr Wang Feng Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Homepage		Dr Bram Hoex National University of Singapore Homepage
*Title of talk: Tuning Upconversion Through Energy Migration In Core-Shell Nanoparticles*		*Title of talk: State-of-the-art Surface Passivation of Highly Doped P-Type C-Si PECVD ALO_x for High Efficiency Silicon Wafer Solar Cells*

	Prof Trevor Smith School of Chemistry University of Melbourne Homepage		Prof Paulmurugan Ramasamy Stanford University Homepage
Title of talk: Time-Resolved Microspectroscopy of Conjugated Polymer Films		Title of Talk: Imaging Anti-Proliferative And Anti-Metastatic Effect Of Antagomirs Delivered By Biodegradable Polymer Nano-Carrier In Living Animals

	Dr Yugang Sun Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory Homepage		Prof Ratnamala Chatterjee Physics Department Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Homepage
*Title of Talk: Real-Time Probing of Nanophase Evolution in Solution Phase*		*Title of talk: Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Transition Metail doped High-k Dielectrics*

	Dr Krishnamoorthy Sivashankar Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Homepage		Dr Zhong Ziyi Institute of Chemical Engineering and Sciences, A*STAR
*Title of talk: Gold Nanoparticle Cluster Arrays for High-Performance SERS By Directed Self-Assembly on Block Copolymer Templates*		*Title of talk: Design of Novel Structured Heterogeneous Catalysts: Some Trends and Applications*

	Prof Santanu Bhattacharya Indian Institute of Science Homepage		Dr Duan Xianfeng Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute University of California, Los Angeles Homepage
*Title of talk: Composites of Nanoparticles and Nanocarbons in Soft Self-assembled Fibrillar Networks*		Title of talk: Graphene as An Emerging Material for Future Electronics

	Dr Timothy Tan School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Nanyang Technological University Homepage		Prof Jun Matsui Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials Homepage
*Title of talk: Visible-Light-Active TiO₂ Nanostructures for Solar Energy Harvesting*		*Title of talk: Core-coronae Type Hybrid Amphiphiles Based on Polyhedral Silsesquioxanes*

	Dr Li Jun Institute of Materials Research and Engineering and National University of Singapore Homepage		Prof Yunqi Liu Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Homepage
*Title of talk: Biopolyester-Based Amphiphilic Block Copolymers And Their Self-Assembly Nanostructures As Functional Biomaterials*		*Title of talk: Controlled Preparation of Graphene and Its Electronic Properties*

	Prof Yoshimasa Sugimoto National Institute for Materials Science		Prof Xu Qing-Feng Soochow University Homepage
Title of talk: Nanophotonics Based on Semiconductor Photonic Crystal/Quantum Dot and Metal Related Plasmonics/Metamaterials		*Title of talk: Synthesis, Property and Application of 1,8 Naphthalimide Derivatives with Hydrazone Bridge*

	Dr Sahoo Nanda Gopal Nanyang Technological University		Prof Hao-Li Zhang Lanzhou University Homepage
*Title of talk: Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Applications*		*Title of talk: N-Heteropentacenes As Ambipolar Organic Semiconductors*

	Prof Wen-Yong Lai Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications		Dr Han Ming-Yong Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, A*STAR and National University of Singapore Homepage
Title of talk: Semiconducting Multiarms Starbursts: A Promising Family of Materials for Optoelectronic Applications		*Title of talk: Engineered Nanocrystals for Imaging, Sensing and Therapeutics*

	Prof Kingsley Cavell Cardiff University Homepage		Dr Chen Zhikuan Institute of Materials Research and Engineering Homepage
*Title of talk: Novel Catalyst Systems: Employing Expanded-Ring N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (erNHCs) As Ligands*		*Title of talk: Printable Low Bandgap Polymers for High Performance Organic Solar Cells*

	Dr Palani Balaya National University of Singapore Homepage		Dr Sommai Pivsa-Art Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi
*Title of Talk: Lithium Ion Battery Electrode Materials for EV Applications*		*Title ot talk: A Mass Scale Production of Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Using Direct Polycondensation Method*

	Prof Halimaton Hamdan National Nanotechnology Directorate Ministry of Science Technology & Innovation, Malaysia		Dr Norio Murase Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) Homepage
Title of talk: Visible Light Enabled Nanostructured Metal-Aerogel Photocatalyst		*Title of talk: Silica-Encapsulated Highly Emitting Quantum Dots and Potential Biomedical Applications*

	Prof Saluru B. Krupanidhi Materials Research Centre Indian Institute of Science Homepage		Prof Ryuki Katoh Nihon University
*Title of talk: Band GAP Engineering of III-Nitride Based Heterostructures Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy*		*Title of talk: Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity (TRMC) Study of Organic Solar Cell Materials*

	Dr Subramanian Tamil Selvan Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Homepage		Prof Zhen Li Wuhan University Homepage
*Title of talk: Emerging Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Bioimaging*		*Title of talk: Some New Design Strategies For Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Polymers and Dendrimers*

	Dr Liu Shuhua Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Homepage		Dr Liberato Manna Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Homepage
*Title of talk: Assembled Magnetic Nanoparticles for Diverse Applications*		*Title of talk: Synthesis, Properties And Assembly of Complex Nanocrystal Heterostructures*

	Prof Ram S. Katiyar University of Puerto Rico Homepage		Prof Ananth Dodabalapur The University of Texas at Austin and OrganicID and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Homepage
*Title of talk: Investigations On Magnetoelectric Multiferroic Thin Films and Superlattices*		*Title of talk: Printable, Flexible Complementary Circuits with Molecular and Polymer Semiconductors*

	Dr Parasuraman Padmanabhan PWG Genetics Pte Ltd		Prof Jeffrey S. Cross Tokyo Institute of Technology Homepage
Title of talk: An Overview On The Uses of Nanoparticles In Molecular Imaging		*Title of talk: Protein Adsorption on Ferroelectric LiNbO₃ Single Crystals*

	Prof Zhiyong Fan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Homepage		Assoc Prof David James Young Universiti Brunei Darussalam Homepage
*Title of talk: Engineered 3-D Nanostructures for Photon Management and Cost-Effective Photovoltaics*		*Title of talk: Soluble Phosphorescent Materials for Natural Product Derived Ligands*

	Dr M Abdul Wahab The University of Queensland, Australia Homepage		Dr Goutam Kumar Dalapati Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Homepage
*Title of talk: Effects of Nanoconfinement and Catalyst Nanoparticles Addition on the Hydrogen Desorption Properties of Metal Hydride*		*Title of talk: Atomic-Layer-Deposited (ALD) Dielectrics and Epitaxial-III-V for Transistor Application*

	Dr Chia Ching Kean Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Homepage		Dr Surajit Das Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR Homepage
*Title of talk: Heterogeneous Materials Integration For Advanced Microelectronic And Photonic Device Applications*		*Title of talk: Lipid Nanoparticles Based On Solid Matrix As Drug Carriers*

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