"Nanotechnology is emerging as a major enabling solution for many of the world's technological problems," says Herb Goronkin, president of Phoenix-based Technology Acceleration Associates and chair of the conference advisory board. "It touches on numerous areas of current research by providing unique solutions to the design, fabrication and performance of products that could not previously be manufactured."
Academic and industrial researchers will present research papers on work to merge microelectronics, nanoelectronics and photonics in such areas as atomic-scale materials design, theory and experiment, bio- and molecular electronics and photonics, high frequency electronics, fabrication of nanodevices, magnetic materials and spintronics, materials and processes for integrated and subwave optoelectronics, nanoCMOS, new materials for FETs and other devices, nanoelectronics system architecture, nano optics and lasers, non-silicon materials and devices, and quantum effects in devices.
"Breakthroughs in nanotechnology will revolutionize products across the scientific and commercial spectrum, creating significant opportunities for innovative entrepreneurs," Goronkin says.
"The Nano Giga Challenges conference is uniquely poised to mark the research transition from basic science of nanomaterials to creation of new functions and systems built upon those materials," he says.
The event will boost Arizonas burgeoning reputation as a promising center for science and technology innovation, said Stephen Goodnick, ASU associate vice president of research.
"It will showcase ASUs nanotechnology program and bring visibility to a broad range of microelectronics and biotech industries in the Valley. Its expected to generate more than $1 million for the local economy, but more
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Contact: Joe Kullman
joe.kullman@asu.edu
480-965-8122
Arizona State University
20-Feb-2007