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2009

576.   Real-time ab initio simulations of excited-state dynamics in carbon nanostructures. Condensed Matter Theory seminar talk at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, February 9, 2009.

March 5 - 14, 2009: Switzerland

March 15 - 20, 2009: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Co-organizer of DMP Session 07.11.1 on Carbon Nanotubes & Related Materials at the 2009 APS March Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 16 - 20, 2009 (http://nanotube.msu.edu/aps09/).

577.   Thermally assisted self-trimming of graphene nanoribbon edges. Contributed talk of Teng Yang, David Tomanek and Savas Berber at the 2009 APS March Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 16, 2009.

578.   Hydrogen storage in ammonia borane: Ab initio study of the de- and rehydrogenation mechanisms. Contributed talk of Kiseok Chang, David Tomanek, Eunja Kim, and Philippe F. Weck at the 2009 APS March Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 19, 2009.

April 2 -3, 2009: Boston, MA
Coordination meeting of the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing in Boston, MA, April 3, 2009.

May 11 - 13, 2009: Lausanne, Switzerland
Co-organizer, CECAM/Psi-k International workshop on "Computational Studies of Defects in Nanoscale Carbon Materials" (DNC09; http://nanotube.msu.edu/dnc09/) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

May 13 - 15, 2009: Lausanne, Switzerland
CECAM/Psi-k International workshop on "Modeling of Carbon and Inorganic Nanotubes and Nanostructures" (CINN09; http://www.thch.unipg.it/cinn09/) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

579.   Defects in nanotubes: Blessing and curse. Invited talk at the international workshop on "Modeling of Carbon and Inorganic Nanotubes and Nanostructures" (CINN09; http://www.thch.unipg.it/cinn09/) in Lausanne, Switzerland, May 13, 2009.

May 23 - 26, 2009: Taormina, Italy
Third symposium on "Transition metal chalcohalide nanostructures" (TMCN09; http://tmcn.materials.ox.ac.uk/).

580.   Probing local properties of Mo_xS_yI_z nanostructures: electronic structure, local vibrations, composition, structural stability. Invited talk at the Third symposium on "Transition metal chalcohalide nanostructures" (TMCN09; http://tmcn.materials.ox.ac.uk/) in Taormina, Italy, May 23 - 26, 2009.

June 2-7, 2009: Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan

581.   Nanotechnology with Buckyballs, Nanotubes, and Graphene. Seminar talk at Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan, June 5, 2009.

June 7-14, 2009: Matsushima, Japan
International Symposium on Carbon Nanotube Nanoelectronics 2009 (CNTNE09) in Matsushima, Japan.

582.  Abusing and Using Carbon Nanotubes. Invited talk at the International Symposium on Carbon Nanotube Nanoelectronics 2009 (CNTNE09) in Matsushima, Japan, June 11, 2009.

June 15-16, 2009: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

583.   Nanotechnology with Buckyballs, Nanotubes, and Graphene. Seminar talk at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, June 15, 2009.

June 16-19, 2009: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

584.   Carbon and the Nanotechnology Revolution. Colloquium talk at the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, June 17, 2009.

June 20, 2009: Beijing, China
Co-organizer, the Fifth symposium on Computational Challenges and Tools for Nanotubes (CCTN09) in Beijing, China.

June 21 - 28, 2009: Beijing, China
Co-organizer, Tenth International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes (NT09; http://nanotube.msu.edu/nt09/) in Beijing, China.

August 3 - 16, 2009: Jyväskylä, Finland
International Summer School on "Nanoscale carbon systems" ( http://www.jyu.fi/science/muut_yksikot/summerschool/en/) in Jyväskylä, Finland.

585.   Carbon nanomaterials: From theory to applications. Set of lectures at the International Summer School on "Nanoscale carbon systems" ( http://www.jyu.fi/science/muut_yksikot/summerschool/en/) in Jyväskylä, Finland, August 5 - 13, 2009.

August 20 - September 26, 2009: Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

September 2 - 4, 2009: San Sebastián, Spain
Workshop on "Inorganic Nanotubes: Experiment and theory" (INNT01)

587.  Studying local properties of Mo_xS_yI_z nanostructures: From stability to electronic and vibrational structure. Invited talk at the Workshop on "Inorganic Nanotubes: Experiment and theory" (INNT01) in San Sebastián, Spain, September 3, 2009.

September 6 - 10, 2009: Hirschegg, Austria
Concluding Workshop (Abschlusskolloquium) of the DFG Project SPP 1153 on "Clusters in Contact with Surfaces: Electronic Structure and Magnetism" (SPP1153 - http://www.physik.uni-rostock.de/spp1153/hirschegg/index.html)

588.  Self-assembly of nanostructures and the nanopecker as a probe. Invited talk at the Concluding Workshop (Abschlusskolloquium) of the DFG Project SPP 1153 on "Clusters in Contact with Surfaces: Electronic Structure and Magnetism" in Hirschegg, Austria, September 6 - 10, 2009.

589.  Tailoring and probing molecular self-assembly on surfaces. Seminar talk at the Korea-Sweden Collaboration Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, September 22, 2009.

590.  Carbon and the Nanotechnology Revolution. Colloquium talk at the Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, September 24, 2009.

October 1-3, 2009: Crete, Greece

591.  Carbon and the Nanotechnology Revolution. Colloquium talk at the Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Greece, October 2, 2009.

October 4-9, 2009: Santorini, Greece
International Conference on Carbon Nanostructured Materials (CNANO09).

592.   Creating, probing and using defects in carbon nanostructures. Invited talk at the International Conference on Carbon Nanostructured Materials (CNANO09) in Santorini, Greece, October 5, 2009.

October 12-17, 2009: Lausanne, Switzerland
CECAM/Psi-k International workshop on "Computational physics and chemistry of graphene".

593.   Probing and changing graphene with electric current and light. Invited talk at the CECAM/Psi-k International workshop on "Computational physics and chemistry of graphene" in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 15, 2009.

594.   Utilizing the Chemistry Toolbox in Nanotechnology. Seminar talk at the School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, October 20, 2009.

October 26, 2009: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

October 28 - November 27, 2009: Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

595.   Photo-induced dynamics in carbon nanostructures. Seminar talk at the Physics and Astronomy Department, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, November 6, 2009.

596.  Carbon and the Nanotechnology Revolution. Colloquium talk at the School of Physics, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea, November 18, 2009.

November 29 - December 4, 2009: Boston, MA
Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society.

597.   Creating, removing and detecting defects in nanocarbons. Invited talk at the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, November 30, 2009.

598.   Tuning and harnessing the interaction hierarchy in Nature for nanoscale self-assembly. Seminar talk at the Department of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, December 3, 2009.