TIME
 

PROGRAM
 

9:00am
 

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

9:30am
 

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

Proteins That Nature Never Made
David Tirrell, California Institute of Technology, USA
 

10:15am
 

10:15am to 12:15pm
Tailoring of Polymeric Nanoparticles, Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites and Biohybrids
Breakthrough Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Yiyan Yang

Designer Self-Assembling Peptide Nanomaterials
Shuguang Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (Invited)
 

10:15am to 12:00pm
Nanosystems for Chemical and Catalytic Applications
Creation Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Yugen Zhang

Controllable Synthesis of Uniform Palladium Icosahedra via a Facile Polyol Process
Cuncheng Li, University of Tsukuba, Japan
 

10:15am to 12:15pm
Nanosystems for Sensing, Diagnostic, Imaging and Magnetic Applications IV
Exploration Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Karthikeyan Narayanan

Efficient Coupling of Light into Nanometer-Sized Objects via Dielectric Microcavities and Metal Nanoantennas
Matthias Hagner, University of Konstanz, Germany
 

10:30am
 

Totally Green Enantioselective Hydrogenation of α-Ketoesters over Alkaloid-Modified Platinum Nanostructures
Nandanan Erathodiyil, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
 

Hybrid Plasmonic Structure Fabrication by Laser Intererence Lithography
Caihong Liu, Experimental Therapeutics Center, Singapore
 

10:45am
 

DNA as a Nanoscale Material
Dan Luo, Cornell University, USA (Invited)
 

Development of Nanoporous Silica-Supported Catalysts: Application to a Circulating Flow-Type Reactor
Jaehong Lim, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
 

Plasmonic Nanoantennas for Integrated Optical Sensing Applications
Reuben Bakker, Data Storage Institute, Singapore
 

11:00am
 

Template Synthesis of Nanostructured Carbon Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion
Fabing Su, Institute of Chemical Engineering and Sciences, Singapore
 

Graphitic Nanowires in Diamond-Like Carbon: Properties and Device Applications
Johann Krauser, Hochschule Harz University of Applied Sciences, Germany
 

11:15am
 

Dual Stimuli-Responsive Block Copolymers Derived from Proline Derivatives
Hideharu Mori, Yamagata University, Japan
 

Dynamics of Nanocatalytical Model Systems Revealed by High-Resolution Video-Rate STM
Flemming Besenbacher, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center Aarhus University, Denmark (Invited)
 

QM/MM Simulations of the Immobilization of Isolated Proteins on Graphite Surfaces via Gold Atomic Clusters
Carlos Federico Sanz, Institut Catala de Nanotecnologia, Spain
 

11:30am
 

Bioresource Exploration by Using Polymeric Nanofibers
Shigeru Deguchi, Japan Agency for Marine- Earth Science and Technology, Japan
 

Arbitrary Polymeric Nanodevice for Single-Cell Analysis
Tseng Ming Hsieh, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
 

11:45am
 

A Non-Transferring Dry-Adhesive with Slanted Polymer Nanohairs
Hoon Eui Jeong, Seoul National University, Korea
 

Synthesis of Monodisperse Ag-Au Alloy Nanoparticles with Independently Tunable Morphology, Composition, Size and Surface Chemistry and Their 3D Superlattices
Qingbo Zhang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
 

Simulation and Fabrication of a Mechano-Optical Sensor for Nano-Displacements
Van So Pham, MESA + Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, The Netherlands
 

12:00pm
 

Highly Ordered Protein Patterns from Self-Assembly of Mixed Colloids
Peter Kingshott, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center Aarhus University, Denmark
 

Electrochromic Nanoparticle Ink: Displays and Color-Switchable Glasses Fabricated by Liquid Processes
Tohru Kawamoto, Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, Japan
 

12:15pm
 

12:15pm to 1:30pm
Lunch and Poster Session IV
Foyer, Level 4
Chair: Jaehong Lim

Nanosystems for Biological and Medical Applications
Nanosystems for Chemical and Catalytic Applications
Nanosystems for Energy and Environmental Applications
 

1:30pm
 

1:30pm to 3:30pm
Nanosystems for Energy and Environmental Applications
Breakthrough Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Edwin Chow

Nanocrystalline Devices for Solar Power Conversion and Storage
Michael Graetzel, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland (Invited)
 

1:30pm to 3:30pm
Nanosystems for Biological and Medical Applications V
Exploration Theatrette, Level 4
Chair: Lang Zhuo

Nanotechnology for Regenerating Tissues: Is It Hype or Reality?
Thomas Webster, Brown University, USA (Invited)
 

2:00pm
 

Profile-Controlled Electrodepostition of p-Semiconductors in n-TiO2 Nano-Matrix
Qing Wang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
 

Novel Templates Designed for Hard-Tissue Regneration
Anne George, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA (Invited)
 

2:15pm
 

Fabrication of Hybrid Organic-QD Solar Cells Using Inkjet Printing Technique
Ashkan Shafiee, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
 

2:30pm
 

Design, Synthesis, Formation Mechanism and Property of Platinum Alloy Nanostructures
Hong Yang, University of Rochester, USA (Invited)
 

Bionanocomposites for Bone Cement: A Polymer-Based Approach
Manoj Kumar Singh, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 

2:45pm
 

Investigation on Nanoparticle Fate Across Endothelial Barrier
Paolo Netti, Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biomaterials, Italy
 

3:00pm
 

Physico-Chemical Properties of Nanostructured C-TiO2 for Lithium Ion Batteries and Hybrid Super Capacitator
Michel Trudeau, Hydro-Quebec Research Institute, Canada
 

Microfluidic Platforms Related to Nanomedicine
Kam Leong, Duke University, USA (Invited)
 

3:15pm
 

Design of Nanostructured Membranes for Environmental Applications
Martina Roso, University of Padova, Italy
 

3:30pm
 

3:30pm to 4:00pm
Coffee/Tea Break
 

4:00pm
 

4:00pm to 4:30pm
Young Scientist and Poster Awards Presentation and Closing Remarks