Chair: Dr. Daniel H. FRUMAN,
Consultant Engineer, ASME,
France

Mr. Jean FABRI,
Secretary of EMN04, SFM,
France

Prof. Mohamed AKIL,
ESIEE,
France

Prof. Didier GEIGER,
Univ. Paris XII Val-de-Marne,
France

Mr. Pierre-Alain HACQ,
Executive Director, AFM,
France

Mr. Raj MANCHANDA,
ASME,
U.S.A.

Mr. Xavier BOUTIN,
Club nano-microtechnologie,
SAGEM SA,
France

Prof. Skandard BASROUR,
TIMA Labs, Grenoble,
France

Prof. Albert TRUYOL,
CNISF, France

Prof. Arun MAJUMDAR,
UC Berkeley,
U.S.A.

Prof. Aric MENON,
Mikroelektronic Centret (MIC),
Denmark

Dr. Dominique CORNUEJOLS,
ESRF,
France

Prof. Giuseppe IANNACCONE,
Univ. of Pisa,
Italy

Prof. Gary H. BERNSTEIN,
Univ. of Notre Dame,
U.S.A.

Dr. Michael FORSHAW,
Univ. College London,
U.K.

Prof. Hans MOOIJ,
Delft Univ. of Technology,
Netherlands

Prof. Francesco PEREZ MURANO,
IMB-CNM,
Spain

Dr. David ELATA,
TECHNION-I.I.T.,
Israel

Dr. Peter (Chung-Yu) WU,
National Chiao Tung Univ.,
Taiwan

Prof. Christoph GERBER,
Univ. of Basel & IBM Rueschlikon,
Switzerland

Prof. Hilbert von LÖHNEYSEN,
Univ. Karlsruhe,
Germany

• Commercialization of µ & n systems
• Information technology based applications
• Biological technology based applications
• Energy technology based applications
• Medical technology based applications

Research aspects

1. µ & n materials
   1. silicon
   2. polymers
   3. ceramics
   4. material testing and characterization
2. µ & n fabrication / manufacturing
   1. ultrasonic
   2. erosion
   3. machining
   4. printing
3. µ & n mechanics / devices
   1. fluidics
   2. actuators
   3. robotics
   4. motors
   5. optics
4. µ & n design / integration
   1. self-assembly
   2. computational tools
   3. multiscale modeling
   4. use of µ for n exploration
5. µ & n electronics
   1. circuits and architectures
   2. molecular electronics, spintronics, magnetics
   3. tubes and wires
   4. scaling

CONTRIBUTION to NANOPOLIS

NANOPOLIS is a portal including thousands of screens of nanotechnology content for the benefit of research, education and industry. Multimedia presentations of selected contributions to EMN04 will be included in Nanopolis.

SUBMISSION of PAPERS

EMN04 will include invited talks and submitted papers. The submitted papers will be presented either orally or on posters. Posters will be introduced orally and a best poster prize will be awarded at the end of the meeting.
The submission will be electronically only, through the Conference Web page (click on "Paper Submission"). Fill in the questionnaire and attach your PDF file where appropriate. Don't submit multiple files for a single paper.
Once your submission has been checked (viewing and printing quality), you will receive an acknowledgement by e-mail.
You should first prepare a file in PDF format. Please note that uncompressed unencapsulated postscript is the single alternative format and should be used only when absolutely necessary. Use the contact author's last name as file name; add numerals in the case of multiple submissions (e.g., lo1, lo2).
In case you experience any problems with the submission procedure, please contact the Scientific Committee Chair.

DATES

EXHIBIT

During the two days meeting, a special exhibition of equipments, products and scientific publications will be organized. If you plan to exhibit, please contact the Organizing Committee Chair.

INVITED TALKS

"Magnetic QCA Systems"
by Prof. Gary H. BERNSTEIN, Univ. of Notre Dame, USA.
The field-coupled QCA architecture has emerged as a candidate for providing local interconnectivity for nanodevices, and offers the possibility to perform very dense, high speed, and low power computing in an altogether new paradigm. Magnetic interactions between nanomagnets are sufficiently strong to allow room-temperature operation. We are investigating the fabrication and testing of arrays of nanomagnets for this purpose, and have found that by tailoring their shapes, strong coupling can be observed.
This paper will present recent work of the Notre Dame group on magnetically-coupled QCA.

"Heat and Charge Transport at Interfaces and their Implications in Energy Conversion Devices"
by Prof. Arun MAJUMDAR, UC Berkeley, USA.
When materials are devices are nanostructured, interfaces can play a dominant role in their behavior. In this paper, I will review some basic concepts of electron and phonon transport acrossmetal-nonmetal and metal-molecule interfaces.
Based on this, I will discuss their implications on utilizing the science in developing high-performance solid-state energy conversion devices.

"Organic Thin Film Transistors: Towards The Single Layer Scale"
by Dr. Gilles HOROWITZ, Univ. Denis Diderot, Paris, France.
The fabrication of thin-film transistors with organic semiconductors is currently attracting much interest worldwide. These devices open the way to low-cost, large area, flexible electronics. Another issue is the possibility of reducing the size of the devices down to the molecular size.
In the present communication, we will review the current state of the art in the field of organic thin-film transistors. Emphasis will be made on the use of single layer molecular films, which constitute a first step towards molecular scale.

"Electronic Transport through Single Molecules"
by Hilbert von LÖHNEYSEN, University of Karlsruhe & Forschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Electronic transport measurements through single -conjugated molecules can be realized using mechanically controlled break junctions to couple thiol end groups of the molecules to two gold electrodes. We have investigated transport through -conjugated molecules which differ by their spatial symmetry and -conjugated connectivity. The current voltage characteristics (IVs) of the metal-molecule-metal system reflect the spatial symmetry and topology of the molecules with respect to the direction of current flow indicating that transport occurs indeed through single molecules. Fluctuations in the IVs are a manifestation of the variation of level spacings of the system, which depend crucially on the bonding between thiol end groups and Au electrodes. Controlled chemical alteration of -conjugation offers the possibility to taylor the electronic transport through single molecules.
For the future electronics, carbon nanotubes are the prime candidates. Recent progress in the controlled deposition of nanotubes between electrodes and separation of metallic and semiconducting nanotubes is reported.

"Perspectives and challenges in nanoscale device modeling"
by Prof. G. IANNACCONE, Università di Pisa, Italy.
The development of nanoelectronic devices, including both latest generation MOSFETs and alternative nanodevices, can benefit significantly from adequate modeling tools, enabling researchers to optimize device structures and evalutate their performances.
Recent results and perspectives in nanodevice modeling are presented.

VENUE

The meeting will be held the 20 and 21 of October 2004, at ESIEE, an engineering school situated at Noisy le Grand, a close neighbourhood of Paris which can be reached by RER from Châtelet Station in about 20 minutes. Participants can either reside in Paris or near ESIEE where reasonably priced hotels are available.

CONTACTS

For more information please contact

Daniel H. FRUMAN 16 Allée Bellevue 78230 Le Pecq France Tel.: +33 1 39 17 00 13 Fax: +33 1 39 17 00 13	Bernard COURTOIS TIMA-CMP 46 avenue Félix Viallet 38031 Grenoble Cedex France Tel.: +33 4 76 57 46 15 Fax: +33 4 76 47 38 14
Raj MANCHANDA ASME Nanotechnology Institute Three Park Avenue New York, NY 10016, USA Tel.: +1 212 591 7789 Fax: +1 212 591 7059

REGISTRATION

Registration on line can be made through the Conference Web page (click on "Preregistration").