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2nd WORKSHOP ON NANOTECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN EUROPE


Hotel Mercure Paris, Montmartre
December 13, 2006 - Paris, France

The Workshop on Nano Technology Transfer is a forum for technology generators, buyers and investment agents in Europe

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Alberto Bianco
Researcher, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, CNRS, France
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Andrew Rinzler
Associate Professor,
Department of Physics, University of Florida
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David Tomānek
Professor, Physics and Astronomy Department, Michigan State University
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Andreas Thess
Researcher, M-phasys GmbH
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No.10 - June 2006

RESEARCH PAPERS IN MAY (91)

Indexing structure based on the NanoSPRINT Encyclopedia of Carbon Nanotubes

Composite materials
Suppression of field screening in nematic liquid crystals by carbon nanotubes
Hui-Yu Chen, Wei Lee
Applied Physics Letters, 88, 22, 2105

Molecular templates and scaffolds
Substitution reactions of carbon nanotube template
Chi Pui Li, Ying Chen, John Fitz Gerald
Applied Physics Letters, 88, 22, 3105

Production
Growth control of carbon nanotubes by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and reactive ion etching
Sato, H., Sakai, T., Matsubayashi, M., Hata, K., Miyake, H., Hiramatsu, K., Oshita, A., Saito, Y.
Vacuum, 80, 7, 798, 801

Processing
A new approach to functionalize multi-walled carbon nanotubes by the use of functional polymers
Hong, C.Y., You, Y.Z., Pan, C.Y.
Polymer, 47, 12, 4300, 4309

Chemical properties
The physisorption of CH"4 on graphite and on a (9,0) carbon nanotube
Ricca, A., Bauschlicher, C.W.
Chemical Physics, 324, 2, 455, 458

Composite materials
Carbon nanotubes based nanocomposites for photocurrent improvement
Canestraro, C.D., Schnitzler, M.C., Zarbin, A.J.G., da Luz, M.G.E., Roman, L.S.
Applied Surface Science, 252, 15, 5575, 5578

Electrical properties
Electrical transport characteristic of carbon nanotube after mass-separated ultra-low-energy oxygen ion beams irradiation
Yamamoto, K., Kamimura, T., Matsumoto, K.
Applied Surface Science, 252, 15, 5579, 5582,

Processing / Composite materials
Growth of multi-amine terminated poly(amidoamine) dendrimers on the surface of carbon nanotubes
Bifeng Pan, Daxiang Cui, Feng Gao, Rong He
Nanotechnology, 17, 10, 2483, 2489

Nanoelectronics
Thermally assisted tunnelling in ambipolar field-effect transistors based on fullerene peapod bundles
Ao Guo, Yunyi Fu, Lunhui Guan, Jia Liu, Zujin Shi, Zhennan Gu, Ru Huang, Xing Zhang
Nanotechnology, 17, 10, 2655, 2660

Processing
DNA-directed synthesis of zinc oxide nanowires on carbon nanotube tips
Adam D Lazareck, Sylvain G Cloutier, Teng-Fang Kuo, Bradford J Taft, Shana O Kelley, Jimmy M Xu
Nanotechnology, 17, 10, 2661, 2664

Nanoelectronics
Concept of nonvolatile memory based on multiwall carbon nanotubes
Leonid Maslov
Nanotechnology, 17, 10, 2475, 2482

Production / Processing
Synthesis and characterization of water-soluble multiwalled carbon nanotubes grafted by a thermoresponsive polymer
Guoyong Xu, Wei-Tai Wu, Yusong Wang, Wenmin Pang, Pinghua Wang, Qingren Zhu, Fei Lu
Nanotechnology, 17, 10, 2458, 2465

Magnetical properties
Energy dependent transport length scales in strongly diffusive carbon nanotubes
B Lassagne, B Raquet, J M Broto, J Gonz?lez
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18, 19, 4581, 4587

Mechanical properties / Chemical properties
Ab initio study of curvature effects on the physical properties of CH4-doped nanotubes and nanoropes
B K Agrawal, S Agrawal, S Singh, R Srivastava
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18, 19, 4649, 4675

Fluidics
Effects of electric fields on proton transport through water chains
Sergio A. Hassan, Gerhard Hummer, Yong-Sok Lee
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 124, 20, 4510

Manipulation
Order in vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays
H. Wang, Z. Xu, G. Eres
Applied Physics Letters, 88, 21, 3111

