TIME
 

PROGRAM
 

9:00am
 

9:00am to 9:30am
Registration and Breakfast
 

9:30am
 

9:30am to 10:15am
Plenary Lecture II
Auditorium, Level 2

Graphene, The New Nanocarbon
C N R Rao, Jawaharalal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, India
 

10:15am
 

10:15am to 12:00pm:
Processing and Templating of Nanotubes and Nanoporous Materials I
Exploration Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Leng Leng Chng

Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes and Their Applications in Nanomedicine
Alberto Bianco, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, France
 

10:15am to 12:00pm
Nanosystems for Biological and Medical Applications I
Breakthrough Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Shu Wang

Self-Assembly Approaches toward Directed Drug Delivery from Patchy Micelles to MAD Nanolayers
Paula Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (Invited)
 

10:30am
 

Atomic Resolution Imaging of Ag NP-Graphene
Manoj K Singh, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 

10:45am
 

New Opportunities in Catalytic Applications with Hierarchically Porous Zeolites
Ryong Ryoo, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (Invited)
 

Next Generation Nanoparticles for Controlled Drug Delivery Systems
Mamoun Muhammed, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (Invited)
 

11:15am
 

Mesoporous Silica Thin Film with Perpendicular Nanochannels
Chung-Yuan Mou, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (Invited)
 

Design and Synthesis of Functional Self-Assembled Polymer Nanostructures for Drug Delivery
Yi Yan Yang, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
 

11:30am
 

Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Water Soluble Bolan-Amphiphiles as a Therapeutic Carrier
Shrinivas Venkataraman, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
 

11:45am
 

Novel Mesoporous and Microporous Polymers for Heterogeneous Catalysis
Yugen Zhang, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
 

Protease-Sensitive Polymeric Vesicles as Drug Delivery Vehicles
Ying Chau, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
 

12:00pm
 

12:00pm to 1:15pm
Lunch and Poster Session III
Foyer, Level 4
Chair: Su Seong Lee

Processing and Templating of Nanotubes and Nanoporous Materials
Tailoring of Polymeric Nanoparticles, Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites and Biohybrids
Design and Engineering of Structural and Functional Nanomaterials
 

1:15pm
 

1:15pm to 2:30pm
Processing and Templating of Nanotubes and Nanoporous Materials II
Exploration Theatrette,
Level 4
Chair: Shuguang Zhang

Iron Doping of Titanium Oxide Nanotubes Using Residual Catalyst from CNT Template: A New Route
Dominik Eder, University of Cambridge, UK
 

1:15pm to 3:30pm
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Thin Films
Breakthrough Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Francis Tay

Low-Temperature Kinetically Controlled Nanofabrication of Semiconductor and Ferroelectric Thin Films and Nanoparticles
Daniel Morse, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (Invited)
 

1:15pm to 3:30pm
Nanosystems for Biological and Medical Applications II
Creation Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Daniele Zink

Hierarchichal Supermolecular Structures for Sustained Drug Release
Jeremy Tan, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
 

1:30pm
 

Fabrication and Manipulation of Biological Self-Assembled Nanotubes and Nano Spheres for Bionanotechnology Applications
Jaime Castillo, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
 

An Injctable Hyaluronic Acid-Tyramine Hydrogel System for Protein Delivery
Fan Lee, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
 

1:45pm
 

Carbon Nanotube - Inorganic Hybrid Materials
Dominik Eder, University of Cambridge, UK
 

Molecular Engineering of Organic and Nanowire Devices
Cherie Kagan, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Invited)
 

Novel Nanobiomaterials Based on Hyaluronan Derivatives with Controlled Structure for Applications in Nanoscience
Adina-Graziella Anghelescu-Dogaru, University of Helsinki, Finland
 

2:00pm
 

Gas-Phase Synthesis of Multifunctional Hybrid Nanocrystal-Carbon Nanotube Structures
Junhong Chen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
 

Novel Combinations of Nanotechnology, Proteins and Viral Gene Delivery Vectors for Applications in Biomedicine, Research and Diagnostics
John Dangerfield, Christian Doppler Laboratory, Singapore
 

