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  April 1 - April 5, 2013
  Moscone West, San Francisco

  This symposium will aim at fundamental understandings and practical development of the nanoscale mechanical energy-harvesting strategies, nanometer-scale piezoelectric effect, and the coupling between piezoelectric potential and semiconductor behavior and functionalities. Abstracts on the theoretical and experimental study of piezoelectric and ferroelectric nanomaterial development; systematic design and optimization of nanogenerators; and coupling effect between piezoelectric or ferroelectric polarization and semiconductor properties (including electronic band structure, diodes, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, catalysts, photoelectrochemistry, etc.) are particularly welcome.

  Session topics will include

  Piezoelectric and ferroelectric nanomaterial synthesis, characterization, and integration
  Mechanical energy harvesting technology using piezoelectric or ferroelectric nanostructures
  Theoretical and experimental study on nanoscale mechanical-to-electric energy conversion process and efficiency
  Fundamental study on band-structure engineering based on piezoelectric or ferroelectric polarization
  Theoretical and experimental study on the polarization-related electronic behavior
  Electronic and optoelectronic device development and optimization based on piezotronic effect
  Piezotronic-enhanced energy-harvesting techniques (solar, thermal, mechanical, etc.)
  New or enhanced catalytic effect based on piezoelectric or ferroelectric polarization

  Invited Speakers Include:

  Rodolfo Araneo (Univ. of La Sapienza, Italy), Seung Nam Cha (Samsung Advanced Inst. of Technology, S. Korea), Dukhyun Choi (Kyung Hee Univ., Korea), Steve Dunn (Univ. of London, United Kingdom), Chang-Beom Eom (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison), Jianhua Hao (Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Hong Kong), Sang-Gook Kim (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Benjamin Klein (Georgia Inst. of Technology), Keon-Jae Lee (KAIST, Korea), Chuan-Pu Liu (National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan), Michael McAlpine (Princeton Univ.), Serge Nakhmanson (Argonne National Lab), Yao Nan (Princeton Univ.), Andrea Notargiacomo (IFN-CNR, Italy), Shashank Priya (Virginia Tech), Antonio Rinaldi (Univ. of L’Aquila, Italy), Gregory Rohrer (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), Zhong Lin Wang (Georgia Inst. of Technology), Magnus Willander (Linköping Univ., Sweden), Paul Wright (Univ. of California, Berkeley), Qin Yong (Lanzhou Univ., China), Jun Zhou (Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, China)