Around 160 researchers from 26 nations have participated in the 2011 International Symposium on Clusters and Nanostructures conducted by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond to address the function of nanostructures and clusters in resolving the issues faced by health, environment and energy.
Virginia Commonwealth University Conducted 2011 International Symposium on Clusters and Nanostructures
At the symposium, the researchers have discussed about diagnostics, bio-materials, therapies, atmospheric reactions, water and air purification, way to improve efficiency and minimize costs in all types of renewable technologies, toxicity of nanomaterials in drugs.
The symposium is backed by VCU, Afton Chemical Corporation, the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy, and sponsored by the International Society for Optics and Photonics, the American Vacuum Society, the Material Research Society and the American Physical Society.
Mildred “Millie’ S. Dresselhaus, who serves as Emeritus Professor and Professor of electrical and physics engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a keynote speaker of the symposium, delivered a presentation titled, ‘Carbon Clusters and the Discovery of Fullerenes and Nanotubes.’ In her presentation, Dresselhaus described the prospect of carbon nanostructures, existing problems faced by the environment, health and energy, and challenges faced by material physics.
Puru Jena, who is a Professor at the VCU Department of Physics and Conference Chair and Organizer, commented that the symposium is focused on the application of nanotechnology.