Topic: From Nanotubes to Nanowires

The field of research surrounding nanotubular structures represents one of the most fascinating and topical areas of materials research. Carbon nanotubes are widely regarded as classic examples of nanostructured materials and such systems have already found application in functional electronic devices such as field effect transistors, field emitters and nanoactuators. Alongside these archetypal carbon-based systems stand a remarkable spread of nanotubular structures built from inorganic components. This symposium brought together researchers who make nanotubes and those who exploit their properties.

Session: From Nanotubes to Nanowires (i) - Tuesday 3 July (am)

Keynote
Alan Windle
University of Cambridge, UK

New mechanical properties of carbon nanotube fibers
Pierre Miaudet*, Maryse Maugey, Alain Derré, Cécile Zakri and Philippe Poulin
Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, France

Synthesis and characterisation of highly ordered cobalt-magnetite nanocable arrays
Brian Daly, Olga Kazakova, Michael A Morris, Matthew T Shaw and Justin D Holmes*
University College Cork, Ireland

Influence of silver ions on the growth mode of platinum on gold nanorods
Marek Grzelczak*, Jorge Pérez-Juste, Benito Rodríquez-González and
Luis M. Liz-Marzán
Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Evolution of ferberite nanostructures: from 1-D nanowires to 3-D nanoflowers
Weibing Hu, Yimin Zhao, Charles W Dunnill, Duncan H Gregory and Yanqiu Zhu*
University of Nottingham, UK 

Liquid crystal - nanotube dispersions
Ingo Dierking*
University of Manchester, UK

Session: From Nanotubes to Nanowires (ii) - Tuesday 3 July (pm)

Keynote
Siegmar Roth 
Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Germany 

Assembly of nanotube-nanoparticle networks
Dan H Marsh, Graham A Rance, Mujtaba Zaka, Francesco Giustiniano, Richard J Whitby and Andrei N Khlobystov*
University of Nottingham, UK

Covalent functionalization of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and fullerenes via a zwitterion approach
Wei Zhang* and Timothy M Swager
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Chemically modified single-walled carbon nanotubes: synthesis, properties and application in polymer composites
Karl S Coleman*, Anil Suri, Amit K Chakraborty, Richard Winchester and Christopher R Herron
University of Durham, UK

Synthesis of one-dimensional titanium dioxide nanostructures
Ben Cottam, Sabina Chyla, Robert Menzel, Alexander Bismarck and Milo Shaffer*
Imperial College London, UK

Tantalum chalcogenide nanowires; growth, structure and properties
Charles W Dunnill*, Saleem Denholme, Hannah K Edwards, Paul D Brown and Duncan H Gregory
University of Glasgow, UK

Layered chalcogenide nanoparticles and nanotubes
N Zink, H A Therese, M N Tahir, U Kolb and W Tremel*
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

The synthesis and characterisation of ferromagnetic CaMn2O4 nanowires
D C Arnold*, Olga Kazakova, M A Morris and J D Holmes
University College Cork, Ireland