Annual Report 2006 ANNUAL REPORT 2006 ANNUAL REPORT 2006 .............................................................................................................. 1 MISSION STATEMENT AND OBJECTIVES ............................................................................. 3 Mission Statement....................................................................................................................... 3 Year 2 in Review ........................................................................................................................ 4 Structure and Management ......................................................................................................... 5 ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY ARCNN................................................................................. 8 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2006..................................... 11 ARCNN Survey ........................................................................................................................ 20 NOVA TOPIC ON NANOTECHNOLOGY............................................................................ 24 NANOTECHNOLOGY FACT SHEETS................................................................................. 24 ARCNN NANOFORUM.......................................................................................................... 24 NANOTECHNOLOGY FACILITIES AND CAPABILITIES REGISTER............................ 24 DISTINGUISHED LECTURER TOURS ................................................................................ 25 Professor Richard Kaner...................................................................................................... 25 Professor Sir Michael Pepper...............................................................................................26 Professor Henry Smith.........................................................................................................27 Professor Heinrich Hofmann ............................................................................................... 28 Professor Pallab Bhattacharya ............................................................................................. 29 SPECIAL LECTURES ............................................................................................................. 30 Special Lecture – Dr. Murali Sastry .................................................................................... 30 Special Lecture - Prof Ratnesh Lal ...................................................................................... 31 Special Lecture - Prof Renugopalakrishnan ........................................................................32 Special Lecture - Mr. Mike Treder ..................................................................................... 33 Special Lecture – Prof C Jagadish ....................................................................................... 34 INTERNATIONAL VISITS BY NETWORK MEMBERS................................................ 36 Prof Greg Tegart’s report.......................................................................................................... 36 SHORT TERM VISITS............................................................................................................ 39 Mr. Joshua Toomey – visit to the Australian National University ......................................39 Mr. Devin Ramdutt – visit to the University of Queensland ............................................... 40 Dr Richard Sewell – Visit to Latrobe University................................................................. 42 OVERSEAS TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS................................................................................. 44 Ms Christina Cortez – visit to the University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. .............. 44 Mr. Dane McCamey – visit to the Technical University of Munich, Germany. ................45 Mr. Jasek Jasieniak – visit to the University of Padua, Italy. .............................................. 48 Mr. Toby Hopf – visit to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA. ................... 50 Dr Wenrong Yang – visit to Hokkaido University, Japan................................................... 51 Mr. Thomas Rufford – visit to the National Institute of Advances Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan................................................................................................ 52 Mr. Michael Fraser – Stanford University, USA................................................................. 55 Mr. Greg Jolley – Centre for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos – USA. ..............55 Mr. Kane O’Donnell – University of Cambridge, UK. ....................................................... 55 YOUNG NANOTECHNOLOGY AMBASSADOR AWARDS ............................................. 56 Mr. Satya Barik (Australian National University)...............................................................56 Ms Brianna Thompson and Ms Jenny Halldorsson (University of Wollongong) ............... 56 Ms Katharina Porazik (University of Queensland).............................................................. 60 Ms Kelly Bailey (CSIRO)....................................................................................................62 Ms Amanda Aloia (CSIRO).................................................................................................64 Ms Ann Gooding and Ms Carolina Novo (University of Melbourne)................................. 66 Mr. David Piper (La Trobe University) ...............................................................................66 Ms Neerushana Jehanathan (University of Western Australia)........................................... 68 TRAVEL FUNDS FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS AND POST GRADUATE STUDENTS ......................................................................................................................... 70 Travel Grant – Mr. Aloysius Soon ARCNN Summer School............................................. 71 Travel Grant – Mr. Elvis Shoko - ARCNN Summer School............................................... 72 WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS ................................................................. 73 The Oliphant Frontiers of Science Conference on Quantum Nanoscience. ........................73 Electromaterials Science Symposium- The role of nanostructure....................................... 75 International Workshop on Advances in Nanocomposites.................................................. 78 Asia Pacific Conference on Plasma, Science and Technology............................................ 79 International Conference on Optical & Opto Electronic Materials & Applications............ 80 Ethics and Regulation in Nanotechnology Workshops ....................................................... 82 Smart Materials and Nano-and Micro-Smart Systems ........................................................ 84 Materials and Complexity IV Workshop............................................................................. 86 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices 2006 ..............88 ARCNN Summer School: Modelling Molecular Material for Nanotechnology.................89 WEBSITE ..................................................................................................................................... 91 NEWSLETTER ............................................................................................................................ 91 PLANNED 2007 ACTIVITIES.................................................................................................... 92 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ........................................................................................................ 93 Appendix A – List of Plenary and Invited Speakers at ICONN2006.................................. 97 Appendix B –NOVA Topic - Nanotechnology – taking it to the people............................. 99 Appendix C – Nanotechnology Fact Sheet – Building Carbon Nanotubes....................... 100 Appendix D – ARCNN Nanoforum on the website ..........................................................102 Appendix E – An example of a facility that is on the Nanotechnology Facilities and Capabilities Register .......................................................................................................... 103 Appendix F - ARCNN Members by State ......................................................................... 104 Appendix G – Demographic list of ARCNN Website Hits ............................................... 130 Appendix H - ARCNN News. Edition 9, August 2006 .................................................... 132 Appendix I - List of ARCNN Friends................................................................................ 136 2 MISSION STATEMENT AND OBJECTIVES Mission Statement The Mission statement of the Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network is to enhance Australia’s Research in Nanotechnology and related areas, by effectively promoting and drawing together collaborations in this field. Objectives The Nanotechnology field is one of the fastest growing areas of research and technology. The Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN) is dedicated to substantially enhancing Australia’s research outcomes in this important field by promoting effective collaborations, exposing researchers to alternative and complementary approaches from other fields, encouraging forums for postgraduate students