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STRATEGIC AREAS

Area 10

Organic Materials Science, Device Physics, and Applications
(Chair: K. Kudo, Chiba Univ.)

This field covers organic materials, device physics, characterization, and applications to organic devices. Papers are solicited in the following areas (but are not limited to these areas): (1) organic transistors and circuits; (2) organic light emitting devices; (3) organic diodes, photodetectors, and photovoltaic devices; (4) chemical sensors and gas sensors; (5) molecular electronics; (6) fabrication and characterization of organic thin films; (7) electrical and optical properties of organic thin film and materials; (8) organic-inorganic hybrid systems; and (9) interfacial phenomena, LC devices, etc.

Invited speakers:
"Organic Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors and Circuits" (tentative)
J. Kanicki (Univ. of Michigan, USA)
"Recent Progresses of Organic Transistor Integrated Circuits for Large-Area Sensor Applications"
(tentative)
T. Someya (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
"Organic Thin-Film Transistors Based on n-Channel Organic Semiconductors" (tentative)
S. Tokito (NHK, Japan)

Area 11

Micro/Nano Electromechanical and Bio-Systems
(Chair: H. Tabata, Osaka Univ.)

This session focuses on micro/nano electrnomechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) and their applications, such as biosensors. Bio-M/NEMS devices are widely applied to biochemical, medical, and environmental fields in which many devices are studied, such as biochips, micro-TAS, lab on a chip, etc. Interdisciplinary research of microelectronic devices with materials and technique in the chemical, biological, and medical fields is expected to open the door to new scientific and business fields. Papers are solicited in the following areas (but are not limited to these areas): (1) micro/nano electromechanical systems (M/NEMS) for RF, optical, power and biomaterial fields, and others; (2) micro-TAS and lab on a chip; (3) various biochips and sensors; (4) fabrication technologies and surface/interface modification techniques, such as SAM for micro-TAS and/or biochips; and (5) new integrated micro/nanosystems for biochemical and medical applications.

Invited speakers:
"Bionanotechnology with Membrane Proteins: Mechanics and Electronics"
S. A. Contera (Univ. of Oxford, UK)
"Integrated Microfluidic Systems for Cell and Tissue Engineering"
T. Fujii (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
"Computational 3-D Microfabrication for MEMS"
O. Tabata (Kyoto Univ., Japan)