2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: (22c) Nanowires II: Modeling and Fundamental Properties of Nanowires

This session will address modeling studies that seek to understand nanowire structure and properties,growth. Experimental studies on fundamental properties of nanowires will be presented.

Chair

Eray S. Aydil, University of Minnesota

Co-Chair

Kirk Ziegler, University of Florida

Presentations

03:15 PM

(571a) Electrodeposition of Bismuth Telluride Nanowires for Thermoelectric Applications: Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties
Raymond Scheffler, Laura Q. Ye, Melanie McNeil

03:36 PM

(571b) Synthesis and Raman Spectroscopy of Sic Nanowires
Joelle Frechette, Carlo Carraro

03:57 PM

(571c) Molecular Dynamics and Density Functional Theory Studies on the Formation of Ultrathin Gold Nanowires in Vacuum and in Organic Solvents
Qing Pu, Yongsheng Leng, Leonidas Tsetseris, Harold Park, Sokrates Pantelides, Peter T. Cummings

04:19 PM

(571d) Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Transition Metal Nanowires under Uniaxial Tension: Temperature and Strain Rate Effects
Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, Venkat Bhethanabotla, Babu Joseph

04:40 PM

(571e) Sub-Picosecond to Nanosecond Carrier Dynamics in Zinc Oxide Nanowires and Films Measured by Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy
Jason B. Baxter, Charles A. Schmuttenmaer

05:02 PM

(571f) First Principles Studies of the Structural and Opto-Electronic Properties of Silicon Nanowires
Trinh Vo, Andrew J. Williamson, Giulia Galli

05:23 PM

(571g) Molecular Spring Assemblies from Nanowires
Nicholas Kotov, Jaebeom Lee, Alexander O. Govorov