2:15pm
 

Towards Molecule Electronics with Carbon-Based Materials
Haibin Su, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
 

Chemical Lithography with Self-Assembled Monolayers in an Integrated High Vacuum Setup
Sven Bauerdick, Raith GmbH, Germany
 

Designer Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery: Physical Answers to Biological Questions
Samir Mitragotri, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
 

2:30pm
 

2:30pm to 3:30pm
Functionalization and Size-Dependent Properties of Nanocrystals, Quantum Dots and Nanowires II
Exploration Theatrette,
Level 4
Chair: Yuangang Zheng

Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles: Design, Synthesis and Biomedical Applications
Bing Xu, Brandeis University, USA (Invited)
 

Covalent Multilayer Assembly of Polymers on Silicon with Molecular Thickness Control
Raju Kumar Gupta, National University of Singapore, Singapore
 

Development of Nanodevices for a Stable Delivery of Anticancer Drugs with a View on Early Prognosis
Giorgia Pastorin, National University of Singapore, Singapore
 

2:45pm
 

Construction of Nanofibrous Films from Dipeptide Based Hierarchical Assembly
Weiping Wang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
 

Development of Hollow Fiber Membranes with Nanopores for Renal Tubule Assist Devices
Rensheng Deng, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
 

3:00pm
 

Electrospinning of Magnetic Oxide and Composite Nanostructures
Santi Maensiri, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
 

Self-Organization of Ordered Macroporous Nanoparticles-Decorating Polymer Films
Xiaoli Jiang, Southeast University of Nanjing, China
 

Nanotechnology and Biomedicine at the Cross Roads
Thomas Tsakalakos, Rutgers University, USA (Invited)
 

3:15pm
 

Tunable Shapes of Magnetic Nanoparticles: Fe-Pt, Fe-Pd and Fe-Pt-Pd Alloys
Nguyen T K Thanh, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, UK
 

Au-Fullerene: A Bi-Functional Nanocomposite Thin Film
Rahul Singhal, Inter University Accelerator Center New Delhi, India
 

3:30pm
 

3:30pm to 4:00pm
Coffee/Tea Break
 

4:00pm
 

4:00pm to 5:45pm
Functionalization and Size-Dependent Properties of Nanocrystals, Quantum Dots and Nanowires III
Exploration Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Jiang Jiang

Exploration of Novel Silicon Nanostructures by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Kengo Nishio, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
 

4:00pm to 5:45pm
Nanosystems for Biological and Medical Applications III
Breakthrough Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Hanry Yu

Nanostructured Materials for Biomedicine Applications
Frank Caruso, University of Melbourne, Australia (Invited)
 

4:15pm
 

Specific and Reversible Protein Immobilization on Si Nanowires via His-Tag
Yi-Chi Liu, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
 

4:30pm
 

One Dimensional Self-Assembly of Hybrid Gold Nanowires and Carbon Nanotubes with Ultra-High Aspect Ratio
Wenrong Yang, The University of Sydney, Australia
 

Stable and Responsive Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
I-Wei Chen, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Invited)
 

4:45pm
 

High Yield Synthesis and Properties of Monolithic Tungsten Nanowires
Srdjan Milenkovic, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Eisenforschung, Germany
 

5:00pm
 

Ag@Ppy Hybrid Nanostructures: Formationa Mechanism and Shape
David Munoz-Rojas, Centro de Investigacion en Nanocienca y Nanotecnologia, Spain
 

The Significance and Lack of Significance of Nanoscale Features for In Vivo Healing
Buddy Ratner, University of Washington, USA (Invited)
 

5:15pm
 

Semiconductor Nanowires for Energy Conversion
Peidong Yang, University of California, Berkeley, USA (Invited)
 

5:30pm
 

3D Neurogenesis of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Stiffness and Gelatin-Hydroxyphenylpropionic Acid Hydrogel
Li Shan Wang, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
 

7:00pm
 

7:00pm to 9:30pm
1^st Nano Today Conference Dinner
Presentation of the Nano Today 2009 Award to Professor Herbert Gleiter