Mechanical properties
Reversible mechanical bistability of single-walled carbon nanotubes under axial strain
Tienchong Chang, Juan Hou, Xingming Guo
Applied Physics Letters, 88, 21, 1906

Fluidics
Dynamics of water confined in single- and double-wall carbon nanotubes
E. Mamontov, C. J. Burnham, S.-H. Chen, A. P. Moravsky, C.-K. Loong, N. R. de Souza, A. I. Kolesnikov
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 124, 19, 4703

Optical properties / Manipulation
Visible light diffraction studies on periodically aligned arrays of carbon nanotubes: Experimental and theoretical comparison
J. Rybczynski, K. Kempa, Y. Wang, Z. F. Ren, J. B. Carlson, B. R. Kimball, G. Benham
Applied Physics Letters, 88, 20, 3122

Field emission properties
Memory emission of printed carbon nanotube cathodes
Tao Feng, Lijuan Dai, Jun Jiang, Xi Wang, Xianghuai Liu, Shichang Zou, Qiong Li, Jingfang Xu
Applied Physics Letters, 88, 20, 3108

Nanoelectronics
Hooge's constant for carbon nanotube field effect transistors
Masa Ishigami, J. H. Chen, E. D. Williams, David Tobias, Y. F. Chen, M. S. Fuhrer
Applied Physics Letters, 88, 20, 3116

Production
Production and application of reactive plasmas using helicon-wave discharge in very low magnetic fields
Sato, G., Kato, T., Oohara, W., Hatakeyama, R.
Thin Solid Films, 506, 550, 554

Production
Effects of strong magnetic field on carbon nanotube formation using rf glow-discharge plasma
Kaneko, T., Matsuoka, H., Hirata, T., Hatakeyama, R., Tohji, K.
Thin Solid Films, 506, 259, 262

Production
Growth mechanism for carbon nanotubes in a plasma evaporation process
Watanabe, T., Notoya, T., Ishigaki, T., Kuwano, H., Tanaka, H., Moriyoshi, Y.
Thin Solid Films, 506, 263, 267

Production
Deposition of carbon nanotubes by capillary-type atmospheric pressure PECVD
Kyung, S., Lee, Y., Kim, C., Lee, J., Yeom, G.
Thin Solid Films, 506, 268, 273

Production
Continuous process of carbon nanotubes synthesis by decomposition of methane using an arc-jet plasma
Choi, S.I., Nam, J.S., Kim, J.I., Hwang, T.H., Seo, J.H., Hong, S.H.
Thin Solid Films, 506, 244, 249

Production
Production of carbon nanoonions and nanotubes using an intermittent arc discharge in water
Imasaka, K., Kanatake, Y., Ohshiro, Y., Suehiro, J., Hara, M.
Thin Solid Films, 506, 250, 254

Production
Production of single-wall carbon nanotubes by a XeCl excimer laser ablation
Kusaba, M., Tsunawaki, Y.
Thin Solid Films, 506, 255, 258

Chemical properties
Studies of electrochemical reduction of dioxygen with RRDE
Wang, F., Hu, S.
Electrochimica Acta, 51, 20, 4228, 4235

Sensors
A sensitive amperometric bromate sensor based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes/phosphomolybdic acid composite film
Li, Z., Chen, J., Pan, D., Tao, W., Nie, L., Yao, S.
Electrochimica Acta, 51, 20, 4255, 4261

Optical properties / Photon emission
Optical properties and photonic devices of doped carbon nanotubes
Zhao, J., Chen, X., Xie, J.R.H.
Analytica Chimica Acta, 568, 1, 161, 170

Sensors
A low humidity sensor made of quartz crystal microbalance coated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes/Nafion composite material films
Su, P.G., Sun, Y.L., Lin, C.C.
Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 115, 1, 338, 343

Composite materials
Non-contact measurement of CNT compounding ratio in composite material by eddy current method
Wakiwaka, H., Kodani, M., Endo, M., Takahashi, Y.
Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, 129, 1, 235, 238

Chemical properties
Voltammetric behavior and determination of rutin at a single-walled carbon nanotubes modified gold electrode
Zeng, B., Wei, S., Xiao, F., Zhao, F.
Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 115, 1, 240, 246

Processing / Composite materials
WO3 films modified with functionalised multi-wall carbon nanotubes: Morphological, compositional and gas response studies
Bittencourt, C., Felten, A., Espinosa, E.H., Ionescu, R., Llobet, E., Correig, X., Pireaux, J.J.
Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 115, 1, 33, 41

