Seeing at the Nanoscale VIII

Seeing at the Nanoscale VIII
30.08-01.09.2010, Basel Switzerland

Highlighted by the conference chairman Prof. Christoph Gerber and co-chairman Prof. Roderick Lim, Seeing at the Nanoscale VIII will provide an optimum forum for "scientists to speak to scientists" on a wide variety of nanotechnology topics with five technical sessions on:

Session I: Nanobio - Molecular Machines and Systems
Invited Speakers:
- Hermann Gaub - Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (Germany)
- Zhifeng Shao- Shanghai Jiaotong University (China)
Session II: Nanobio - Cells and Tissues
Invited Speakers:
- Alan Grodzinsky – MIT (USA)
- Michael Sheetz – Columbia University (USA) and National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Session III: Nanomaterials - Properties: electric, magnetic, chemical, thermal, optical..
Invited Speakers:
- Julie MacPherson – University of Warwick (United Kingdom)
- Fraser Stoddart - Northwestern University (USA)
Session IV: Nanomechanics
Invited Speakers:
- Greg Meyers – Dow Chemical (USA)
- Ernst Meyer – University of Basel (Switzerland)
Session V: Advances in SPM instrumentation: new instrument development, high resolution, combination of AFM with other technologies
Invited Speakers:
- Gerhard Meyer – IBM Zürich (Switzerland)
- Markus B. Raschke - University of Washington (USA)