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Joint Lecture by Faculty of SCIENCE/ENGINEERING/MEDICINE
Nanotechnology: From Quantum Computers to Battling Hospital Superbugs
| Speaker: | Prof. Gabriel Aeppli |
| Affiliation: | London Centre for Nanotechnology, Imperial and University College London |
| Date: | July 29, 2011 (Friday) |
| Time: | 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Lecture Theatre T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU |
Abstract:
We define nanotechnology and its relation to traditional disciplines as a toolkit to solve problems from areas ranging from healthcare to information technology. Specific examples to be discussed include experiments underpinning future silicon-based quantum devices and nanomechanical screening of candidate antibiotics targeted against bacteria resistant to conventional treatments.
About the Speaker:
Gabriel Aeppli is the Quain Professor of Physics and the Director of the London Centre for Nanotechnology. He is a Fellow of Royal Society UK, and a co-recipient of American Physical Society’s Oliver Buckley Prize in 2005. He received his Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT, and became a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories and a Senior Research Scientist for NEC (Princeton) before he took the post in London.
**** Coffee and tea will be served 20 minutes prior to the Lecture. ***
**** Anyone interested is welcome to attend. ****
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