Workshop on Nanotechnology – Current Status and Challenges

Delhi, India - This workshop aims to provide a multi-disciplinary glimpse of the various facets of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology targeted towards an audience with a good science/engineering background.

The major applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology encompass materials & manufacturing, Medical & Pharmaceutical applications and Electronics & computing. Since this area is changing at a rapid rate, it is important for people both in academics and industry to keep themselves up to date with the current status and challenges of Nanotechnology. The purpose of this workshop is, therefore, to provide a multi-disciplinary glimpse of the various facets of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology targeted towards an audience with a good science/engineering background.

Lectures and laboratory visits will provide an exposure to the wide gamut of technologies associated with Nanotechnology.

Lectures WILL cover
(i) Physics at the nanoscale
(ii) Chemical synthesis of Nanoparticles
(iii) Biomolecular nanotechnology
(iv) Biomedical Sensors
(v) HRTEM
(vi) AFM/STM
(vii) Optical Characterization
(viii) Nanopattering using soft lithography
(ix) Nanotechnology in textiles
(x) Evolution of silicon nanoelectronics and challenges
(xi) Nanophotonics
(xii) Nanocatalysts
(xiii) Bacterial nanomagnets
(xiv) Nanocomposites
(xv) Nanomaterial by high energy ball milling
(xvi) Nanomanufacturing
(xvii) Nanomachines
(xviii) Drug delivery

Contact Details:
Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Delhi (IIT)
Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016
Ph: 2659 1085
e-mail: [email protected]

Prof. A. K. Ganguli
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Delhi (IIT)
Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016
Ph: 2659 1511
e-mail: [email protected]

http://www.fitt-iitd.org/new/nanotechnology_brochure.htm

From 17 Mar 2007
Until 18 Mar 2007
Delhi, India
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