Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience II: Nanowires and Transport

Presentations

• First Principles Studies of Tapered Silicon Nanowires: Fundamental Insights and Practical Applications

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 10, 2008, 1:30 PM – March 10, 2008, 2:06 PM

  Authors

  • Z. Wu

    • BNNI, University of California at Berkeley and Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Structure and electronic properties of silicon nanowires grown along the [110] direction: role of surface reconstruction

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 2:06 PM – March 10, 2008, 2:18 PM

  Authors

  • T. Akiyama

  • K. Nakamura

  • T. Ito

    • Dept. of Phys. Eng., Mie Univ., Japan

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• Modeling of Polycrystalline and Wurtzite Si Nanowires with Symmetry-Adapted Objective Molecular Dynamics

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 2:18 PM – March 10, 2008, 2:30 PM

  Authors

  • Traian Dumitrica

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota

  • Dong-Bo Zhang

    • Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota

  • Ming Hua

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota

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• \textit{Ab initio} calculations for the electronic properties of zinc-doped indium phosphide nanowires

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 2:30 PM – March 10, 2008, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Manuel Alemany

    • Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

  • Xiangyang Huang

    • University of Minnesota

  • Murilo L. Tiago

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • L.J. Gallego

    • Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

  • James R. Chelikowsky

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Molecular-Dynamics Simulations of Nanowire Growth

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 2:42 PM – March 10, 2008, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Tomorr Haxhimali

    • Northwestern University and University of California at Davis

  • Dorel Buta

    • University of California at Davis

  • Mark Asta

    • University of California at Davis

  • Jeffrey Hoyt

    • McMaster University

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• First-principles study of the electronic and magnetic properties of Fe-Co nanowires

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 2:54 PM – March 10, 2008, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Dangxin Wu

    • University of Texas at Arlington

  • Ping Liu

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019
    • Univ.of Texas
    • University of Texas at Arlington

  • Qiming Zhang

    • University of Texas at Arlington

  • Ruqian Wu

    • University of California, Irvine

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• Magnetic Co impurity in Gold Nanowires

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 3:06 PM – March 10, 2008, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • Edison da Silva

    • Instituto de F\'isica ``Gleb Wataghin'', UNICAMP, Brazil

  • Renato Pontes

    • Instituto de F\'isica, USP, Brazil

  • Antonio J.R. da Silva

    • Instituto de F\'isica - USP Brazil
    • Instituto de Física - USP Brazil
    • Instituto de F\'isica, USP, Brazil

  • Adalberto Fazzio

    • Instituto de F\'isica, USP, Brazil

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• Transport in Carbon Nanotube Junctions

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 3:18 PM – March 10, 2008, 3:30 PM

  Authors

  • K.H. Khoo

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • James R. Chelikowsky

    • University of Texas
    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Schottky Barrier Heights in CNT-Metal Junctions from First-principles

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 3:30 PM – March 10, 2008, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Nicholas Singh-Miller

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Nicola Marzari

    • DMSE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Transport properties of transition-metal-encapsulated Si cages

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 3:42 PM – March 10, 2008, 3:54 PM

  Authors

  • Lingzhu Kong

    • University of Minnesota

  • James R. Chelikowsky

    • University of Texas
    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Transport Properties through Nanomaterials by First-principles Calculations

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 3:54 PM – March 10, 2008, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • Hiroshi Mizuseki

    • Institute for Materialas Research, Tohoku University
    • Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

  • Rodion Belosludov

    • Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

  • Sang Uck Lee

    • Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

  • Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

    • Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

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• Ab initio non-equilibrium Green's function study on the growth of metallic bridge in mixed conductor atomic switch

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 4:06 PM – March 10, 2008, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Tomofumi Tada

    • Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency
    • Dept. of Materials Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo, JST-CREST

  • Zhongchang Wang

    • Dept. of Materials Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo, JST-CREST

  • Tingkun Gu

    • Dept. of Materials Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo, JST-CREST

  • Satoshi Watanabe

    • The University of Tokyo
    • Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo
    • Dept. of Materials Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo, JST-CREST

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• Ab initio transport properties of platinum chains calculated by taking into account spin orbit effects

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 4:18 PM – March 10, 2008, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • Victor Garcia-Suarez

    • Lancaster University

  • David Zsolt Manrique

    • Universidad de Oviedo

  • Colin Lambert

    • Lancaster University

  • Jaime Ferrer

    • Departamento de F\'isica, Universidad de Oviedo
    • Universidad de Oviedo

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