In addition of common-format meeting the exclusive close door satellite "Fondazione ELBA-Max Plank Society Forum Nano Forum 4" was take place 28th afternoon in an old-fashioned German castle.
Participants of this special forum are only top scientists from all over the world, among them Nobel Prize Winners:
Heinrich Roher, Jean-Marie Lehn, and Chief Executives Officers from leading multinationals.
The topics suggested for discussion concerned the recent achievements and most exciting breakthroughs in nanomechanics, nanooptics, nanoelectronics, nanomaterials, and nanobiotechnology.

Scientific Program

Wednesday, September 25

14:00 - 18:00 Session 1: Chair: TBA
Presentation of the
" Competence Center on Multifunctional Materials and Miniaturized Devices /
"Zentrum für multifunktionelle Werkstoffe und miniaturisierte Funktionseinheiten"
(Hermann Staudinger lecture hall)
14:00-14:30 N. Lee and T. A. Vilgis,
MPIP
Theorist's proteins on designed surfaces
14:30-15:00 M. Watson, K. Müllen
MPIP
Supramolecular Chemistry of Functionalized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
15:00-15:30 C. Ochsenfeld,
University of Tübingen
Structure determination in the solid state by coupling theory and experiment
15:30 - 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 16:45 M. Müller,
Institut für Physik, Mainz University
Self-assembly of mixed polymer brushes
16:45 - 17:15 S. Höger,
University of Karlsruhe
Shape-Persistent Macrocycles as Elements of Functional Nanostructures
17:15 - 17:45 H. Decker
Institute for molecular biophysics, Mainz University
On the nanosensor hemocyanin
17:45 - 18:15 M. Brehmer,
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Mainz University
Soft Lithography with Block Copolymer Films
18:30 - 21:00 Informal get-together
21:00 Bus from MIP to the hotels



Thursday, September 26

8:30 Bus departure from the hotels to the MPI (Hermann Staudinger lecture hall)
9:00-9:20 W. Knoll
Welcome
9:20-12:55 Session 2 Chair C. Nicolini
9:25-10:05 JM Lehn
Université L. Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
Functional supramolecular nanostructures through self-organization
10:10-10:30 J. Brugger
EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
Nanostencil as new tool for surface patterning: Local material deposition at the
nanoscale through miniature shadow-mask membranes
10:35 - 11:05 Coffee break (Foyer of Hermann Staudinger lecture hall)
11:05 - 11:25 N. Armstrong
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Micro-contact Printing/Electropolymerization
11:30-12:10 U. Banin
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Synthesis, properties and applications of semiconductor quantum rods.
12:15- 12:35 MY Han
IMRE Singapur
Smart nanostructures for multiplexed analysis of genes and proteins
12:40- 13:00 M. Kreiter
MPI, Mainz, Germany
Photophysical properties of fluorophores in inhomogenous dielectric environment
13:00-15:00 Lunch, Entrance hall of the MPI main building (under the glass pyramid)
posters and coffee (Foyer of Hermann Staudinger lecture hall)
15:00 - 18:25 Session 3 Chair W. Knoll (Hermann Staudinger lecture hall)
15:00 - 15:40 S. Stupp
Northwestern University, Evanston U.S.A.
Self-assembly and templating strategies for nanomaterials
15:45 - 16:05 L. Pastorino
University of Genova
Complex catalytic colloids on the basis of firefly luciferase as optical nanosensor
platforms
16:10 - 16:50 D. Kolb
Ulm University, Germany
Tip-induced metal deposition for nanostructuring electrode surfaces
16:55 - 17:20 Coffee break
17:20 - 18:00 J.P. Majoral
CNRS, Toulouse
TBA
18:05 - 18:25 Wendy Thomas
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Nanoscale mechanical switches and adhesion: the bacterial adhesion
protein, FimH and the mammalian cell matrix protein, fibronectin
18:30 - 18:50 V. Erokhin
PNB, Marciana, Italy
Realisation and properties of polymer electronic elements
19:00 Buffet at MPIP Entrance hall of the MPI main building (under the glass pyramid)
21:30 Bus leaves from MPI to the Hotels



Friday, September 27

8:30 Bus departure from the hotels to the MPI
9:00-13:00 Session 4 Chair M. Kreiter (Hermann Staudinger lecture hall)
9:00 - 9:40 S. Kawata
Osaka University
Near-field plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy to analyze nanoscale structures
9:45 - 10:25 F. Aussenegg
KFU Graz, Austria
Nano-Optics based on submicroscopic metal structures
10:30 - 11:05 Coffee break (Foyer of Hermann Staudinger lecture hall)
11:05 - 11:25 B. Hecht
Basel University, Switzerland
Single-molecule nano optics
11:30 - 12:10 H. Fuchs
Münster University, Germany
Advanced dynamic scanning probes and their application to soft materials
12:15-12:55 E. Greenbaum
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
Nanoscale photosynthesis, the photophysics of neural cells, and artificial sight
13:00 - 15:30 Lunch, Entrance hall of the MPI main building (under the glass pyramid)
posters and coffee (Foyer of Hermann Staudinger lecture hall)
15:00-16:30 Session 5: Chair: H. Paulsen (Hermann Staudinger lecture hall)
15:00-15:20 U. Sleytr
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria
S-layers
15:25 - 16:45 E. Pechkova
University of Genova
From art to science in protein crystallization by means of thin film nanotechnology
16:50-17:30 H. Bayley
Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, U.S.A.
Stochastic sensing with pore-forming proteins
17:00 Bus departure from MPI to Schloss Reichenstein
18:00 - 19:30 Wine tasting (Schloss Reichenstein)
19:30 - Conference dinner (Schloss Reichenstein)
22:45 Departure from Schloss Reichenstein