Field emission properties
Atomic-vacancy effects on field electron emission of carbon nanotubes: A first-principles study
Zhou, G., Duan, W.
Chemical Physics Letters, 423, 1, 229, 233

Processing / Chemical properties
Open-ended modified single-wall carbon nanotubes: A theoretical study of the effects of purification
Kar, T., Akdim, B., Duan, X., Pachter, R.
Chemical Physics Letters, 423, 1, 126, 130

Chemical properties
Determination of the single wall carbon nanotube opening ratio by means of rare gas adsorption
Arab, M., Picaud, F., Ramseyer, Ch., Babaa, M.R., Valsaque, F., McRae, E.
Chemical Physics Letters, 423, 1, 183, 186

Chemical properties
Structure and energetics of LiF chains as a model for low dimensional alkali halide nanocrystals
Bichoutskaia, E., Pyper, N.C.
Chemical Physics Letters, 423, 1, 234, 239

Composite materials / Manipulation
Matrix mediated alignment of single wall carbon nanotubes in polymer composite films
Bliznyuk, V.N., Singamaneni, S., Sanford, R.L., Chiappetta, D., Crooker, B., Shibaev, P.V.
Polymer, 47, 11, 3915, 3921

Composite materials
Nylon 610 and carbon nanotube composite by in situ interfacial polymerization
Kang, M., Myung, S.J., Jin, H.J.
Polymer, 47, 11, 3961, 3966

Manipulation
Single wall carbon nanotube templated oriented crystallization of poly(vinyl alcohol)
Minus, M.L., Chae, H.G., Kumar, S.
Polymer, 47, 11, 3705, 3710

Composite materials
Carbon nanotubes induced crystallization of poly(ethylene terephthalate)
Anoop Anand, K., Agarwal, U.S., Joseph, R.
Polymer, 47, 11, 3976, 3980

Composite materials
Simultaneous enhancement in strength and ductility by reinforcing magnesium with carbon nanotubes
Goh, C.S., Wei, J., Lee, L.C., Gupta, M.
Materials Science & Engineering A, 423, 1, 153, 156

Production
New technique of synthesizing single-walled carbon nanotubes from ethanol using fluidized-bed over Fe-Mo/MgO catalyst
Liu, Q., Fang, Y.
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 64, 2, 296, 300

Actuators
Electrorheological analysis of nano laden suspensions
Lozano, K., Hernandez, C., Petty, T.W., Sigman, M.B., Korgel, B.
Journal of Colloid And Interface Science, 297, 2, 618, 624

Catalyst support
Bimetallic catalysis on carbon nanotubes for the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde
Vu, H., Goncalves, F., Philippe, R., Lamouroux, E., Corrias, M., Kihn, Y., Plee, D., Kalck, P., Serp, P.
Journal of Catalysis, 240, 1, 18, 22

Processing
Ultrasonic nanowelding of carbon nanotubes to metal electrodes
Changxin Chen, Lijun Yan, Eric Siu-Wai Kong, Yafei Zhang
Nanotechnology, 17, 9, 2192, 2197

Composite materials
Effects of a carbon nanotube layer on electrical contact resistance between copper substrates
Myounggu Park, Baratunde A Cola, Thomas Siegmund, Jun Xu, Matthew R Maschmann, Timothy S Fisher, Hyonny Kim
Nanotechnology, 17, 9, 2294, 2303

Catalyst support
Pt/Pb alloy nanoparticle/carbon nanotube nanocomposite: a strong electrocatalyst for glucose oxidation
Hui-Fang Cui, Jian-Shan Ye, Xiao Liu, Wei-De Zhang, Fwu-Shan Sheu
Nanotechnology, 17, 9, 2334, 2339

Natural forms / Nanoelectronics
Crosstalk between nanotube devices: contact and channel effects
Fran?ois L?onard
Nanotechnology, 17, 9, 2381, 2385

Natural forms / Mechanical properties
Nanotube oscillator based on a short single-walled carbon nanotube bundle
Jeong Won Kang, Ki Oh Song, Ho Jung Hwang, Qing Jiang
Nanotechnology, 17, 9, 2250, 2258

Thermal properties
Spark plasma sintering assisted diamond formation from carbon nanotubes at very low pressure
J Shen, F M Zhang, J F Sun, Y Q Zhu, D G McCartney
Nanotechnology, 17, 9, 2187, 2191

