Student Travel Awards...

A Registration Fee waiver (equivalent to USD 350) will be provided to selected PhD students to participate in Nano Today 2011 to present the results of their research. Only PhD students who are currently studying at a university outside Hawaii, USA, and whose abstracts have been accepted for oral or poster presentation at Nano Today 2011 are eligible to apply for this Nano Today 2011 Student Travel Award.

Award recipients have now been selected and are:

Initials Last Name Abstract Title(s)
A. Aravind Aptamer-labelled PLGA nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery in breast cancer
M. Colombo Uniform LPS-Loaded Magnetic Nanoparticles for the Investigation of LPS/TLR4 Signaling
H-S. Wong On the Self-Assembly of Nanographenes at Room Temperature
S-H. Cheng Intra-Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Energy Transfer for Two-Photon Photodynamic Therapy
T. Mironava Gold nanoparticles toxic effects on human dermal cells.
Cellular Toxicity of Platinum Folate Nanoparticles: Cancer vs. Normal Cells.
S-L. Hirsh Functionalized Polymeric Surfaces for Cellulosic Biofuel Production:Maintaining enzyme conformation and activity on the nanoscale
S. Hartner Stabilization and electrical properties of freestanding silicon nanoparticles for electronic applications
C.V.M. Cremmel Particle-Height Gradients for Biological Applications
Y.F. Wei Surface plasmonic enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting using silver nanoparticles modified ZnO nanorods as working electrodes
L. Sasso Self-Assembled Peptide Nanowires as a Multifunctional Sensing Platform for Cellular Studies
K.B. Andersen Low cost and fast clean room fabrication techniques using self-assembled peptide nanotubes
S. Shin Enhanced length uniformity in template-assisted electrodeposited nanowires by gated electrodeposition
A. Fattahi Preparation and characterisation of the novel All Trans Retinoic Acid grafted chitosan oligosaccharide micelles
Y.Q. Dang Construction of Supramolecule Assembly Based on the Interaction between Melittin and Phospholipid Encapsulated Quantum Dots
M. Jayakumar Light-controlled gene knockdown using fluorescent upconversion nanoparticles for cancer therapy
J. Landers Biohybrid Carbon Nanotube/Agarose Fibers for Neural Tissue Engineering
Y. Zhang Solution Processable Heterostructuring Semiconductor Films for Thermoelectric Application
N. Atar Ru@Au Bimetallic Nanoparticle Involved Alginate Beads
Graphene-Based Highly-Efficient Ultrasensitive DNA Nanobiosensor
Adequacy of Spectroscopic Characterization of Electrochemically Grafted Nanofilms
B.P. Vinayan Hydrogen Storage Properties of Nitrogen Doped Hydrogen Exfoliated Graphene
N.O. Christiansen Detection of Aβ-42 in CSF for Early Diagnostics of Alzheimer's Disease
Self-assembled peptide nanoparticles: Stiffer than steel?
F. Yu Effect of different diameter and oxygen content of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on adsorption of heavy metal
D. Mata Carbon nanotube-based bioceramics with electrical conductivity to promote in situ bone regeneration
P. Kumar Robust design of biodegradable block-copoly(ester-ether)s and multifunctional nanoconstructs for spinal cord injury intervention: Cellular uptake and nano-neuro-sealing of disrupted neuronal membranes
Quantification of energy surfaces and molecular attributes for emulsified polymeric systems: An in silico analytico-mathematical interpretation of novel surfactant-electrolyte-stabilized nanoparticulate assemblies
P. Pooyan A cellulose-reinforced scaffold by aligned nanofibers in cardiovascular tissue engineering
K.O. Kim Amphiphilic POSS-Poly(ethylene glycol) Thelechelic Nanoparticles for Oral Protein Drugs Delivery