Saturday, September 28
8:30 Bus depature from the hotels to Schott, Mainz
9:00 - 14:30 Session 6: Industrial applications (on the area of Schott Glas, Mainz) Chair: TBA
9:00 - 9:10 Introduction
Dr. U. Fotheringham, Schott, Mainz
9:10 - 9.30 Dr. Hans Coufal, IBM, San Jose
9:35 - 9:55 Dr. T. Köhler, Deutsche Bank
10:00 - 10:20 Dr. A. Yasuda, SONY Europe, Stuttgart
10:25 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:20 Dr. J. Tudor, Schott, Mainz
11:25 - 11:45 Dr. H. Hilgers, IBM Deutschland
11:50 - 12:10 Dr. E. Warmuth, BMBF
12:15 - 13:00 Round table discussion
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 Bus departure to hotels/train station

Poster Contributions

1 M. Ballauf
University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Adsorption of Proteins on Nano-sized Polyelectrolyte Brushes in Aqueous Solution

2 A.Biasco
University of Lecce, Italy
Design, fabrication and characterization of two-terminal and threeterminal hybrid devices
based on electron transfer proteins

3 F. Yu
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Studies of interactions between anti-biotin antibodies and surface
coupled biotin using surface plasmon field-enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy

4 J.H. Lakey
University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Nanopores, switches and interfaces; multiple uses of old barrels

5 Jianyun, Liu
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
The electrochemical quantization of DNA hybridization

6 Jing, Liu
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
A Routine to Investigate Light Harvesting Complex II on the Surface by Surface Plasmon
Field-Enhanced Fluorescence Spectroscopy (SPFS)

7 S. Zou
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Dynamic Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy of Supramolecular
Host-Guest Systems

8 A.-K. Aliganga
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Gold Nanoparticles on Self-Assembled Monolayers by Chemical Vapor Deposition

9 D.M. Alloway
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Interface Dipoles at Organic/Inorganic and Organic/Organic Heterojunctions: UPS/XPS
Studies

10 M. Futamata
AIST, Tsukuba, Japan
Attenuated Total Refection Scanning Near-field Raman Spectroscopy

11 V. Jacobsen
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Hybrid SNOM/STM: Concept, instrumentation and application to measure correlated
optical and electronical response of gold nanoparticles

12 B. Wendling
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Ensembles of Metallic Nanostructures - Synthesis and Collective Properties

13 C. Wahnes
Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
Nanowires within cylindrical Polyblockcomacromonomers

14 G. Leo
IMM Lecce, Italy
SYNTHESIS AND OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OFCOLLOIDAL
NANOCRYSTALS OF WIDE BAND GAP II-VISEMICONDUCTORS

15 H. Schönherr
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Unraveling the Nanostructure of Supramolecular Assemblies of Hydrogen-Bonded Rosettes
on Graphite: An AFM Study

16 B. Stegemann
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlinn, Germany.
Sb4 Precursor molecule for nanostructured surfaces

17 T. Zhu
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Functionalized Gold Nanocrystals by a Wet Chemical Approach: Arrays towards Opto-Electronic
Devices

18 J.L. Hernandez-Lopez
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Characterization and surface free energy studies of novel water-soluble polyphenylene
dendrimers based films as multilayered structures

19 K. Vasilev
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Tuning the electromagnetic decay and the photobleaching rate of fluorophores in a planar
metal-dielectric multilayer system

20 M. Kobayashi
Osaka University, Japan,
Multifocus second-harmonic generation microscopy for real-time observation of plasma-membrane

21 R. Narizzano
University of Genoa, Italy
Conjugated Polymer's Monolayers Engineering: a new route toward nanoelectronics

22 C. Paternolli
University of Genoa, Italy
THIN FILMS OF FERULIC ACID DERIVATIVES FOR COSMETIC APPLICATION
STUDY

23 S. Tian
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Electroactivity of Polyaniline Multilayer Films in Neutral Solution and their Electrocatalyzed
Oxidation of NADH

24 Y.J. Wang
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, P. R. China
Conducting Polyaniline/Silica Hybrids from Sol-Gel Process

25 C.L. Donley
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Organization of Novel Phthalocyanine Molecules for Organic Electronic Devices

26 V. Erokhin
University of Genoa, Italy
MICROSTRUCTURE ORIGIN OF THE CONDUCTIVITY DIFFERENCES IN
AGGREGATED CuS FILMS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES

27 W.H. Flora
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
The Invisible OLED: Near-IR Organic Light-Emitting Diodes as a Means for Investigating
Nanometer-Scale Energy and Charge Transfer Pathways in Device Emission

28 W-S Chang
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Molecular Bridge Formation between Gold Nano-particles