1st International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems

这项工作的目标是于2008年6月在希腊Halkidiki组织第一届“从纳米粒子和纳米材料到纳米器件和纳米系统”国际会议。受邀者/参与者的初步名单包括一位诺贝尔奖获得者和来自美国和世界各地的几位世界领导人和杰出的研究人员，他们在纳米科学和纳米技术领域处于科学前沿。知识价值：提议的会议有几个明确的可预见的知识价值。会议将包括专题讨论会和特别会议，讨论纳米粒子和纳米材料领域的最新技术，并将其与构建未来的纳米设备和纳米系统联系起来，以解决与能源、人类健康和环境有关的全球问题。本次演讲概述了该领域研究人员之间的现有知识和相互作用，将加深对以下方面的科学理解：(1)纳米结构和纳米材料形成和演变的潜在机制；(2)利用这些新的纳米结构构建纳米器件和纳米系统。从这些相互作用中获得的知识可以使这些研究领域取得深刻的进展。最后，会议可以激发新的研究思路，导致新的概念和应用。由于拟议会议的跨学科性质，这种促进是可能的。更广泛的影响：提议的会议为思想交流和开放讨论提供了一个很好的场所和环境，允许研究人员的介绍。最新的工作，加大努力推进研究前沿在这一领域。组织者成立了一个出版委员会，以一种易于向广大社区传播的形式将这些介绍资料存档。此外，参与者可以根据他们的演讲提交手稿，以考虑在一些参考期刊上发表。会议将为人力资源开发和研究生教育、培训以及接触跨学科国际环境提供重要机会。我们将通过与西班牙裔专业工程师协会（位于UTA校园内）的关系来吸引代表性不足的少数民族。本次会议的主题也影响到对美国至关重要的技术领域，包括微电子、纳米技术和生物工程。

The goal of this effort is to organize the 1st International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems in Halkidiki, Greece, in June 2008. The preliminary list of invitees/participants includes a Nobel Laureate and several world leaders and distinguished researchers from the US and around the world who are at the scientific forefront in the area of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Intellectual Merit: The proposed conference has several clear foreseeable intellectual merits. The meeting has been designed to include Symposia and Special Sessions addressing and linking current state-of-the-art in the field of nanoparticles and nanomaterials to building future nanodevices and nanosystems to address global issues relating to energy, human health and the environment. The presentations outlining present knowledge and interactions between researchers in the field will deepen the scientific understanding of (i) the underlying mechanisms in the formation and evolution of nanostructures and nanomaterials and (ii) utilizing these new nanostructures into building nanodevices and nanosystems. Knowledge gained from these interactions can enable profound progress in these research fields. Finally, the conference can stimulate new research ideas leading to novel concepts and applications. Such stimulation is possible due the interdisciplinary nature of the proposed conference. Broader Impacts: The proposed conference provides an excellent venue and environment for the exchange of ideas and open discussions that allow for the presentation of the researchers? latest work, augmenting efforts to advance the research frontiers in this field. A publications committee has been establish by the organizers to archive the presentations in a form that can be easily disseminated to the community at large. In additions, participants can submit manuscripts based on their presentations for consideration for publication to a number of referred journals. The conference will provide a significant opportunity for human resource development and graduate education, training and exposure to an interdisciplinary international environment. Attraction of underrepresented minorities will be pursuit through our relation with the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers (housed on UTA campus). The theme of the proposed conference also impacts fields of critical technological importance to the U.S. including microelectronics, nanotechnology, and bioengineering.