Events
Seminars 2009
5 March 2009
Nanowhiskers - Past, Present and Future
Andreas Markwitz & Vivian Fang, GNS
2 April 2009
Superheating of gallium clusters: curious properties of a molecular metal
Nicola Gaston, IRL
7 May 2009
Optical data storage past, present and future.
Dr Rob Somekh, retired
Ex University of Cambridge and Plasmon Data Systems Ltd
4 June 2009
Graphene: Understanding conduction in single layers of carbon atoms.
Professor Alan Kaiser
MacDiarmid Institute, VUW
Carbon Nanotubes: The building blocks of nanotechnology?
Dr. Mark Baxendale
Head of Molecular and Materials Physics Group, Queen Mary, University of London
2 July 2009
Spinning Electrons.
Associate Professor Roland Winkler
Northern Illinois University & Argonne National Lab
6 August 2009
Spin and charge pumping through interacting quantum dots.
Michele Governale
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
Time-resolved photocurrent generation in organic solar cells.
Justin Hodgkiss
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
3 September 2009
Mechanisms in carbon nanotube growth: a molecular dynamics study.
Dmitri Schebarchov
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
Coarse grained molecular dynamics simulations of polymers at nanoscale.
Srikanth Dhondi
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
1 October 2009
Catalytic gold - a future Nobel prize?
Professor Dmitry Yu. Murzin
Abo Akademi University, Finland
5 November 2009
Semiconductor Nanowires: Challenges and Opportunities
Professor Hongqi Xu
Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, Sweden
3 December 2009
Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering and Localized Plasmon
Excitations Using Self-assembled Gold Nanoparticles
Dr M. Kamal Hossain
MacDiarmid Institute and Victoria University of Wellington
