
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 |