Nonlinear Dynamics of Nanosystems

Topics
Organization
Speakers
Talks
Poster
Timetable
Travel information
Impressions
Talks (subject to changes)
Monday, August 28, 2006
9.00 - 9.50
Nonlinearity: The Key to Creating and Detecting Mechanical Quanta
Andrew Cleland, UC Santa Barbara
9.50 - 10.40
The Duffing Nonlinearity in Nanomechanical Systems
Sequoyah Aldridge, Caltech
11.10 - 12.00
Metastability and Structural Dynamics of Metal Nanowires
Jérome Bürki, University of Arizona, Tucson
12.00 - 12.50
Nonlinear Response of Driven Nanoscale Conductors
Sigmund Kohler, University of Augsburg
14.20 - 15.10
Dynamics of Nonlinear Coupled Nanomechanical Resonators
Ron Lifshitz, Tel Aviv University
15.10 - 16.00
Bonds that Strengthen under Force
Viola Vogel, ETH Zürich
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
9.00 - 9.50
Excited-State Dynamics in Carbon Nanostructures
David Tománek, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Arvind Raman, Purdue University, West Lafayette
9.50 - 10.40
The Stochastic Dynamics of Arrays of Micro and Nanoscale Cantilevers in a Viscous Fluid - Fluctuations from Dissipation
Mark Paul, Virginia Tech
11.10 - 12.00
The Fluctuation and NonEquilibrium Free Energy Theorems - Theory and Experiment
Denis Evans, The Australian National University, Canberra
12.00 - 12.50
Nonequilibrium Nanosystems
Pierre Gaspard, Universite Libre de Bruxelles
14.20 - 15.10
Ultrasensitive Magnetic Resonance Detection with Micromechanical Cantilevers
Chris Hammel, Ohio State University, Columbus
15.10 - 16.00
High-Frequency Dynamics and Phase Locking in Spin Transfer Nano-Oscillators
Steve Russek, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
9.00 - 9.50
Nanoscale Fluid Dynamics
David Erickson, Cornell University
9.50 - 10.40
Nonlinear Dynamics of Electromigration-Driven Crystal Steps
Joachim Krug, University of Cologne
11.10 - 12.00
Casimir Forces and Geometry of Nanomechanical Systems
Thorsten Emig, Universite Paris Sud
12.00 - 12.50
Pattern Formation and Control at the Nano-Scale
Eckehard Schöll, Technical University of Berlin
14.20 - 15.10
Nanoplasmonics: Generation and Control of Nanoscale Optical Fields
Mark I. Stockman, Georgia State University, Atlanta
15.10 - 16.00
Biomolecules as Nonlinear Oscillators: Life-Enabling Dynamics
Igor Mezic, UC Santa Barbara
Flyer with map (PDF), updated August 23, 2006
Conference Program (PDF), updated August 23, 2006
Nonlinear Dynamics of Nanosystems
Chemnitz University of Technology Volkswagen Foundation