211th ECS Meeting - Chicago, Illinois

May 06 - May 10, 2007

PROGRAM INFORMATION
 

H10 - Metallic and Semiconductor Nanoparticles

Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures
 

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Conference 4L, 4th Floor

Co-Chairs: P. Kamat and D. Lee
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:20 1151 Optimization of the Loading Level of Au Nanoparticles-MnOx Nanoparticles Binary Catalysts for an Efficient 4-Electron Reduction of Oxygen T. Ohsaka and M. El-Deab (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
08:40 1152 Anchoring of Silver Nanoparticles on Graphite and Isomorphus Lattices D. Diaz, R. Patakfalvi, P. Santiago-Jacinto and G. Rodriguez-Gattorno (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
09:00 1153 Nanoscale Pyramids: Fabrication, Manipulation, and Functionalization T. W. Odom (Northwestern University)
09:20 1154 One-Step Synthetic Procedures and Electrochemical Properties for Monodisperse 1-2 nm Metallic Nanoparticles S. O. Obare (Western Michigan University)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
 
Co-Chairs: S. Obare and G. Hartland
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:00 1155 Radiation Damping and Electron-Surface Scattering Effects in the Rayleigh Spectra of Single Metal Particles G. V. Hartland (University of Notre Dame)
10:20 1156 Photoinduced Charge Transfer and Storage in Nanoparticle Assemblies D. Lee, J. Kim, M. Kondon and P. Cox (Western Michigan University)
10:40 1157 Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Size Dependent Charge Injection and Photoelectrochemical Effect in CdSe-TiO2 System P. V. Kamat, I. Robel and M. Kuno (University of Notre Dame)
11:00 1158 Combustion Synthesis of Oxide Semiconductors for Photoelectrochemical Applications K. Rajeshwar (The University of Texas), C. Raman Nair, N. de Tacconi, G. Yogeeswaran and W. Morales (The University of Texas at Arlington)
11:20 1159 Optical Properties of Electrochemically Charged Quantum Dots P. P. Jha and P. Guyot-Sionnest (University of Chicago)
11:40 1160 Silicon Nanowires Sythesised via Microwave Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition N. Ndiege (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and R. Masel (University of Illinos at Urbana-Champaign)
 
Co-Chairs: D. Diaz and T. Hasobe
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 1161 Organic Solar Cells Composed of Composite Molecular Assemblies of Porphyrins and Fullerenes with Metal and Semiconductor Nanomaterials T. Hasobe (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), S. Fukuzumi (Osaka University) and P. V. Kamat (University of Notre Dame)
14:20 1162 Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Scaffold for improving Charge Transport Efficiency in Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide Films A. Kongkanand, R. Martínez Domínguez and P. V. Kamat (University of Notre Dame)
14:40 1163 Electrochemical Surface Activation of a Copper Electrode: Application to Nitrate Electroreduction D. Reyter (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique), M. Odziemkowski (University of Waterloo), D. Bélanger (Université du Québec à Montréal) and L. Roué (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)
15:00 1164 Nanostructured PtPd Alloys as Cathode Catalysts for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells E. R. Gonzalez, T. Lopes (Instituto de Química de São Carlos) and E. Antolini (Scuola di Scienza dei Materiali)
15:20 Intermission (20 Minutes)
 
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
15:40 1165 Size-Tunable Synthesis of Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanoparticles on Porous Zinc Oxide Film Electrodes and Their Photoelectrochemical Property K. Okazaki, N. Kojima (Nagoya Univ.), Y. Tachibana, S. Kuwabata (Osaka Univ.) and T. Torimoto (Nagoya Univ.)
16:00 1166 Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Multiporphyrin-Modified Semiconducting Nanoparticles S. Kang (Kyoto University), M. Yasuda (bDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University), H. Miyasaka (Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University), T. Umeyama, Y. Matano (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University), K. Yoshida, S. Isoda (cInstitute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University Uji) and H. Imahori (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)
16:20 1167 Characterization and Application Possibilities of Conducting Polymer Composites C. Visy, E. Kriván, C. Janáky and G. Bencsik (University of Szeged)
16:40 1168 Luminescence of Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles Produced by Electrochemical Etching A. M. Rossi, T. Murphy (UMD) and V. Reipa (NIST)
17:00 1169 On Natures of Sub-Gap Photoelectric and Optical Spectra in Nitrogen-Contaminated Nanocrystalline Diamond V. Ligatchev, K. Ong and P. Wu (Institute of High Performance Computing)
17:20 1170 Characteristics of Electrochemically Prepared Permalloy Thin Films for Storage Applications S. Viswanathan (Multiemdia University), A. Annamalai and M. Ramasamy (Multimedia University)
 

Southwest Hall, Lower Level

Tuesday Evening Poster Session

Co-Chairs:
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
o 1171 Properties of Sol Gel Dip Coated ZnO Films K. R. Murali, U. Manjunathan, J. Kathiravan, P. Senthil and J. Krishna (CECRI)
o 1172 Electrochemically Activated Copper Electrodes: Characterization and Application to Nitrate Electroreduction D. Reyter (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique), M. Odziemkowski (University of Waterloo), D. Bélanger (Université du Québec à Montréal) and L. Roué (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)
o 1173 Semiconductor-Mediated Photocatalyzed Degradation of Two Selected Pesticide Derivatives, Glyphosate and Fenamiphos in Aqueous Suspensions M. Muneer and C. Boxall (University of Central Lancashire)
o 1174 The effect of Size, Shape and Crystalline Structure on the Light-Induced Charge Separation in TiO2 Nanoparticles as Studied by Pulsed EPR N. Dimitrijevic, Z. Saponjic, B. Rabatic and T. Rajh (Argonne National Laboratory)
o 1175 Synthesis and Luminescent Properties of GdCaAl3O7: Tb3+Nanocrystals V. B. Taxak (M.D.University), D. Kumar (M.D.University,Rohtak) and S. Han (Korea Institute of Energy Research Korea)
o 1176 The effect of Concentration of Stabilizer on the Formation of Au-NPs in the Presence of Constant Ultrasonic Power P. Soo Gil, H. Yoo and H. Kim (Chungbuk National University)
o 1177 Sol Gel Synthesis and Luminescent Properties of Y2O3:Eu3+ Nanoparticles S. P. Khatkar (M.D.University), V. Taxak (M.D.University,Rohtak) and S. Han (Korea Institute of Energy Research Korea)
o 1178 Characterization and Electrochemical Properties of Gallium Oxide Nanowires Synthesized by CVD K. Choi, K. Cho, K. Kim, H. Ahn, T. Nam, J. Ahn and C. Kim (kyungsang Natl' Univ)
o 1179 Low Temperature Synthesis and Optical Properties of II-VI Metal Sulfide Composite Nanoparticles S. Koo, J. Kim (Hanyang University) and C. Kim (Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
o 1180 Sol-Gel Synthesized NaTaO3 Nanoparticles for H2 Evolution from Photocatalytic Water Splitting H. Teng, C. Hu and C. Cheng (National Cheng Kung University)