WEDNESDAY 15th OCTOBER
Oral presentations: 15 min (10 + 5min discussion)

Session 5 
Chairman:
To be assigned

9:00

Plenary Talk:

Nanobiotechnology - Interactions of Cells with Nanofeatured Surfaces and with Nanoparticles
Professor Adam Curtis, 'Director of the Centre of Cell Engineering at the University of Glasgow, UK

10:00

WATCHING MOLECULAR PROCESSES WITH THE AFM: NETWORK FORMATION AND BREAKDOWN.
 A.PATRICK GUNNING, ANDREW R. KIRBY, ALAN R. MACKIE, PETER J. WILDE, PAUL KROON, GARY WILLIAMSON AND VICTOR J. MORRIS Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK E-mail: patrick.gunning@bbsrc.ac.uk

10:15

ADHESION OF ENTEROCOCCI AND STAPHYLOCOCCI TO BIOMATERIALS: AN AFM AND SURFACE THERMODYNAMIC ANALISYS
 A.MENDEZ-VILAS, A. M. GALLARDO-MORENO, R. CALZADO-MONTERO, C. PÉREZ GIRALDO, J. M. MORALES BRUQUE, M.J.NUEVO, M.L.GONZALEZ-MARTIN,  Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. de Elvas s/n 06071 Badajoz, Spain E-mail: amvilas@unex.es

10:30

MEASUREMENT OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PROTEIN LAYERS ADSORBED ON SILICA BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
 J.J. VALLE-DELGADO, F. GALISTEO-GONZÁLEZ AND M.J. GÁLVEZ-RUIZ Biocolloid and Fluid Physics Group, Department of Applied Physics, Science Faculty, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, SPAIN. E-mail: jjvalle@ugr.es J.A. MOLINA-BOLÍVAR Department of Applied Physics II, Univesity Politechnic School, University of Málaga, 29013 Málaga, SPAIN. A. FEILER AND M. RUTLAND Department of Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, SWEDE N.

10:45

TOWARDS AN AFM DETECTION OF HYBRIDIZATION FOR DNA CHIP
 N. CANDONI, C. NAUD and F. THIBAUDAU Groupe de Physique des Etats Condensés UMR6631 Faculté de Luminy, Case 901, 13288 Marseille ,FRANCE. E-mail : candoni@gpec.univ-mrs.fr

11:00

REAL TIME, HIGH RESOLUTION STUDIES OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE AT THE SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACE USING DUAL POLARISATION INTERFEROMETRY
 LOUISE L. PEEL, MARCUS J. SWANN AND NEVILLE J. FREEMAN Farfield Sensors Ltd., Unit 51, Salford University Business Park, Leslie Hough Way, Salford, Manchester M6 6AJ, ENGLAND. E-mail: lpeel@farfield-sensors.com GRAHAM H. CROSS, ANDREW REEVES AND STUART BRAND Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, ENGLAND. JIAN R LU Biological Physics Group, Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD ENGLAND.

11:15

FORCE SPECTROSCOPY OF PROTEIN EXTRACTION AND STRETCHING
 A. IKAI, R.AFRIN, R.HERTADI, S.OHTA-IINO AND S.OKAZAKI Laboratory of Biodynamics, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama, JAPAN E-mail: aikai@bio.titech.ac.jp

11:30

POSTER SESSION, COFFE BREAK AND COMMERCIAL EXHIBITION

13:00
EXPLORING THE NANO-MECHANICS OF VIRUS SHELLS USING SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY
 I. IVANOVSKA, P.J. DE PABLO AND F.C. MACINTOSH Physics of Complex Systems Lab, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands J.L CARRASCOSA Department of Structure of Macromolecules, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC. Campus Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain C.F. SCHMIDT AND G.J.L. WUITE Physics of Complex Systems Lab, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: gwuite@nat.vu.nl
 

13:15
DETERMINATION OF PUNICA GRANATUM L. CARPELLARY MEMBRANE ELASTIC PROPERTIES USING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
 M.C. MILLAN, M. GASQUE, F.J. GARCIA-DIEGO AND J. CURIEL Department of Applied Physics, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46071 Valencia, SPAIN. E-mail: mcmillan@fis.upv.es G. RUIZ Department of Physics and Computer Architecture, Miguel Hernández University, Crta. Beniel, km 3,2 03300 Orihuela, SPAIN. E-mail: gabriel.ruiz@umh.es
13:30
CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES AND CELLS BY MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY USING SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
 B. MÜLLER Computer Vision Laboratory ETH Zürich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND. J. FISCHER Fachhochschule Münster GERMANY. P. THURNER Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Testing and Research, Überlandstrasse, 8600 Dübendorf SWITZERLAND.
13:45
IMAGING OF MEMBRANE LIPIDS IN SINGLE CELLS BY TOF-SIMS
 JUKKA LAUSMAA, PETER SJÖVALL AND LENNART CARLSSON Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, PO Box 857, SE-50115 Boras, SWEDEN E-mail: jukka.lausmaa@sp.se HĹKAN NYGREN AND PER MALMBERG Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Göteborg University PO Box 420, SE-40530, Göteborg, SWEDEN E-mail: hakan.nygren@anatcell.gu.se
14:00

END OF SESSION

 