Processing
Directly growing ionic polymers on multi-walled carbon nanotubes via surface RAFT polymerization
Ye-Zi You, Chun-Yan Hong, Cai-Yuan Pan
Nanotechnology, 17, 9, 2350, 2354

Production
Diffusion plasma chemical vapour deposition yielding freestanding individual single-walled carbon nanotubes on a silicon-based flat substrate
Toshiaki Kato, Rikizo Hatakeyama, Kazuyuki Tohji
Nanotechnology, 17, 9, 2223, 2226

Chemical properties
Silver filled single-wall carbon nanotubes - synthesis, structural and electronic properties
E Borowiak-Palen, M H Ruemmeli, T Gemming, T Pichler, R J Kalenczuk, S R P Silva
Nanotechnology, 17, 9, 2415, 2419

Production / Field emission properties
Efficiently producing single-walled carbon nanotube rings and investigation of their field emission properties
Li Song, Lijie Ci, Chuanhong Jin, Pingheng Tan, Lianfeng Sun, Wenjun Ma, Lifeng Liu, Dongfang Liu, Zengxing Zhang, Yanjuan Xiang, Shudong Luo, Xiaowei Zhao, Jun Shen, Jianjun Zhou, Weiya Zhou, Sishen Xie
Nanotechnology, 17, 9, 2355, 2361

Magnetical properties
Large magnetoresistance in single-walled carbon nanotubes contacted different ferromagnetic metal electrodes
Y Ohno, K Narumi, K Maehashi, K Inoue, K Matsumoto
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 38, 1, 57, 60

Optical properties
Third-order Optical Nonlinearities of Singlewall Carbon Nanotubes for Nonlinear Transmission Limiting Application
JaeTae Seo, SeongMin Ma, Qiguang Yang, Linwood Creekmore, Russell Battle, Makaye Tabibi, Herbert Brown, Ashley Jackson, Tifney Skyles, Bagher Tabibi, SungSoo Jung, Min Namkung
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 38, 1, 37, 40

Natural forms
Negligible inter-wall interaction in sliding double-wall carbon nanotubes
Seiji Uryu, Tsuneya Ando
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 38, 1, 45, 48

Nanoelectronics
Pulse-Excited Current Measurements in Carbon Nanotube Quantum Dots
S Moriyama, T Fuse, M Suzuki, T Yamaguchi, K Ishibashi
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 38, 1, 9, 12

Magnetical properties
Aharonov-Bohm effects on bright and dark excitons in carbon nanotubes
Tsuneya Ando
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 38, 1, 13, 16

Nanoelectronics
Capacitive measurements for a novel ECIS (electrolyte-carbon nanotubes-insulator-semiconductor) structure
Qing Lin, Jun ho Cheon, Byoung Don Gong, Young June Park, Hong shick Min, Dong won Kang, Lily Kim, Jung Sang Suh
Semiconductor Science and Technology, 21, 5, 686, 690

Sensors
Sensing properties of buffered and not buffered carbon nanotubes by fibre optic and acoustic sensors
M Consales, S Campopiano, A Cutolo, M Penza, P Aversa, G Cassano, M Giordano, A Cusano
Measurement Science and Technology, 17, 5, 1220, 1228

Production
Monitoring the chemical vapor deposition growth of multiwalled carbon nanotubes by tapered element oscillating microbalance
V. Svrcek, I. Kleps, F. Cracioniou, J. L. Paillaud, T. Dintzer, B. Louis, D. Begin, C. Pham-Huu, M.-J. Ledoux, F. Le Normand
The Journal of Chemical Physics

Nanoelectronics
Nanotube-metal junctions: 2- and 3-terminal electrical transport
San-Huang Ke, Weitao Yang, Harold U. Baranger
The Journal of Chemical Physics

Field emitters
Enhanced field emission of thin multiwall carbon nanotubes by electron multiplication from microchannel plate
Raghunandan Seelaboyina, Jun Huang, Won Bong Choi
Applied Physics Letters

Composite materials
Optoelectronic properties of transparent and conducting single-wall carbon nanotube thin films
Giovanni Fanchini, Husnu Emrah Unalan, Manish Chhowalla
Applied Physics Letters

Thermal properties
Development of photothermal-resistance technique and its application to thermal diffusivity measurement of single-wall carbon nanotube bundles
J. Hou, X. Wang, C. Liu, H. Cheng
Applied Physics Letters

Mechanical properties
Grooving the carbon nanotube oscillators
Lai-Ho Wong, Yang Zhao, GuanHua Chen, Allen T. Chwang
Applied Physics Letters

