Tutorial #5

Will Carbon Replace Silicon? The Future of Graphitic Electronics

Pre-registration only — no on-site registration for tutorials

Sunday, March 9
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
La Galerie 3
New Orleans Marriott Hotel
555 Canal Street

Who Should Attend
The tutorial will be interesting for a broad audience including interested students and scientists, who want to be informed or even may want to go into the field; program directors and administrators, who want to know where the emphasis should be placed on research in this field; science and technology writers, who want to have an overview from acknowledged experts in the field.

Tutorial Description
The tutorial will examine whether graphene based electronics can actually eventually replace silicon. This is a very important current topic and obviously on many peoples minds. I would like to have an authoritative discussion presenting both the scientific as well as the industrial perspective. The speakers were selected accordingly. The format will be four 45-minute talks, followed by a panel discussion with the speakers.

Instructors
Millie Dresselhaus: "Graphite, from fullerenes to nanotubes to graphene"
Phillip Kim (Columbia) "the Physics of Graphene"
Walt de Heer (GIT) "Graphene based electronics"
James Meindl (Georgia Tech), "Beyond the silicon roadmap, what is needed: can carbon-based electronics do the job"

Organizer
Walt de Heer