| July 9, 1:00 - 5:00PM |
| Session I: |
Tutorial Talks • Available Online |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Electrical Resistance: An Atomistic View S. Datta (Purdue) |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Simulating Electronic Conduction Through the NanoHub S. Goasguen and M. Paulsson (Purdue) |
| 2:40 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Chemistry of Molecular Monolayers D. Allara (PSU) |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Measuring Molecular Conductance: A Review of Experimental Approaches R. Reifenberger (Purdue) |
| July 10, 8:00AM - 6:00PM |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| July 11, 8:30 - 11:15 AM |
| Session II: |
Molecular Conduction (Experiments) Chair: Mark Hybertsen (Columbia) |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Overview/Key Challenges Contact Effects in Molecular Junctions - D. Frisbie (UMN) Breakjunction - H. Weber (Univ. of Karlsruhe) Crossed Wire Geometry - J. Kushmerick (NRL) |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Key Accomplishments C. Zhou (USC) G. Dholakia (NASA Ames) J. Hsu (Lucent) T. Mayer (Penn State) D. Janes (Purdue) D. Stewart (HP) |
| 12:15 p.m. |
Box Lunch |
| Session III: |
Molecular Conduction (Theory/Modeling) Chair: Mark Reed (Yale) |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Overview/Key Challenges Interactions at the Surface: Some Limits and Ideas - M. Ratner (NU) Modeling Issues - N. Lang (IBM) |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Overview/Key Challenges M. di Ventra (VT) Molecular Heterostructures - A. Ghosh (PU) |
| Session V: |
Memory/(Theory/Modeling) Chair: TBA |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Overview/Key Challenges M. Hettler (Karlsruhe) K. Stokbro (MIC Denmark) A. Bratkovski (HP) |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Overview/Key Challenges W. Fan (NASA Ames) C. Gorman (NCSU) C. Richter (NIST) R. Kiehl (UMN) |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Adjournment |