9th Annual PCAMM Meeting (2004)

December 4, 2004: NRC Innovation Centre, UBC Campus, 3250 East Mall (at 16th Ave.)

8:30     Registration, Coffee&Donuts

9:00     S. Campbell (Ballard)

            A fundamental approach to non-precious metal catalysts for PEM fuel cells

9:30     N. Forde (SFU)

            Manipulating and probing soft materials with optical tweezers

9:50     H.B. Li (UBC)

Probing the mechanical properties of proteins via single molecule atomic force microscopy

10:10   C. Sinclair (UBC)

            The role of interfaces in controlling plasticity in layered composites

10:30   Coffee Break

10:50   B.C. Choi (UVic)

            Dynamic domain configurations in magnetic thin film elements

11:10   I. Efimov (UBC)

            Novel magnetic semiconductors and half metals

11:30   T.J. Wigglesworth (SFU)

Photochromic monomers and polymers and their technologies

11:50   S. Burke (UVic)

Exploring nc-AFM as a surface science technique for molecules on insulators: the prototypical system C60 on KBr

12:10   J. Huang (UBC)

            Investigation of bainite formation using neutron Bragg-edge transmission

12:30   Lunch and Poster Session

14:00   R.A. Wolkow (UoA)

            Laying a Foundation for Silicon-based Molecular Devices

14:30   R.A. Herring (UVic)

Measurement of the properties of bulk plasmons using energy-filtered electron holography for future nanotechnology

14:50   J.W. Stouwdam (UVic)

            Colloidal PbSe quantum dots stabilized by oleate that emit strongly at 1.55 micrometer

15:10   Coffee Break

15:30   N. Armour (UVic)

            The feasibility of bulk growth of cadmium zinc telluride by liquid phase electro-epitaxy

15:50   R.F. Kiefl (UBC)

Depth controlled b-detected NMR at ISAC and its applications to condensed matter

16:10   C. Michal (UBC)

Spider silk and artificial muscles: solid-state NMR studies of structure, dynamics and molecular mechanisms

16:30   PCAMM committee meeting