josh@cs.rutgers.edu (01/24/90)
The nanoTech
Jan. 16, 1990
Published by the MIT Nanotechnology Study Group
MIT Room 8-135, Cambridge MA 02139
This issue edited by Dave Lindbergh
Upcoming Events
Nanotechnology: Molecular Engineering and its Implications
MIT Room 66-110, Tuesday 30 January 1990, Wednesday 31 January 1990
This year's IAP event is a two-day symposium on nanotechnology, with
lectures from eleven experts on nanotechnology and related fields.
Day One: Tuesday, January 30 1990, MIT Room 66-110:
10:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
C. Fry, MIT NSG
10:15 am Introduction to Nanotechnology
K. Eric Drexler, Stanford University
Technological Foundations of Nanotechnology
K. Eric Drexler, Stanford University
The first person to present a clear and persuasive argument for
NT will disucuss scientific & engineering foundations for the field
12:00 noon Lunch Break
1:30 pm Flagellar Motors: The World's Smallest Rotary Motor
Howard C. Berg, Harvard University
Nature has already developed an electrostatic motor on the
nanometer scale; its workings and techniques for examination
will be discussed.
2:30 pm Growth of Nanometer Sized Carbon Tubes
Gary Tibbetts, General Motors Research Laboratories
Hollow cylinders 20 nm in diameter have been grown in the lab.
Experimental results will be shown and discussed.
3:30 pm Break
3:45 pm Privacy and Security Issues Posed by Molecular Engineering
Gary T. Marx, MIT Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning
The more advanced the level of technology, the more opportunities
for privacy invasion. Can we stop it, and will we dare NOT watch
people?
4:45 pm Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Dongmin Chen, Rowland Instit
STMs can both view discrete atoms and, with care, move an
individual molecule to a new location.
5:15 pm Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Nanometer Lithography
Eric Garfunkel, Rutgers University
The Rutgers Lab for Surface Modification has cut square holes
100 nm on a side and lines 8 by 150 nm.
Day Two: Wednesday, January 31 1990, MIT Room 66-110:
10:00 am The Status of Molecular Modeling Technology
Bruce Gelin, Polygen Corporation
Polygen is a vendor of modeling software & workstations.
11:00 am Protein Design: Mosaic Tiling of a Plane with Proteins
Kevin Ulmer, seQ Limited
Protein engineering is one of the most likely paths to nanotechnology
12:00 noon Lunch Break
1:30 pm Single Polymer Chains as Conductors
Michael Rubner, MIT Dept. of Materials Science
Quantum mechanical electronic devices are very attractive.
2:30 pm Engineering of Monolayers
Abraham Ulman, Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories
Videotape showing molecular dynamics will be shown and
experimental results discussed.
3:30 pm Break
3:45 pm Medical and Life-Extension Applications of NT and Pre-NT Techniques
Gregory Fahy, American Red Cross
The full technology of molecular engineering will make an
amazing array of medical repairs and enhancements possible.
However, many of these possibilities may be achieved much sooner.
4:45 pm Thanks and Closing Remarks
K. E. Nelson, MIT NSG
Also, on Tuesday, March 6, 1990: MIT Room NE43-773
Biological Motors and Optical Tweezers
Stephen Block, Rowland Institute of Science
Dr. Block's lecture will include a videotape showing the use of
"optical tweezers".
IAP Volunteers Needed
We need volunteers to help with the symposium in January. We need people to
poster around MIT a few days before the symposium, run the literature table,
operate slide projectors, etc. We really need your help, so please call
Zeke Gluzband at MIT 253-8385 or Kevin Nelson at 332-6632.