[Spm] 2010 MRS Spring Meeting Symp U: Scanning Probe Microscopy--Frontiers in NanoBio Science

[Alexei Gruverman]

MRS Symposium U: Scanning Probe Microscopy—Frontiers in NanoBio Science
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION SITE IS NOW OPEN. DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 2, 2009!
The Symposium U Organizers request that you submit your abstract for the Scanning Probe Microscopy—Frontiers in NanoBio Science symposium to take place during the 2010 Spring Meeting. 
Scanning Probe Microscopy is one of the (if not the) major tools responsible for the emergence of what is called “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.” Various high-resolution SPM techniques proved to be capable of probing local electrical, magnetic, chemical, mechanical, optical, and thermal properties of matter at the nanoscale level, as well as changing these properties in a controlled manner. We observe now a tremendous proliferation of the areas of SPM applications in condensed matter, materials science, chemistry, bioengineering, and nanotechnology. SPM has a particular advantage in dealing with biomaterials, polymers, and soft matter where the ability to image objects in their natural environment is paramount. Despite this obvious advantage, application of SPM to fundamental nano- and biomaterial problems is still in its infantile stage. In the initial flurry of activity in the mid- 90s, there were a number of contradictory results due to the complexity of interpretation of the obtained SPM data. This led to some disappointment in SPM techniques, particularly among biologists, biophysicists, bioengineers, and medical scientists. Nowadays, SPM is gaining the trust in the area of nano- and bioscience. The amount of papers in this area is growing exponentially.
This symposium will focus on recent developments in scanning probe microcopy techniques and applications to soft matter research, biotechnology, and life science with the intent of bringing together scientists from different disciplines—both theorists and experimentalists—and encouraging discussions at the cross-disciplinary level. Strong interactions between researchers in the areas of condensed matter, materials research, and nanoscale engineering will result in deeper understanding of complex interactions measured with SPM methods, promote wide application of SPM in biomedical research, and help to develop new approaches for material design, synthesis, characterization, and modeling of novel functional devices and systems. This symposium will also provide interactive environment for discussions between researchers from academia and industry, thus stimulating further advances in nano- and bioscience.


Topics of particular interest will include (but not be limited to):
Novel SPM techniques for biosurface and interface characterization 
Nanoscale imaging and characterization of biological systems 
Probing mechanical properties of biological cells 
SPM studies of electrical, magnetic, and electromechanical properties of biomaterials 
SPM-assisted nanofabrication and manipulation 
SPM in biomedical engineering and life-science application 
Single-molecule manipulation and spectroscopy 
Modeling and simulation of probe-sample interactions



Invited speakers (tentative) include:
J. R. Dutcher (Univ. of Guelph, Canada), L. Eng (Technische Univ. Dresden, Germany), S. Jarvis (Univ. College Dublin, Ireland), S. V. Kalinin (Oak Ridge National Lab), C. Le Grimellec (CNRS, France), S. Lindsay (Arizona State Univ.), G. Luengo (L’Oreal Recherche, France), S. Magonov (Agilent), R. Proksh (Asylum Research), C. Su (Veeco Instruments Inc.), and M. Welland (Univ. of Cambridge, United Kingdom).


Symposium Organizers
Alexei Gruverman
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Lincoln, NE 68588-0111
Tel 402-472-4788, Fax 402-472-2879
alexei_gruverman at unl.edu
Igor Sokolov
Clarkson University
Dept. of Physics and 
Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Science
Potsdam, NY 13699-5820
Tel 315-268-2375, Fax 315-268-6610
isokolov at clarkson.eduZoya Leonenko
University of Waterloo
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy and
Dept. of Biology
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
Tel 519-888-4567 x-38273, Fax 519-746-8115
zleonenk at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca
Masamichi Fujihira
Tokyo Institute of Technology
School of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Dept. of Biomolecular Engineering
B-56, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku
Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
Tel 81-45-924-5784, Fax 81-45-924-5817
mfujihir at bio.titech.ac.jp



All abstracts must be submitted via the MRS Web site before November 2, 2009.  The submission site is available at http://mrsspring2010.abstractcentral.com/. In fairness to all potential authors, late abstracts will not be accepted.
Submitting abstracts via the MRS Web site is easy and convenient. Follow the step-by-step instructions on the template, making sure that complete mailing address information is included for the presenting and contact authors. After submitting your abstract, please use your six-digit Control ID number in all communications with MRS regarding the abstract UNTIL a paper number (e.g., A3.8) is later assigned.




For additional meeting information, visit the MRS Web site at www.mrs.org/meetings/ or contact:
Member Services, Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7573
Tel 724-779-3003 • Fax 724-779-8313 • info at mrs.org
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