Optical properties
The feature of the Breit-Wigner-Fano Raman line in DNA-wrapped single-wall carbon nanotubes
H. Kawamoto, T. Uchida, K. Kojima, M. Tachibana
Journal of Applied Physics

Production
Publisher's Note: Suspended architecture formation process of single-walled carbon nanotubes
Yoshikazu Homma, Daisuke Takagi, Yoshihiro Kobayashi
Applied Physics Letters

Field emitters
Development of a carbon nanotube based microfocus x-ray tube with single focusing electrode
Zejian Liu, Jian Zhang, Guang Yang, Yuan Cheng, Otto Zhou, Jianping Lu
Review of Scientific Instruments

Production
Growth of carbon nanoflowers on glass slides using sparked iron as a catalyst
Thongtem, S., Singjai, P., Thongtem, T., Preyachoti, S.
Materials Science & Engineering A, 423, 1, 209, 213

Processing
Breakup of carbon nanotube flocs in microfluidic traps
Start, P.R., Hudson, S.D., Hobbie, E.K., Migler, K.B.
Journal of Colloid And Interface Science, 297, 2, 631, 636

Binders and adhesives
Improving the performance of lead-free solder reinforced with multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Nai, S.M.L., Wei, J., Gupta, M.
Materials Science & Engineering A, 423, 1, 166, 169

Nanoelectronics
Growing carbon nanotube nanojunctions on an aluminum substrate
Wang, S.-D., Chen, W.-L., Chang, M.-H., Chueh, Y.-L.
Journal of Crystal Growth, 291, 1, 218, 224

Production / Field emitters
Carbon nanotubes growing on rapid thermal annealed Ni and their application to a triode-type field emission device
Uh, H.S., Park, S.S.
Thin Solid Films, 504, 1, 50, 54

Membranes
Poly(imide siloxane) and carbon nanotube mixed matrix membranes for gas separation
Kim, S., Pechar, T.W., Marand, E.
Desalination, 192, 1, 330, 339

Production
Low-temperature synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes with a narrow diameter distribution using size-classified catalyst nanoparticles
Kondo, D., Sato, S., Awano, Y.
Chemical Physics Letters, 422, 4, 481, 487

Production
Chemical and thermal structures of a xylene-based CVD reactor to synthesize carbon nanotubes
Wasel, W., Kuwana, K., Saito, K.
Chemical Physics Letters, 422, 4, 470, 474

Processing / Manipulation
Detachment of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube films from substrates and their re-attachment to arbitrary surfaces
Murakami, Y., Maruyama, S.
Chemical Physics Letters, 422, 4, 575, 580

Composite materials
Doped polyaniline/multi-walled carbon nanotube composites: Preparation, characterization and properties
Wu, T.M., Lin, Y.W.
Polymer, 47, 10, 3576, 3582

Medicine and life sciences
The biocompatibility of carbon nanotubes
Smart, S.K., Cassady, A.I., Lu, G.Q., Martin, D.J.
Carbon, 44, 6, 1034, 1047

Mechanical properties
Buckling and post-buckling of long pressurized elastic thin-walled tubes under in-plane bending
Houliara, S., Karamanos, S.A.
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 41, 4, 491, 511

Electrical properties
Dielectric screening for carbon nanotubes in a gating electric field
Chen, S.C., Shyu, F.L., Lue, C.S., Lin, M.F.
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 32, 1, 577, 580

Field emitters
Nanotubes as seen on TV
Wood, J.
Materials Today, 9, 5, 22

Electronic properties
Electronic excitations of double-walled armchair carbon nanotubes
Ho, Y.H., Ho, G.W., Li, T.S., Lin, M.F.
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 32, 1, 569, 572

Medicine and life sciences
Designing in blood compatibility
Sealy, C.
Nano Today, 1, 2, 13

Medicine and life sciences
Investigation of the cytotoxicity of CCVD carbon nanotubes towards human umbilical vein endothelial cells
Flahaut, E., Durrieu, M.C., Remy-Zolghadri, M., Bareille, R., Baquey, Ch.
Carbon, 44, 6, 1093, 1099

Mechanical properties
Bidirectional tensile testing cell for in situ small angle X-ray scattering investigations of soft tissue
Schmid, F., Sommer, G., Rappolt, M., Regitnig, P., Holzapfel, G.A., Laggner, P., Amenitsch, H.
Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B, 246, 1, 262, 268

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