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WITI San Diego Presents
NRF Board Members Present the Next Generation of Nanomotors & Nano-enabled Alternative Energy Technologies
Thursday, January 29, 2009
5:30 - 8:30 pm
New sources of energy are critically important to power our future and our economy. Where will these new sources of alternative energy it come from? The remarkable performance of biomotors is inspiring scientists to create synthetic nano-machines that mimic the function of these amazing natural systems. This presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing artificial nano-motors. While artificial nanomotors pale compared to nature biomotors, recent advances indicate significant improvements in the velocity, motion control, cargo-towing force and lifetime of such catalytic nano-motors. The improved performance of chemically-powered artificial nano-motors could pave the way to exciting and important applications and to sophisticated nanoscale devices performing complex tasks. Join us for this exciting program featuring lead-edge nanotechnologies from world renown nanotech experts.
Speaker(s):
Kenneth Vecchio, PhD
Chair of NanoEngineering Department, UCSD
Joseph Wang, PhD
Professor NanoEngineering Department, UCSD
Moderator:
Adriana Vela
President and CEO of NanoBioNexus
