WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2008--Veeco Instruments
Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), a leading provider of instrumentation to the
nanoscience community, announced that on-line registration and call
for papers are now open for the "Seeing at the Nanoscale VI"
conference to be held in Berlin, Germany at the Maritim proArte Hotel
on July 9-11, 2008. Celebrating its sixth year, the conference
provides an optimum setting for scientists to share information on a
wide-variety of cutting-edge nanotechnology topics. The event is
sponsored by Veeco Instruments and supported by the Department of
Physics, Humboldt University Berlin.
"Seeing at the Nanoscale has become a prime international event
featuring the latest advances in nanoscience with scanning probes and
their strong impact on nanotechnologies," commented this year's
conference chairman, Physics Professor Dr. Jurgen P. Rabe from
Humboldt University Berlin. "This is a very exciting time in the
nanosciences, and I am looking forward to the innovations and research
that will be discussed this year. The last time the conference was
held in Europe, it was an outstanding success, and I am delighted to
welcome everyone to Berlin!"
The three-day conference, themed "Exploring the Future of
Nanotechnology," provides both a platform and a tremendous opportunity
for scientists worldwide to discuss their latest discoveries, and to
share their research on next-generation nanotechnology with their
peers and other visionaries in the field of nanoscience. Each year the
conference hosts several hundred international researchers and
scientists. Conference sessions for 2008 include:
Session I Extending the limits of SPM: high speed scanning,
ultra high resolution imaging, multiple probe SPM,
novel probes
Chair Georg Schitter, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
Keynote Toshio Ando, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
Invited Speaker Oscar Custance, National Institute for Materials
Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan
Session II From single biomolecules to cells: using AFM and
combined AFM-optical
Chair Hans Oberleithner, Universitat Munster, Munster,
Germany
Keynote Daniel Muller, BIOTEC, Dresden, Germany
Invited Speaker Clive Roberts, Chair of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology,
School of Pharmacy and Director of the Nottingham
Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Centre The University
of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Session III Next generation materials and polymer systems
Chair G.J. Vancso, Universiteit Twente, Enschede, The
Netherlands
Keynote Jiro Kumaki, Yashima Super-structured Helix Project,
ERATO, JST, Nagoya, Japan
Invited Speaker Christian Fretigny, CNRS, Paris, France
Session IV Beyond topography: measurement of physical properties
at the Nanoscale - nanomechanical, electrical,
optical, magnetic and thermal
Chair Robert W. Stark, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat
Munchen, Munich, Germany
Keynote Wilfried Vandervorst, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium and Dept.
Physics, KULeuven, Belgium
Invited Speaker Ozgur Sahin, Harvard University, USA
Additional conference information, registration and abstract
submission can be found at www.veeco.com/nanoconference. Don't miss
out on one of the premier nanoscience events of 2008. Register today!
About Veeco
Veeco Instruments Inc. provides solutions for nanoscale
applications in the worldwide data storage, semiconductor,
HB-LED/wireless and scientific research markets. Our Metrology
products are used to measure at the nanoscale and our Process
Equipment tools help create nanoscale devices. Veeco's manufacturing
and engineering facilities are located in New York, New Jersey,
California, Colorado, Arizona and Minnesota. Global sales and service
offices are located throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and
Asia Pacific. Additional information on Veeco can be found at
http://www.veeco.com/.
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