The ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, McMAT-2011 (31 May ~ 2 June 2011, Chicago, IL)
Symposium 7: Low Dimensional Carbon NanoMaterials: Properties and Applications
Deadline for abstract submission: 30 Jan. 2011
The discoveries of each member of the low dimensional carbon nanomaterial family (i.e., buckyballs, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene) have inspired a surge of interest in scientific community, as epitomized by the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for the recent discovery of graphene. Low dimensional carbon nanometerials hold promise to enable a wide range of applications to address societal needs for high performance materials, next generation electronics and energy systems. Aiming to serve as an open platform to showcase the scientific frontiers of low dimensional carbon nanomaterials and to stimulate exchange of ideas in this ever thriving field of research, this symposium will be focused on the fundamental mechanics and materials science and the technical applications of low-dimensional carbon nanomaterials of all kinds (buckyballs, nanodiamond, carbon nanotubes, and graphene).
Topics of interests include, but not limited to the following areas:
- Theoretical/numerical modeling and/or experimental measurement of material properties (mechanical, thermal, electrical, and optical etc.)
- Defects in low-dimensional carbon nanomaterials
- Morphology of low-dimensional carbon nanomaterials
- Applications in mechanical, thermal, electrical, energy and biomedical systems.
Confirmed Symposium Keynote Speakers (more to come): Boris Yakobson (Rice Univ.), Huajian Gao (Brown Univ.), Yonggang Huang (Northwestern Univ.), Ju Li (U. Penn.), Vivek Shenoy (Brown Univ.), Suneel Kodambaka (UCLA)
Organizers: Teng Li (Univ. Maryland), Sulin Zhang (Penn. State Univ.), Jianyu Huang (Sandia Nat. Lab.), Vivek Shenoy (Brown Univ.)