Conference 5275
Room: Blakers Lecture Theatre
Wednesday-Friday 10-12 December 2003
Proceedings of SPIE Vol. #5275

Conference Chair: Dan V. Nicolau, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia) Cochairs: Uwe R. Muller, Nanosphere, Inc. (USA); John M. Dell, Univ. of Western Australia (Australia) Program Committee: Daniel L. Farkas, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (USA); Peter Grodzinsky, Los Alamos National Labs. (USA); Alan Harvey, Univ. of Western Australia (Australia); Abraham P. Lee, Univ. of California/Irvine (USA); Paul McCormick, Univ. of Western Australia (Australia); Sverre Myhra, Griffith Univ. (Australia); Hitoshi Suzuki, Communications Research Lab. (Japan); Takahisa Taguchi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan); Eberhard Unger, Institute of Molecular Biology (Germany); Wojtek Wlodarski, RMIT Univ. (Australia)

Wednesday 10 December

Welcome and Opening Remarks 09.15 to 09.45

Location: Social Science Lecture Theatre

Vijay K. Varadan, The Pennsylvania State Univ.

Plenary Presentation 1 09.45 to 10.30

WLAN ICs: a tornado market, Neil Weste, Cisco Systems (Australia) [5274-201]

Morning Tea 10.30 to 11.00

SESSION 1

Room: Blakers Lecture Theatre Wed. 11.00 to 12.30

Nanotechnology: Nanoparticles

Chair: Dan V. Nicolau, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia)

11.00: Stable and very sensitive gas sensor based on novel mixed metal oxides (Invited Paper), G. Sberveglieri, E. Comini, G. Faglia, Univ. degli Studi di Brescia (Italy) [5275-01]

11.30: Spark plasma sintering of TiNi shape memory nanopowders, Y. Fu, C. Shearwood, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [5275-02]

11.45: Phase transition control of nanostructured TiO2 powders with additions of various metal-chlorides, S. Kim, D. Whang, N. H. Lee, Sejong Univ. (South Korea); J. S. Song, D. Y. Lee, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (South Korea) [5275-03]

12.00: Photo decomposition ability of acicular typed TiO2 ultrafine powder with rutile phase in aqueous 4-chlorophenol solutions, J. Song, H. L. Kim, B. K. Koo, D. Y. Lee, W. J. Lee, S. J. Kim, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (South Korea) [5275-04]

12.15: Charging/discharging induced premature breakdown/recovery in Si Nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 matrix, C. Y. Ng, Y. Liu, T. P. Chen, M. S. Tse, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [5275-05]

Lunch Break 12.30 to 13.30

SESSION 2

Room: Blakers Lecture Theatre Wed. 13.30 to 15.00

Nanotechnology: Nanotubes

Chair: John M. Dell, Univ. of Western Australia (Australia)

13.30: Influences of temperature on the Raman spectra of single-welled carbon nanotubes, Q. Zhang, D. J. Yang, S. F. Yoon, J. Ahn, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [5275-08]

13.45: Field electron emission from randomly oriented nanotubes film grown by CVD process, B. Zeng, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China (China) [5275-09]

14.00: Atomic force microscopy investigation of supramolecular self-assembly of the porphyrin nanotubules (Invited Paper), V. Snitka, R. Rodaite, Kaunas Univ. of Technology (Lithuania) [5275-10]

14.15: Exploration of the stability of Li-fullerene structures: a molecular simulations study, D. V. Nicolau, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia) [5275-55]

14.45: Exploring trade-offs in pleiotropy and redundancy using evolutionary computing, M. J. Berryman, W. Khoo, H. Nguyen, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia); E. O'Neill, Univ. of Newcastle (Australia); A. G. Allison, D. Abbott, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia) [5275-56]

Afternoon Tea 15.00 to 15.30

SESSION 3

Room: Blakers Lecture Theatre Wed. 15.30 to 17.00

Nanotechnology: Thin Films, Surfaces and Scanning Probe Microscopies

Chair: Giorgio Sberveglieri, Univ. degli Studi di Brescia (Italy)

15.30: Ultra sharp high aspect ratio probe for simultaneous SECM and AFM analysis (Invited Paper), Y. Tao, R. Fasching, F. B. Prinz, Stanford Univ. (USA) [5275-12]

16.00: NanoSIMS: a new nanoanalytical tool, B. J. Griffin, M. Saunders, N. McNaughton, R. Stern, Univ. of Western Australia (Australia) [5275-13]

16.15: STM imaging of [3X3] Mn nonanuclear grids, J. G. Shapter, L. Weeks, Flinders Univ. (Australia); L. K. Thompson, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland (Canada); K. Pope, Flinders Univ. (Australia); Z. Xu, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland (Canada) [5275-14]

