Watch the video [1] of Prof. McEuen's lecture
For over half a century, miniaturization has been the dominant force driving technological progress. While airplanes and automobiles have hardly changed, the ever-shrinking integrated circuit has taken us from the 10-pound adding machine to the 5-ounce Blackberry. The next 50 years promise even bigger change as everything from medical labs to satellites get shrunk to the size of postage stamps. In this talk, I will examine why small is so big, look at a few examples of shrinking technologies, and speculate how nano will change your life, for good and ill.
Paul McEuen [2] is a world expert on the science and technology of nanostructures. He is a pioneer of single molecule devices, scanning probe microscopy of nanostructures and applications of nanoelectronics in chemistry and biology. His research group [3] publishes their work frequently in Nature and Science. He was co-organizer of the 2007 Kavli Futures Symposium [4].
There will be a reception in Weniger 377 starting at 16:00