Symposium honoring Sumio Iijima

Special Symposium Honoring
Sumio Iijima,
Recipient of the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal of Physics

Wednesday, April 24, 2002

Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter- Auditorium
University of Pennsylvania
3231 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6202

"The Advancing Frontier of Carbon Nanotubes"
"Carbon Nanotubes and Beyond"

Symposium Schedule
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
9:00 am	Welcome Michael Klein - Director, LRSM Dennis M. Wint - President and CEO, The Franklin Center, Franklin Institute
9:20	Introductory Remarks Elias Burstein - Mary Amanda Wood Professor of Physics, Emeritus, PENN
9:30	Marvin L. Cohen (Jim Chadi, Chair) University Professor, UC Berkeley *"The exciting world of sp2 carbon"* John E. Fischer (David Luzzi, Chair) Professor of Materials Science, PENN *"Chemical modification of carbon nanotubes"*
11:10	Coffee Break - LRSM Reading Room
11:40	Mildred S. Dresselhaus (Gene Mele, Chair) Institute Professor of Electrical Engineerng and Physics, MIT *"Single nanotube spectroscopy"*
12:30 pm	Lunch
2:00	Leo Esaki President, Shibaura Institute of Technology and Science Academy of Tsukuba Introductory Remarks Sumio Iijima (Akira Tonomura, Chair) Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Meijo University Director, Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials/ AIST, Fellow, Fundamental Research Laboratories, NEC *"The use of the surface of carbon nanotubes"*
3:30	Reception

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