Session 6 
Chairman:
To be assigned

16:00
SIZE TUNABLE VISIBLE LUMINESCENCE FROM SILICON NANOWIRES
 EIMHIN M. NI MHUIRCHEARTAIGH, ADAM E. STREVENS, STEPHEN M. LIPSON AND WERNER J. BLAU Molecular Electronics & Nanotechnology Group, Department of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, IRELAND. E-mail: nimhuiem@tcd.ie GUILLAUME AUDOIT, KIRK J. ZIEGLER, KEVIN M. RYAN, JUSTIN D. HOLMES Supercritical Fluid Centre, Material Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, University College Cork, Cork, IRELAND E-mail: j.holmes@ucc.ie
16:15
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF FULLY FLUID SAMPLES
 STEPHAN THIBERGE AND ELISHA MOSES Department of Physic of complex systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, PO Box 26, Rehovot, 76100 ISRAEL. E-mail: fnmoses@wicc.weizmann.ac.il AMOTZ NECHUSTAN, DAVID SPINZAK, OFER GILAIDI VERED BEHAR AND ORY ZIK QUANTOMIX Ltd.,12 Hamada St. Weizmann Science Park, Rehovot, 76100 ISRAEL. E-mail: ory@quantomix.com
16:30
SINGLE PARTICLE SPECTROSCOPY OF ORGANIC NANOCRYSTALS USING A FAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE COUPLED WITH AN AFM SYSTEM
 T. ASAHI, H.MATSUNE, V. V. VOLKOV, H. MASUHARA Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan e-mail: asahi@ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp H KASAI, H. OIKAWA and H NAKANISHI Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
16:45
HARMONICS AND SUBHARMONICS IN DYNAMIC ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
 R. W. STARK Section of Crystallography, Department of Geo- and Environmental Sciences, University of Munich, Theresienstr. 41 80333 München, GERMANY. E-mail: stark@nanomanipulation.de
17:00
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF GRAZING INCIDENCE SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING FROM NANOSTRUCTURES
 C. REVENANT, G. RENAUD AND F. LEROY Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matičre Condensée/SP2M*/NRS, CEA Grenoble, *Laboratory associated with the University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble 17 avenue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, FRANCE. E-mail: crevenant @ cea.fr R. LAZZARI Groupe de Physique des Solides, CNRS – Universités Paris 6-7 UMR 7588, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, FRANCE. E-mail: lazzari@gps.jussieu.fr C.R. HENRY Centre de Recherche sur les Mécanismes de la Croissance Cristalline, Campus de Luminy, Case 913, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, FRANCE. E-mail: henry@crmc2.univ-mrs.fr
17:15
BLOCK-COPOLYMER BASED NANOCOMPOSITES EFFECT OF DIMENSIONALITY AND GEOMETRY OF FILLER PARTICLES
 JOCHEN S. GUTMANN Max Planck Institute for Polymers Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany E-mail: gutmann@mpip-mainz.mpg.de A. JAIN, Y. ZHANG, C. GARCIA, U. WIESNER Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Bard Hall, Ithaca NY, USA S. M. GRUNER Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Clark Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
17:30

POSTER SESSION AND COMMERCIAL EXHIBITION

19:00
THE SCANNING PHOTOEMISSION MICROSCOPE OF THE ELETTRA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE
 LUCA GREGORATTI, LUCIA ABALLE, ALEXEI BARINOV, ENZO BENFATTO, DIEGO LONZA Sincrotrone Trieste ScpA, in Area Science Park, SS14 – Km 163.5, 34012 Basovizza – Trieste, Italy
19:15
COBALT-FILLED CARBON NANOTUBES PREPARED BY PYROLYSIS OF COBALTOCENE
 R. KOZHUHAROVA, M. RITSCHEL, D. ELEFANT, A. GRAFF, A. LEONHARDT, I. MÖNCH, T. MÜHL, S. GROUDEVA-ZOTOVA, AND C. M. SCHNEIDER Leibniz Institute of Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany. E-mail: r.kozhuharova@ifw-dresden.de
19:30
MOLECULAR NANOCLUSTER ELECTRONICS: FABRICATION OF ORGANIZED LOW-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES, ELECTRON TRANSPORT, EXTERNAL CONTROL AND THEORETICAL MODELS
 V.V. KISLOV, YU.V. GULYAEV, V.V. KOLESOV, I.V. TARANOV, V.V. KASHIN, Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics RAS, 101999 Moscow, RUSSIA. E-mail: kislov@mail.cplire.ru S.P. GUBIN, Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry RAS, 119899 Moscow, RUSSIA. E-mail: gubin@igic.ras.ru G.B. KHOMUTOV, A.N. SERGEEV-CHERENKOV, E.S. SOLDATOV, D.B. SUYATIN, A.S. TRIFONOV Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, RUSSIA. E-mail: gbk@phys.msu.ru
19:45
PROPERTIES OF CARBON-IRON NANOCOMPOSITES
  O. SCHNEEWEISS, N. PIZÚROVÁ, B. DAVID, T. ŽÁK Institute of Physics of Materials AS CR, Žižkova 22, 61662 Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC. E-mail: schneew@ipm.czs
20:00 END OF SESSION
 

POSTERS SESSION 5+6