16.30: Potential applications of NanoSIMS to the characterisation of biomaterials for nanotechnology applications, P. L. Clode, R. L. Stern, B. J. Griffin, Univ. of Western Australia (Australia) [5275-15]

16.45: Sol-gel processed MoO3 and WO3 thin films for use as selective chemo-sensors, P. Gouma, SUNY at Stony Brook (USA); G. Sberveglieri, E. Comini, Univ. degli Studi di Brescia (Italy) [5275-16]

Thursday 11 December

Location: Social Science Lecture Theatre

Plenary Presentation 2 09.00 to 09.45

Dynamic nano- and micro-devices based on protein motors, Kazuhiro Oiwa, Kansai Advanced Research Center (Japan) [5275-202]

Plenary Presentation 3 09.45 to 10.30

Emerging memory technologies, Sreedhar Natarajan, MoSys Inc. (Canada) [5274-203]

Morning Tea 10.30 to 11.00

SESSION 4

Room: Blakers Lecture Theatre Thurs. 11.00 to 12.30

Nanofabrication and Manipulation

Chair: Dan V. Nicolau, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia)

11.00: Laser tweezer controlled solid immersion lens for high resolution imaging in microfluidic and biological samples (Invited Paper), A. L. Birkbeck, Univ. of California/San Diego (USA); M. Ozkan, Univ. of California/Riverside (USA); S. Esener, Univ. of California/San Diego (USA) [5275-17]

11.30: Study on bubble's function in the process of readout for PdOx-and PtOx-type super-RENS disk, Q. Liu, J. Tominaga, H. Fukaya, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan) [5275-18]

11.45: Mechanical model for the motility of actin filaments on myosin, D. V. Nicolau, Jr., Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia) and Melbourne Univ. (Australia); I. Fulga, D. V. Nicolau, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia) [5275-19]

12.00: Application of imprint technologies for creation of nanoscale pattern, M. Wimplinger, S. Dwyer, EV Group Inc. (USA); P. Lindner, T. Glinsner, P. Kettner, EV Group E. Thallner GmbH (Austria) [5275-20]

12.15: Optimization design for selective extraction of size-fractioned DNA sample in microfabricated electrophoresis devices, R. Lin, D. T. Burke, M. A. Burns, Univ. of Michigan (USA) [5275-21]

Lunch Break 12.30 to 13.30

SESSION 5

Room: Blakers Lecture Theatre Thurs. 13.30 to 15.00

Micro-fluidics

Chair: Dan V. Nicolau, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia)

13.30: The effect of surface character on flows in microchannels, L. E. Rodd, J. J. Cooper-White, S. T. Huntington, The Univ. of Melbourne (Australia); K. Lyytikainen, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); D. V. Boger, The Univ. of Melbourne (Australia) [5275-23]

13.45: Optimization techniques for plasma etching of thermoset polymer for microfluidic channels, C. V. Cher, RMIT Univ. (Australia); A. S. Holland, RMIT Univ. (Australia) and Australian Photonics CRC (Australia); G. Rosengarten, Univ. of Melbourne (Australia) [5275-24]

14.00: Microdroplets applied in microchannels for integrated high sensitivity biosensors, I. M. Kennedy, M. Tanyeri, R. Perron, S. Collins, R. Smith, Univ. of California/Davis (USA) [5275-45]

14.15: Micro fluidic channel fabrication by PDMS-interface bonding, W. Y. Chow, K. Lei, W. J. Li, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong (China) [5275-26]

14.30: Fabrication, measurement, and modeling of electroosmotic flow in micromachined polymer channels, N. U. Suriyage, M. K. Ghantasala, P. Iovenitti, E. C. Harvey, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia) [5275-28]

14.45: Protein patterning in polycarbonate microfluidic channels, D. A. Thomson, J. Hayes, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia); H. Thissen, CSIRO (Australia); E. Harvey, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia) [5275-30]

Afternoon Tea 15.00 to 15.30

SESSION 6

Room: Blakers Lecture Theatre Thurs. 15.30 to 17.00

Bio-MEMS

Chair: John M. Dell, Univ. of Western Australia (Australia)

15.30: Microoptical imaging concepts for an intraocular vision aid, I. Eix, W. Stork, K. D. Müller-Glaser, Univ. Karlsruhe (Germany) [5275-44]

15.45: Evaluation of the MOSFET type enzyme biosensor, K. Ooe, Y. Hamamoto, Osaka Institute of Technology (Japan); T. Kadokawa, Himeji Institute of Technology (Japan); T. Iuchi, Y. Hirano, Osaka Institute of Technology (Japan) [5275-46]

