Sunday, July 18, 1999

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Opening Remarks and Reception

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Dinner

9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Social hour

Monday, July 19, 1999

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon SESSION I: FLAME SYNTHESIS

INVITED TALK:
Joseph L. Katz, The Johns Hopkins University,USA:
"Flame Generation of Ceramic Oxides "

Coffee Break

H. Livbjerg, TU Denmark, Denmark :
"The Synthesis of Alumina Nanoparticles in Premized Flames"

M. R. Zachariah, University of Minnesota, USA:
"Multi-Component Particle Formation in Combustion Environments"

M. Choi, Seoul National University, Korea:
"Measurement of the Growth of Nano Aggregate Particles Using Light Scattering and Local Sampling in a Coflow Diffusion Flame"

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Ad hoc Sessions

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Dinner

7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. SESSION II: CHARACTERIZATION 1

Philip W. Morrison, Jr., Ram Raghavan, and Andrew J. Timpone, Case Western Reserve University, USA;
Osama Arabi-Katbi, Christian P. Artelt, and Sotiris E. Pratsinis, University of Cincinnati, USA
"In situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy during the flame synthesis of TiO₂ particles"

Juho Jalava, Kemira Pigments, Finland:
"Determination of Particle and Crystal Size Distribution from Turbidity Spectrum of TiO2 Pigments"

Coffee Break

U. Tapper, VTT, Finland
"Multicomponent Nanoparticle Characterization with low voltage FE-SEM, FE-TEM/ STEM/EDX and GIF Methods"

K. Okuyama et al., University Hiroshima, Japan
"Particle Measurement using a Laser-system"

10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Social hour

Tuesday, July 20, 1999

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon SESSION III: PVD, CVD and Thin Films 1

INVITED TALK:
Steven L. Girshick, University of Minnesota, USA
"Synthesis of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Films by Hypersonic Plasma Particle Deposition"

Coffee Break

G. Ziegenbalg, TU Bergakademie, Freiburg, Germany
"Synthesis of Amorphous Nitride Powders by Gas Phase Ammonolysis of Metal Halogenids at Elevated Temperatures"

K. Okuyama et al., University of Hiroshima, Japan
"Experiments and Modeling on the Sintering of Titania Particle Prepared by CVD"

A. G. Nasibulin, VTT, Finland
"Formation of Cu nanoparticles via Gas-Phase Chemical Reaction of Organometallic Precursors"

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Ad hoc Sessions

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Dinner

7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. SESSION IV: Modeling 1

Jorma Jokiniemi, VTT , Finland
"Implementation of Aerosol Models in FLuent CFD Environment at VTT"

Bertum Diemer, DuPont, USA
"Moment Methods for Bivariate Population Balance Problems"

Coffee Break

Athanasios G. Konstandopoulos, FORTH/CPERI, Greece
"Multivariate Description of Fractal Aggregate Population Dynamics"

Randy S. Garabedian, University of Connecticut, USA
"Predicting the Onset of Aggregation of Aerosol Particles"

10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Social hour

Wednesday, July 21, 1999

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon SESSION V: Nanoparticles

INVITED TALK:
Ronald P. Andress, Purdue University, USA
"Aerosol Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals and Their Self-Assembly into Electronic Nanostructures"

Coffee Break

Alfred P. Weber, Martin Seipenbusch, Gerhard Kasper, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
"Correlation between Chemical Reactivity and Surface State of Airborne Nickel Nanoparticles"

K. Deppert, University of Lund, Sweden
"Title TBA "

E. I. Kauppinen, VTT, Finland
"Metallic Nanoparticle Synthesis via Vapour Condensation for single electron transistor (SET) development "

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. SESSION VI: CHARACTERIZATION 2

J. Mäkelä, University of Helsinki, Finland
"Studies on Cluster Ions by Electrical Mobility Techniques"

T. Seto, MEL, Japan
"Measurement of Nanoparticles Generated by Nd:YAG Laser Ablation"

Coffee Break

J. Keskinen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
"Development of Electrical Low Pressure Impactor (ELPI)"

J. Tikkanen, J. Keskinen and V. Pitkänen, Dekati LtD, Finland
"On-Line Monitoring of Liquid Flame Spray (LFS) Produced Powders"

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Joint Sport Event

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Sauna Evening with Dinner

10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Social hour

Thursday, July 22, 1999

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon SESSION VII: PVD, CVD and Thin Films 2

INVITED TALK:
Nobuhiro Aya, MEL, Japan
"Synthesis of Nano-Structured Materials Using Laser PVD"

Coffee Break

J.-L- Deschanvres, LMGP / CNRS-ENSPG, France
"Erbium Doped Thin Films in Y₂O₃-P₂O₅ System Deposited by an Aerosol Assisted Mo-CVD Process"

Timothy L. Ward, University of New Mexico, USA
"The Use of Aerosol and Vapor Processing in the Fabrication of Dense Mixed-Conducting Ceramic Films"

Alan W. Weimer, USA
"Atomic Layer Controlled Growth of Oxide Films on Nitrade Powders"

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. SESSION VIII: Modeling 2

S. L. Girshick, University of Minnesota, USA
"Modeling of Si Particle Formation via Nucleation"

K. E. J. Lehtinen, VTT, Finland
"Modeling Agglomerate Formation in Gas-to-Particle Nanomaterial Synthesis"

Coffee Break

D. Brown, VTT , Finland
"Heat and Mass Transfer in Aerosol Systems"

3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Ad hoc Sessions

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Conference Dinner

Friday, July 23, 1999

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon SESSION IX: Spray Pyrolysis

K. Okuyama et al., University of Hiroshima, Japan
"Experiments and Modeling on particle preparation by spray pyrolysis"

J. Joutsensaari, VTT, Finland
"Crystallization of fullerene nanoparticles in an aerosol flow reactor"

T. L. Ward, University of New Mexico, USA
"Aerosol Processing of Mesostructured Oxide Particles"

Coffee Break

P.P. Ahonen, VTT, Finland
"Crystallite growth and transformation mechanisms during aerosol decomposition synthesis of nanocrystalline TiO2"

O. Richard, VTT, Finland
"HR-TEM Studies on the Crystallization of TiO₂ Nanoparticles in an Aerosol Flow Reactor"

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Visit to VTT Laboratories & Adjourn

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