Symposium PM1-Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis

New technologies, new and versatile facilities, and new insights have recently been developed, enabling practical and robust application of ion beams for spatially defined and custom-tailored fabrication of devices with nanoscale 1D, 2D or 3D spatial definition. Emerging basic insights and modeling of the ion-solid interaction, as well as the arrival of sub-nanometer beam facilities, have led to exciting research results. Ion beam processing now offers unique methods for patterning and lithography, or synthesis of nano-structured surfaces and features, that can surpass the performance of other available technologies.

Structural changes caused by an energetic ion or ion-cluster in an irradiated solid may include collisional damage and disorder, local ionization, and in the case of organics, (or photo-resists), chain scission or cross-linking, and perhaps selective sputtering of a surface layer, leading to self-organized patterned surface topography. Ion irradiation may also be used to locally activate a surface to grow 3D columns in the presence of a suitable gas precursor. Self-assembly may be directed by patterned beam exposure. Nano-wires, nano-pores, and intricate 3D structures, can also be created using energetic ion nano-beams.

The ability of beam-patterned substrate surfaces to selectively adsorb cells from fluid suspension offers selective manipulation of bio-materials and their interactions, having important clinical or pharmaceutical applications. Related advances are emerging today in the fields of biomolecular technology and bio-medicine. It is hoped that this Symposium will provide a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue among researchers with expertise in ion-beam physics/chemistry/technology and those engaged in the bio-sciences and medical/clinical applications.

Topics will include:

Bio-technology and bio-molecular sciences
Device fabrication to meet nanoscale specifications
Medical diagnosis; pharmaceuticals; targeted drug delivery; therapy; treatment at the cell level
Self-assembling systems; patterning; lithography (surfaces, phases, polymers, inorganics)
Basic research, simulation, and modeling of ion beam interactions
3D nanostructures and printing: functional devices; organic and molecular engineering
Functional materials with novel properties, e.g. optical, magnetic, electronic, thermal, thermoelectric, structural or mechanical
Nanoparticle synthesis and manipulation; nanotubes; nanopores; nanofluidics
Innovative techniques for robust nano-manufacturing at commercial scale

Invited Speakers:

PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _0 (Kyoto University, Japan)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _1 (Tecnalia, Spain)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _2 (Colorado State University, USA)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _3 (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _4 (University of Houston, USA)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _5 (University of Michigan, USA)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _6 (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _7 (University of Goettingen, Germany)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _8 (University of Paderborn, Germany)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _9 (TNO, Netherlands)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _10 (University of Catania, Italy)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _11 (University of Helsinki, Finland)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _12 (Southern Methodist University, USA)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _13 (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _14 (Kyoto University, Japan)
PM1_Ion Beam-Enabled Nanoscale Fabrication and Advanced Materials Synthesis _15 (National University of Singapore, Singapore)