Analytical Challenges in the Nanosciences

Malcolm Smyth, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland

Programme:

Thursday 6 August (morning and afternoon)

Friday 7 August (morning)

Keynote Speakers

Analysis at the Nanometre Scale
Graham Leggett, University of Sheffield, UK

Satellite nanoscopes and molecular optogenetics
Luke Lee, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Nanostructured organic electrodes: the impact on medical bionics
Gordon Wallace, University of Wollongong, Australia

Award Lecture

Surface Redox Chemistry of Diamond Nanoparticles
Katherine Holt, University College London, UK
(Winner of the RSC Edward Harrison Memorial Prize 2007)

Speakers

Observing the silent observer: Where is it and is it silent?
Jonathan Aylott, University of Nottingham, UK

Targeted low level detection of biologically significant molecules with the aid of multi-reagent chemiluminescence
Xavier A. Conlan, Deakin University, Australia

Raman based detection of Staphylococcus Aureus utilizing single domain antibody coated SERS active nanoparticle probes and magnetic trapping
Philip Drake, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan

Single molecule detection on the nanoscale
Joshua B. Edel, Imperial College London, UK

Methods for the design and application of optimal SERS substrates
David A. Eustace, D3 Technologies Ltd, UK

Quantitative mapping of microfluidic temperature with sub-degree resolution using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy
Anita C. Jones, University of Edinburgh, UK

Study the transport of ions through the nanopore filled with electroactive polymer
Binh T.T. Nguyen, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Observing, Quantifying and Controlling Rotation at the Single-Molecule Level
E. Charles H. Sykes, Tufts University, USA

Towards selective electrospun nanofibers for sample handling
Nelson Torto, Rhodes University, South Africa

Chiroptical and Magneto-Analysis of Microparticles and Interfaces
Hitoshi Watarai, Osaka University, Japan

Symposium Information

As new advances occur in nanotechnology, nanomedicine and the nanosciences, the analytical challenges of detecting and quantifying fewer and fewer molecules in minute volumes and often harsh environments, become more and more pronounced.

This symposium will highlight advances being made in surface analytical techniques which aim for single molecule detection, advances in nanomaterials which have novel physical and chemical properties which open up many possibilities for the miniaturisation of analytical and sensor technologies, and advances in microfluidic devices which have applications in so many diverse fields, including diagnostics and nanomedicine.