16.00: Time gated detection of europium nanoparticles in a microchannel-based environmental immunoassay, I. M. Kennedy, S. Chen, P. Yuen, S. Collins, R. Smith, M. Koivunen, B. D. Hammock, Univ. of California/Davis (USA) [5275-47]

16.15: Smart sensor chip based on bioMEMS, R. Madan, Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (India) [5275-31]

16.30: Novel drug delivery system employing MEMS and molecular motors, E. Bagga, Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (India) [5275-32]

16.45: A biosensor for mercury based on inhibition of myosin motor activity, R. Martinez-Neira, M. Kekic, V. Buljan, Univ. of Sydney (Australia); D. V. Nicolau, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia); C. G. dos Remedios, Univ. of Sydney (Australia) [5275-57]

Posters -Thursday

Posters will be displayed all day Thursday. Poster presenters will stand by their posters from 17.00 to 18.30 pm to answer questions. Posters must be removed at the end of the poster session.

• Carbon nanotube-based microfluidics elements for filtration and concentration, O. Bakajin, N. Ben-barak, J. Peng, N. Sekhon, A. Noy, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA) [5275-43]
• Optimization of medical test strips, O. Nüssen, D. Peters, H. Bolte, R. Laur, Univ. Bremen (Germany) [5275-29]
• Carrier mobility and series resistence MOSFET modeling, F. N. Babarada, M. D. Profirescu, Univ. Politehnica din Bucuresti (Romania) [5275-49]
• Microfabricated EIS biosensors for PCR applications, M. Taing, Griffith Univ. (Australia) [5275-50]
• Evolutions and distributions of Si nanocrystals and other Si oxidation states in Si-implanted SiO2 films, Y. Liu, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [5275-51]
• Optical properties and their depth profiling of Si nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 matrix, T. P. Chen, Y. Liu, M. S. Tse, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); D. Gui, Institute of Microelectronics (Singapore) [5275-52]
• Embedded watermarking for image verification in radiology, D. Osborne, M. Sorell, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia); D. Rogers, Motorola (Australia); R. Coutts, D. Abbott, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia) [5275-53]
• Fabrication methods, operation and measurement of electrokinetic fluid manipulation devices, S. N. Higginbotham, D. Sweatman, Griffith Univ. (Australia) [5275-25]

Friday 12 December

Morning Tea 10.30 to 11.00

SESSION 7

Room: Blakers Lecture Theatre Fri. 11.00 to 12.15

Micro and Nanoarrays

Chair: Dan V. Nicolau, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia)

11.00: Active probes and microfluidic ink delivery for Dip-Pen Nanolithography (Invited Paper), B. Rosner, T. Duenas, D. Banerjee, R. Shile, N. Amro, J. Rendlen, NanoInk Inc. (USA) [5275-33]

11.30: Direct attachment of carbon nanotube on scanning probe tip using electrophoresis, C. S. Han, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (South Korea); H. W. Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea); S. H. Ryu, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (South Korea); S. H. Kim, Y. K. Kwak, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea) [5275-35]

11.45: An implantable remote-powered optoelectronic MEMS device for in vivo spectral analysis and biochemical tests, D. V. Nicolau, Jr., P. Livingston, D. Jahshan, R. Evans, Univ. of Melbourne (Australia) [5275-54]

12.00: Microneedle array and insertion guide array for safe use of biomedical applications, S. Khumpuang, S. Sugiyama, Ritsumeikan Univ. (Japan); R. Maeda, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan) [5275-48]

Lunch Break 12.15 to 13.30

SESSION 8

Room: Blakers Lecture Theatre Fri. 13.30 to 15.00

Bio-sensors

Chair: John M. Dell, Univ. of Western Australia (Australia)

13.30: Implantable osmotic pressure-based glucose sensor with non-invasive optical readout, R. C. Rawer, Q. Li, W. Stork, Univ. Karlsruhe (Germany) [5275-37]

13.45: Development of blood extraction system for health monitoring system, K. Tsuchiya, N. Nakanishi, E. Nakamachi, Osaka Institute of Technology (Japan) [5275-38]

14.00: Cellular automata for exploring gene regulation in Drosophila segmentation, M. J. Berryman, A. Allison, D. Abbott, Univ. of Adelaide (Australia) [5275-39]

14.15: Neural mechanism for analogue to digital conversion, M. D. McDonnell, D. Abbott, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia) [5275-40]

14.30: Effects of elaborations on the performance of elaborated Reichardt correlator, S. Rajesh, D. O'Carroll, D. Abbott, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia) [5275-41]

14.45: In vitro osteosarcoma biosensing using THz time domain spectroscopy, B. S. Ferguson, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia); H. Liu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA); S. Hay, D. Findlay, D. Gray, D. Abbott, The Univ. of Adelaide (Australia); X. Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA) [5275-42]

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