Saturday, October 21, 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Briarpark 3 ( Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel)
Nano-carbon Technology ( Invited)
This symposium will explore nano-carbon technology.
Organizer:Felipe Chibante
8:00 AM659Welcome Remarks and Session Introduction
Felipe Chibante
8:10 AM660Buckytubes: Properties and Applications
Thomas Pitstick
8:30 AM661Effect of three-ablation laser combinations on the C2 emission spectra produced during the formation of carbon nanotubes in a laser produced plume
Gary D. DeBoer, Sivaram Arepalli, William A. Holmes, Pavel N. Nikolaev, Carmen N. Range, Jordan M. Pio, Carl D. Scott
8:50 AM662Development of Chirality-Specific Seeded Growth for SWNT Amplification
Laura A. McJilton, Charles Horton, Howard Schmidt, Robert Hauge, Richard E. Smalley
9:10 AM663Developing Characterization Standards for Carbon Nanotubes
Edward Sosa, Sivaram Arepalli, Pasha Nikolaev, Olga Gorelik, Leonard Yowell
9:30 AM Break
9:45 AM664Absorption cross-sections and fluorescence quantum yields of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) measured with near-infrared fluorescence microscopy
Dmitri A. Tsyboulski, John-David Rocha, Sergei M. Bachilo, R. Bruce Weisman
10:05 AM665Efficient Fluorimetric Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
John-David R. Rocha, Sergei M. Bachilo, R. Bruce Weisman
10:25 AM666Visualization and Dynamics of Individual SWNTs in Water
Nikta Fakhri, Dmitri A. Tsyboulski, Rajat Duggal, R. Bruce Weisman, Matteo Pasquali
10:45 AM Intermission
11:00 AM667Tailoring Electrical Conductivity of Nanotube-Filled Polymers Using Noncovalent Interactions
Jaime C. Grunlan
11:20 AM668Sidewall Covalent Derivatization of Fluorinated Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Using Urea and Related Structures
Merlyn X. Pulikkathara, Valery Khabashesku
11:40 AM669High Performance NanoLubricants
Felipe Chibante

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