Monday, October 16, 2006

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Breakfast:  7:00 – 8:00 a.m.                                                                            

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Welcome & Orientation – Organizing Committee – P. Prieto

Session 1: Multifunctional Materials                                           Chair: Pedro Prieto

8:15 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.

David Lederman, WVU – Multiferroics: Past, Present and Future

8:55 a.m. - 9:35 a.m.

Juan Muñoz S., CINVESTAV - AFM & nanoindentation studies in ferroelectric ceramics

9:35 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Cecilia Noguez UNAM –  Surface plasmon resonance of metal nanoparticles

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

Session 2: Nano-structured Materials                                        Chair: Jesus Heiras

10:30 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

Saw-Wai Hla, Ohio U – Single- molecule switches & devices realized by STM manipulation

11:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Andrew Sachrajda, NRC – Properties & functionalities of few electron quantum dot circuits

12:00 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.

Thomas Gredig, UCSD – Structure & variable charge transport In organic thin films

12:40 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

Lunch Break

Session 3: Nanomagnetism                                                     Chair: Julio Guimpel

2:40 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

Luis Dias da Silva, Ohio U. – Quantum critical transitions & interference effects in double quantum dot kondo systems

3:20 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Christian Binek, UNL – Electric and magnetic field control of exchange bias

4:00 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.

M. E. Gómez, UV – Detailed magnetic and structural properties of the exchange-biased LaCaMnO system

4:40 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Poster Session

8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Dinner

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Breakfast:  7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.                                                         

Session 4: Nanomagnetism                                                  Chair: Patricio Vargas

8:10 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.

Julio Guimpel, CAB – Magnetic behavior of superconductor/ferromagnet perovskite and metallic superlattices

8:50 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Axel Hoffmann, ANL – Highly anisotropic nanomagnets

9:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.

Javier Villegas, UCSD – Nanostructures: confinement, proximity and induced phenomena

10:10 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.

Coffee Break

Session 5: Nanomagnetism                                                     Chair: M.E. Gómez

10:25 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.

Axel Hoffmann, ANL – Lateral spin transport in metallic devices

11:05 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.         

Patricio Vargas, UTFSM – Nanomagnetism

11:45 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.        

Catalina López Bastidas, UNAM – Spin & charge optical conductivities of a two-dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit coupling

12:25 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.

Lunch Break

OUTING:

2:25 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Outing to “Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino” and Playa Blanca

8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Dinner

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Breakfast:  7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.                                                        

Session 6: Nano-structured Materials                             Chair: Christian Binek

9:05 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Guillermo Solórzano, PUC – Developing nano-structured materials by controlling phase transformations and synthesis processes

9:45 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.

Nina E. Bogdanchikova, UNAM – Formation and characterization of dispersed gold in the zeolite

10:25 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:40 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.

Andrea Latgé, UFF – Changing & modeling physical properties of carbon nanotubes & complex systems

Session 7: Multifunctional Materials                                 Chair: Catalina López  

11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Jesús Heiras, UNAM – Magnetic & multiferroic TbAlMnO

12:00 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.

Félix Echeverría, UDEA – Tribological & mechanical properties of coatings deposited by PVD techniques

12:40 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.

Lunch Break

2:40 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Poster Session

8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Gala Dinner

Breakfast:  7:00 – 8:00 a.m.                                                      

Session 8: Nano-structured Materials                          Chair: Axel Hoffmann

8:25 a.m. - 9:05 a.m.

Volker Rose, ANL – Inducing room temperature ferromagnetism in intermetallic alloys by selective oxidation

9:05 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Walter Estrada, IPEN – Surface morphology engineering of metal-oxide films by chemical spray pyrolysis

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Rodney Ruoff, NWU – Video conference on: Carbon nanostructures in different configurations

10:40 a.m. - 12:40  p.m.

Round Table Review of TNM Workshop   (All  Speakers)

The Round Table Review offers an opportunity for participants to summarize the findings and technical data shared throughout the event.  Next steps and collaborations will be documented.  All participants are urged to participate.

12:40 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.

Lunch Break

2:40 p.m.

Farewell