NT10 Eleventh International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes Table of Contents Welcome ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Poster Session Floor Plan ........................................................................................................................................ 3,56 Exhibition Floor Plan ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Exhibitors List .................................................................................................................................................4-5 Delegate Services and Useful Information .............................................................................................................6-7 SATELLITE WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS: CCTN10 .......................................................................................................................................................8-15 MSIN10 ......................................................................................................................................................16-21 CNBMT10 ...................................................................................................................................................22-27 GSS10 ........................................................................................................................................................28-37 Tutorials .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 MAIN CONFERENCE PROGRAM: Tuesday, June 29 .....................................................................................................................................40-43 Wednesday, June 30 ...............................................................................................................................44-46 Thursday, July 1 ........................................................................................................................................47-50 Friday, July 2 .............................................................................................................................................52-54 Poster Session 1 .......................................................................................................................................57-72 Poster Session 2 ........................................................................................................................................73-89 Poster Session 3 ......................................................................................................................................90-110 Poster Session 4 ................................................................................................................................... 111-128 Poster Session 5 ....................................................................................................................................129-144 Poster Session 6 ................................................................................................................................... 145-161 Authors Index ....................................................................................................................................................162-167 Committees and Organization NT10 Organizing Committee NT10 Advisory Board Richard Martel (Department of Chemistry, Université Prof. A. Windle (Cambridge University, United Kingdom) de Montréal) Dr. H. M. Cheng (SYNL, China) Prof. A. Jorio (UFMG, Brazil) Paul Finnie (Institute for Microstructural Sciences, Dr. H. Kataura (AIST, Japan) National Research Council Canada) Prof. M. Prato (University of Trieste, Italy) Prof. H. Terrones (UNAM, Mexico) Jacques Lefebvre (Institute for Microstructural Prof. Y.-H. Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea) Sciences, National Research Council Canada) Prof. M. Dresselhaus (MIT, USA) Prof. T. F. Heinz (Columbia University, USA) Benoit Simard (Steacie Institute for Molecular Dr. S. Roche (CEA, France) Sciences, National Research Council Canada) Prof. K. Bolton (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Dr. A. Bachtold (CSIC-ICN, Spain) Prof. T. Pichler (University of Vienna, Austria) Prof. E. Campbell (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) Prof. E. Kauppinen (Helsinki UT, Finland) Dr. M. Yudasaka (AIST, Japan) NT10 Conference Secretariat - JPdL 1555 Peel, Suite 500 Montréal, Québec H3A 3L8 Canada [email protected] www.jpdl.com 1 NT10 Eleventh International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes It takes tremendous resources to put on an event of this size and complexity. The NT10 Organizing Committee would Welcome from the NT10 like to express its gratitude to NanoQuébec, Université de Montréal and the National Research Council Canada, each Organizing Committee of which provided support for the organization of NT10 on a completely not-for-pro t basis. We would like to thank the organizers of the satellite workshops and the advisory The NT10 Organizing Committee would like to welcome you committee for their efforts assembling such great NT10 to NT10: the Eleventh International Conference on the programs and the volunteers who helped the NT10 Science and Application of Nanotubes 2010, held at the organization. Finally, we thank our many sponsors and Hilton Bonaventure in downtown Montréal, Québec, exhibitors who provided nancial support to the success of Canada. NT10 and JPdL for logistic support. NT10 is the 11th in the NT conference series started with Ultimately, it is you, the participants, who make NT such a NT99 in Michigan, USA and now running annually and lively and interesting meeting. We are grateful to you for rotating between the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The NT coming from all parts of the world to share your work and conference is the largest international forum for researchers attend the meeting. Over 600 of you have come because to discuss the latest developments in nanotube science of your enthusiasm for this remarkable eld of research, and technology. From its modest beginning as a reasonably which is now vibrant and full of potential. small workshop the NT conferences have grown steadily in participation and in complexity. Today, NT10 has received The city of Montréal is situated at the con uence of two more than 700 abstract submissions. great rivers, and is of tremendous importance in the history of North America. Today it is a diverse, modern city and As in past NT conferences, NT10 puts a special emphasis we welcome you and hope you will enjoy exploring its on the poster sessions with a total of over 500 contributed neighbourhoods and/or attending to its 31st edition of the posters divided into approximately a dozen themes. In Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. We hope NT10 will addition to the contributed poster sessions, ve (5) keynote be a very successful conference for you. May you learn and and ten (10) invited speakers were selected by the results of contribute to the exciting eld of nanotube science and a vote by the NT Advisory Committee. From the contributed application. abstracts, 40 contributed talks were selected on the basis of their excellence, novelty and eld of research. The number Sincerely, of contributed talks was increased considerably this year in an effort to better re ect the large number of contributed The NT10 Organizing Committee abstracts, but still only about 6% of contributed abstracts could be presented orally. • Richard Martel, Department of Chemistry, NT10 has no parallel sessions per se, but in addition to the Université de Montréal general program there are four satellite workshops, held on the rst two days of the NT10 conference, each with their • Paul Finnie, own organizing committees, selection processes, and web Institute for Microstructural Sciences, presence: National Research Council Canada • CCTN10: the 6th International Symposium on • Jacques Lefebvre, Computational Challenges and Tools for Nanotubes Institute for Microstructural Sciences, • MSIN10: the 4th International Workshop on Metrology, National Research Council Canada Standardization and Industrial Quality of Nanotubes • CNBMT10: the 3rd Carbon Nanotube Biology, Medicine • Benoit Simard, and Toxicology Satellite Symposium Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, • GSS10: the 1st Graphene Satellite Symposium (new) National Research Council Canada In addition to the satellite workshops, there is a tutorial session intended to bring graduate students up to date with the latest in nanotube research. All these workshops are free to NT10 participants. Welcome Letter 2 NT10 Eleventh International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes Poster Session Floor Plan 3 NT10 Eleventh International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes Exhibition Fontaine CDEFGH ENTRANCE List of Exhibitors Aixtron ............................................................................................................................................................................................15 AIXTRON is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company’s technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications