Annual Report 2007 - The Australian Nanotechnology Network

Nanostructures for Electronics Energy and Environment (Nano-E3)
23-28/09/2007 – South Stradbroke Island, QLD
Report on the NanoE3 School and Workshop
(Nanotechnology for Electronics Environment and Energy)
Nunzio Motta
Location: Couran Cove
Date: 23-28 September 2007
Scientific Report
The NanoE3 event was successfully held at Couran Cove from 23 to 28 September 2007. The
event included a 2 days school and a 3 days workshop, which started with the school poster
session.
The total number of participants attending has been of 66: 37 invited people (7 Lecturers, 9
Keynotes, 21 Invited) and 29 students. The full list is reported in the appendix.
School – knowledge dissemination
The two days school has been attended by 29 students coming from many Australians
Universities:
QUT, UQ, Griffith, Uni Melbourne, Flinders. Some of them attended also the workshop.
The school covered many aspects of nanotechnology: catalysis, polymer electronics, fuel cells,
Infrared sensors, photonic devices, biological nanostructures, quantum computers, ionic
sputtering.
The detailed program and the abstract of the lectures is attached.
At the end of the school the student presented their work in a poster session, which merged to the
workshop opening. So all the workshop participants had the opportunity to view the posters and
discuss with the students, increasing the interactions. It’s worth to notice that one of the posters
(Mr. Ben Flavel, Flinder University - Patterned Attachment of Carbon Nanotubes to Silicon)
has been awarded by a 500$ Organizing Committee’s prize from a panel formed by Prof. J.Bell
(QUT) and Prof C. Jagadish (ANU).
The Italian Consul of Brisbane attended the workshop opening ceremony.
The School lectures and poster abstract booklet is enclosed as appendix 2.
Workshop – knowledge sharing
The technical level of the workshop was outstanding, both from Australia side with 4 federation
Fellows presenting their work (Michelle Simmons, Ben Eggleton, Chennupati Jagadish, and Max
Lu and from Italian side, with 5 full professors of various Italian Universities (R.Rosei,
F.Beltram, E. Traversa, M De Crescenzi, P.Milani).
Much interest has been raised, amongst the others
• in the quantum electronics area by the talks of Michelle Simmons and A.Hamilton
• in energy area by the talks of M.De Crescenzi, E.Traversa and J.Bell
• In environmental area by the talks of M. Lu and R. Rosei
A consistent sharing on the technical knowledge relating to nanotechnology and its applications
in energy, electronics and environmental protection has been the outcome of the sessions. The
secluded place has also favoured the interactions between speakers and led to building of new
links.
Further information is included in the workshop abstract booklet.
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