NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENT

INTERNATIONL SUMMER SCHOOL ON NANOTUBES

July 3-16, 2006, Cargèse, Corsica, France

Venue: Institut d’Études Scientifiques de Cargèse

http://www.iesc-univ.corse.fr

Synthesis, characterization, physical properties, chenistry and biochemistry, separation, manipulation, composites, macroscopic assemblies, applications.

Application deadline Jan. 26, 2006:

http://www.lps.u-psud.fr/schoolNT/

email: nanotubes.cargese@lps.u-psud.fr

SOME OF OUR GROUP MEMBERS WON PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS. CONGRATULATIONS!

Michelle Chen: Best Presentation Award, SEAS Graduate Research Symposium, University of Pennsylvania, March 28, 2005, presentation title; “Biomolecular/chemical detection with individual single-walled carbon nanotubes”

Wei Zhou: Chinese Government Fellowship/Prize for Chinese PhD students studying in USA- one of 48 awards in all disciplines, March 2005

Juraj Vavro: Stein Prize for Best SEAS Dissertation of 2004, University of Pennsylvania, 2005, thesis title; “Transport Properties of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes"