Somobrata Acharya Assistant Professor Centre for Advanced Materials (CAM), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032, India Phone: +91-33-24734971 (Ext. 1104) Fax: +91-33-2473-2805 E-mail: camsa2@iacs.res.in somobrata@gmil.com Professional Positions: 2010-Present Assistant Professor Centre for Advanced Materials (CAM) Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032 INDIA 2008-2010 Research Scientist (equivalent to Assistant Professor) Centre for Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics and Sensor Devices Centre for Advanced Materials (CAM) Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032 INDIA 2008-2008 ICYS-MANA Researcher International Center for Young Scientists, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan 2006-2008 ICYS Research Fellow International Center for Young Scientists, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan 2005-2006 Post Doctoral Research Fellow (with Professor Yuval Golan) Department of Materials Engineering and the IIse Kartz Center for Meso and Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University, BeerSheva, Israel 2003-2005 Post Doctoral Research Fellow (with Professor Shlomo Efrima, the late) Department of Chemistry and the IIse Kartz Center for Meso and Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel 1998-2003 Ph. D. (Science), (under supervision of Professor G. B. Talapatra) Department of Spectroscopy, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, (Degree awarded by Jadavpur University), Kolkata, India Research interests: Quantum coupled dots, Superlattices, Heterostructures Controlled processing and assembly of ultra-narrow nanomaterials Transport, Tunneling & Photovoltaics Interface & Patterns Organic-inorganic interfaces Ultra high-density patterns Publications: 64 Origin of chains of Au-PbS Nano-Dumbbells in space Chandana Mondal, Ali Hossain Khan, Bidisa Das, Somobrata Acharya* and Surajit Sengupta* Sci. Rep. 3, 2612 (1-6) (2013) 63 Evolution of Long Range Bandgap Tunable Lead Sulfide Nanocrystals with Photovoltaic Properties Ali Hossain Khan, Umamahesh Thupakula, Amit Dalui, Subrata Maji, Anupam Debangshi and Somobrata Acharya* J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 7934-7939 (2013) 62 A Bottom-up Approach Towards Fabrication of Ultrathin PbS Sheets Somobrata Acharya*, Bidisa Das, Umamahesh Thupakula, Katsuhiko Ariga, D. D. Sarma, Jacob Israelachvili and Yuval Golan Nano Lett. 13, 409-415 (2013) 61 Alkyl Imidazolium Ionic Liquid Mediated Formation of Gold Particle Superstructures Qingmin Ji, Somobrata Acharya, Gary J. Richards, Shaoling Zhang, Julien Vieaud, Jonathan P. Hill and Katsuhiko Ariga Langmuir 29, 7186-7194 (2013) 60 Ultra Narrow PbS Nanorod Field Emitter Umamahesh Thupakula, Jayanta Kumar Bal, Anupam Debangshi, Ali Hossain Khan, Amit Dalui and Somobrata Acharya* J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 18564-18570 (2012) 59 Effect of Point Defects and Impurities on the Electronic Transport of Au Tipped Ultranarrow PbS Nanorods Bidisa Das and Somobrata Acharya* J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 12, 6258-6264 (2012) 58 Fabrication of Highly Stable, Hybrid PbS Nanocomposites in PAMAM Dendrimer Matrix for Photodetection Srabanti Ghosh, Ali Hossain Khan and Somobrata Acharya* J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 6022-6030 (2012) 57 Structure and Rheology of Charge-Free Reverse Micelles in Aromatic Liquid Phenyloctane Lok Kumar Shrestha, Rekha Goswami Shrestha, Kenji Aramaki, Somobrata Acharya and Katsuhiko Ariga J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 12, 3701-3715 (2012) 56 Structural characterizations of diglycerol monomyristate reverse micelles in aromatic solvent ethylbenzene Lok Kumar Shrestha, Rekha Goswami Shrestha, Kenji Aramaki, Somobrata Acharya, Jonathan P. Hill and Katsuhiko Ariga J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 12, 3716-3724 (2012) 55 Synthesis, structure and electronic properties of ultranarrow CdS nanorods Umamahesh Thupakula, Amitav Jena, Ali Hossain Khan, Amit Dalui and Somobrata Acharya* J. Nanopart. Res. 14, 701(1-11) (2012) 54 Water Induced Microstructure Transformation of Diglycerol Monolaurate Reverse Micelles in Ethylbenzene R. G. Shrestha, , L. K. Shrestha, Somobrata Acharya, K. Aramaki and K. Ariga, J. Oleo Sci. 61, 575-584 (2012) 53 Multidimensional self-assembly of peanut shaped PbS nanostructures Ali Hossain Khan, Sasanka Maji, S. Chakraborty, N. B. Manik and Somobrata Acharya* RSC Advances 2, 186-191 (2012) 52 Synthesis and Metallic Probe Induced Conductance of Au Tipped Ultranarrow PbS Rods Ali Hossain Khan, Qingmin Ji, Katsuhiko Ariga, Bidisa Das, D. D. Sarma and Somobrata Acharya* Chem. Commun. 47, 8421-8423 (2011) 51 Coalescence of magic sized CdSe into rods and wires and subsequent energy transfer Sucheta Sengupta, D. D. Sarma* and Somobrata Acharya* J. Mater. Chem. 21, 11585-11591 (2011), published in the themed issue Chemical Transformations of Nanoparticles 50 Size Selective Excitonic Transition Energies in Strongly Confined CdSe Quantum Dots Umamahesh Thupakula, Ali Hossain Khan, Jayanta Kumar Bal, Katsuhiko Ariga and Somobrata Acharya* J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 11 (9), 7709-7714, (2011) 49 Large scale assembly of ordered donor–acceptor heterojunction molecular wires using the Langmuir-Blodgett technique Richard Charvet, Katsuhiko Ariga, Jonathan P. Hill, Qingmin Ji, Ali Hossain Khan and Somobrata Acharya* Chem. Commun. 47, 6825-6827 (2011) 48 Long Range Visible Fluorescence Tunability Using Component Modulated Coupled Quantum Dots Sucheta Sengupta, Nirmal Ganguli, I. Dasgupta, D. D. Sarma and Somobrata Acharya* Adv. Mater. 23, 1998-2003 (2011) Highlighted in Nature India doi:10.1038/nindia.2011.68. 47 Size controlled ultranarrow PbS nanorods: spectroscopy and robust stability Ali Hossain Khan, Qingmin Ji, Katsuhiko Ariga, Umamahesh Thupakula and Somobrata Acharya* J. Mater. Chem. 21, 5671-5676 (2011) 46 Crystallographic Phase induced Electro-Optic Properties of Nanorod Blend Nematic Liquid Crystal Sudarshan Kundu, Jonathan P. Hill, Gary J. Richards, Katsuhiko Ariga, Ali Hossain Khan, Umamahesh Thupakula and Somobrata Acharya* J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 11 (9), 7729-7734, (2011) Appeared in the cover page. 45 Ultra-narrow PbS Nanorod-Nematic Liquid Crystal Blend for Enhanced Electro-optic Properties Sudarshan Kundu, Jonathan Hill, Gary Richards, Katsuhiko Ariga, Ali Hossain Khan, Umamahesh Thupakula and Somobrata Acharya* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2, 2759–2766 (2010) 44 Formation of Calcium Carbonate Crystal Using Phospholipid Monolayer Template Under Ambient Condition Prabir Pal,Tapanendu Kamilya, Somobrata Acharya and G. B. Talapatra J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 8348-8352 (2010) 43 Nanorod blends for liquid crystal displays in polarization tuning electrooptical devices and liquid crystal displays Somobrata Acharya, Jonathan Hill and Katsuhiko Ariga Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho, JP 2010144032 A 20100701 (2010) 42 Chemically Programmed Ultrahigh Density Two Dimensional Semiconductor Superlattice Array Narayan Pradhan, Somobratra Acharya*, Katsuhiko Ariga, Niladri Karan, Dipankar Das Sarma, Yoshiki Wada, Shlomo Efrima and Yuval Golan J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 4, 1212-1213, (2010) 41 Block-Copolymer-Nanowires with Nanosized Domain Segregation and High Charge Mobilities as Stacked p/n Heterojunction Arrays for Repeatable Photocurrent Switching Richard Charvet, Somobrata Acharya, Jonathan P. Hill, Misaho Akada, Meiyong Liao, Shu Seki, Yoshihito Honsho,Akinori Saeki and Katsuhiko Ariga J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 18030-18031 (2009) 40 Macromolecules Containing Metal and Metal-Like Elements, Volume 9 K. Ariga, A. Vinu, J. P.; Hill, P. Srinivasu, Somobrata Acharya, Qingmin Ji Editor: Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Charles E. Carraher, Jr., Charles U. Pittman, Jr. and Martel Zeldin Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, (2009), 1-33. 39 Atomic Positional versus Electronic Order in Semiconducting ZnSe Nanoparticles S. Cadars, B. J. Smith, J. D. Epping, Somobrata Acharya, N. Belman, Y. Golan and B. F. Chmelka Phys. Rev. Letts. 103, 136802-136806 (2009) 38 Shape-Dependent Confinement in Ultrasmall Zero-, One-, and Two-Dimensional PbS Nanostructures Somobrata Acharya*, D. D. Sarma, Yuval Golan, Sucheta Sengupta and Katsuhiko Ariga J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 11282-11283 (2009) 37 The origin of ferromagnetism in Ni doped ZnO and SnO2 I. Felner, R. Herber, Somobrata Acharya and V. P. S. Awana Mod. Phys. Lett. B 24, 125-134 (2010) 36 Synthesis of New Red Emitting Single-phase Europium Oxycarbonate Vilas Pol, Jose Moreno Calderon, Somobratra Acharya, Katsuhiko Ariga, P. Thiyagarajan and Monica Popa Inorg. Chem. 48, 5569-5573 (2009) 35 Hierarchic Nanostructure for Auto-Modulation of Material Release: Mesoporous Nanocompartment Films Qingmin Ji, Somobrata Acharya, Jonathan P. Hill, Ajayan Vinu, Suk Bon Yoon, JongSung Yu, Kazutami Sakamoto and Katsuhiko Ariga Adv. Funct. Mater. 19, 1792-1799 (2009) 34 Superconducting Nanocrystalline Tin Protected by Carbon Vilas G. Pol, P. Thiyagarajan, Somobrata Acharya, Katsuhiko Ariga and Israel Felner Langmuir 25, 2582-2584 (2009) 33 Gold Cold Fusion” for Fabrication of 2D Web Structures Saikat Mandal, Atsuomi Shundo, Somobrata Acharya, Jonathan P Hill, Qingmin Ji and Katsuhiko Ariga Chem. Asian J. 4, 1055-1058 (2009) 32 Soft Langmuir-Blodgett Technique for Hard Nanomaterials Somobrata Acharya*, Jonathan P. Hill and Katsuhiko Ariga* Adv. Mater. 21, 2959-2981 (2009) 31 Nanorod Driven Orientational Control of Liquid Crystal for Polarization-Tailored Electrooptic Devices Somobrata Acharya*, Sudarshan Kundu, Jonathan P. Hill, Gary J. Richards and Katsuhiko Ariga Adv. Mater. 21, 989-993 (2009). NPG Asia Materials research highlight | doi: Published online 18 May 2009 30 Langmuir Films of Unusual Components Somobrata Acharya*, Atsuomi Shundo, Jonathan P. Hill and Katsuhiko Ariga J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 9, 3-18 (2009) 29 Hierarchical Assembly of Ultranarrow Alkylamine-Coated ZnS Nanorods: A Synchrotron Surface X-Ray Diffraction Study Nataly Belman, Somobrata Acharya, Oleg Konovalov, Alexei Vorobiev, Jacob Israelachvili, Shlomo Efrima and Yuval Golan Nano Letts. 8, 3858-3864 (2008) 28 Multi-dimensional Control of Surfactant Guided Assemblies of Quantum Gold Particle Qingmin Ji, Somobrata Acharya*, Jonathan P. Hill, Gary J. Richards and Katsuhiko Ariga* Adv. Mater. 20, 1-6 (2008) 27 A Layered Mesoporous Carbon Sensor Based on Nanopore-Filling Cooperative Adsorption in the Liquid Phase Katsuhiko Ariga, Ajayan Vinu, Qingmin Ji, Osamu Ohmori, Jonathan P. Hill, Somobrata Acharya, Jun Koike and Seimei Shiratori Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 7254-7257 (2008) 26 Ultranarrow PbS rods with intense fluorescence Somobrata Acharya*, Ujjal K. Gautam, Toshio Sasaki, Yoshio Bando, Yuval Golan and Katsuhiko Ariga J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 4594-4595 (2008) 25 A 16-bit parallel processor in a molecular assembly A. Bandyopadhyay and Somobrata Acharya Proc. Nat. Acad. Soc. 105, 3668-3672 (2008) Highlighted by several news agencies 24 Stimuli-Free Auto-Modulated Material Release from Mesoporous Nano-Compartment Films Qingmin Ji, Masahiko Miyahara, Jonathan P. Hill, Somobrata Acharya, Suk Bon Yoon, Jong-Sung Yu, Kazutami Sakamoto and Katsuhiko Ariga J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 2376-2377 (2008) Highlighted in Nature Materials Nat. Mater., 7(3), 169 (2008). 23 Challenges and breakthroughs in recent research on self-assembly Katsuhiko Ariga, Jonathan P Hill, Michael V Lee, Ajayan Vinu, Richard Charvet and Somobrata Acharya Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 9, 014109 (2008) 22 Supramolecular Chemistry as a Versatile Tool for Advanced Sciences in Nanospace Katsuhiko Ariga, Jonathan P Hill, Atsuomi Shundo, Ajayan Vinu, Richard Charvet and Somobrata Acharya Adv. Sci. Lett.1, 28-58 (2008) 21 Electric-field Assisted Assembly of Ultra-narrow CdS Nanomaterials (invited article) Somobrata Acharya* and Katsuhiko Ariga Asian J. Phys. 17, 97-104 (2008) 20 Supramolecular Nanofabrications with Inorganic Building Blocks; Macromolecules Containing Metal and Metal-Like Elements Katuhiko Ariga, Jonathan P. Hill, Ajayan Vinu, Pavuluri Srinivas, Somobrata Acharya and Qingmin Ji Supramolecular Structures, Volume 9, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken (Book Chapter) 19 Synthesis, Assembly and Optical Properties of Shape and Phase Controlled ZnSe Nanocrystals Asit Baran Panda, Somobrata Acharya, Shlomo Efrima and Yuval Golan Langmuir 23, 765-770 (2007) 18 Synthesis, Two-Dimensional Assembly and Surface Pressure Induced Coalescence of Ultra Narrow PbS Nanowires I. Patla, Somobrata Acharya, L. Zeiri, J. Israelachvili, S. Efrima and Y. Golan Nano Lett. 7, 1459-1462 (2007) 17 Role of Carbon in Enhancing the Performance of MgB2 superconductor V.P.S. Awana, Monika Mudgel, R. Rawat, Somobrata Acharya, H. Kishan, E. TakayamaMuromachi, A. V. Narlikar and I. Felner Physica C 467, 62-72 (2007) 16 Raman spectroscopy of ultra-narrow CdS nanostructures L. Zeiri, I. Patla, Somobrata Acharya, Y. Golan and S. Efrima J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 11843-11848 (2007) 15 Phase Controlled Synthesis and Polarization Properties of Ultra Narrow ZnSe Nanorods Somobrata Acharya, A. B. Panda, S. Efrima and Y. Golan Adv. Mater. 19, 1105-1108 (2007) 14 Photophysical properties of 4-methyl 3-phenyl coumarin organized in Langmuir-Blodgett films: Formation of aggregates Somobrata Acharya, T. Kamilya, J. Sarkar, T. K. Parichha , P. Pal and G. B. Talapatra Mater. Chem. Phys. 104, 88-92 (2007) 13 Directed Assemblies and Optical Properties of Ultra-narrow One Dimensional CdS Nanoparticles Somobrata Acharya, Israel Patela, Shlomo Efrima and Yuval Golan J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 9294-9295 (2006) 12 A Semiconductor-Nanowire Assembly of Ultrahigh Junction Density by the Langmuir– Blodgett Technique Somobrata Acharya, Asit Baran Panda, Nataly Belman, Shlomo Efrima and Yuval Golan Adv. Mater. 18, 210-213 (2006) 11 Two-Dimensional Pressure-Driven Nanorod-to-Nanowire Reactions in Langmuir Monolayers at Room Temperature Somobrata Acharya and Shlomo Efrima J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 3486-3490 (2005) 10 Studies of Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films of NLO-Active Amphiphilic 1,3Indandione Derivatives Somobrata Acharya, Pnina Krief, Vladimir Khodorkovsky, Zvi Kotler, Gerry Berkovic, Jacob T. Klug and Shlomo Efrima New J. Chem. 29, 1049-1057 (2005) 9 Ultra Narrow ZnSe Nanorods and Nanowires: Structure, Spectroscopy and OneDimensional Properties Asit Baran Panda, Somobrata Acharya and Shlomo Efrima Adv. Mater. 17, 2471-2474 (2005) 8 Spectroscopic study of non-amphiphilic 2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4oxadiazole aggregates at air-water interface and in Langmuir-Blodgett films Somobrata Acharya, D. Bhattacharjee, Jyotirmoy Sarkar and G. B. Talapatra Chem. Phys. Lett. 393, 1-6 (2004) 7 Spectroscopic study of non-amphiphilic 9-phenyl fluorene assembled in Langmuir-Blodgett films in two different matrices: dimer and excimer formation Somobrata Acharya, D. Bhattacharjee and G. B. Talapatra Chem. Phys. Lett. 372, 97-103 (2003) 6 Monolayer characteristics and spectroscopic study of benz(b)fluoranthene assembled in Langmuir Blodgett films mixed with stearic acid Somobrata Acharya, D. Bhattacharjee and G. B. Talapatra J. Phys. Chem. Solids 64, 651-657 (2003) 5 Photophysical properties of hexamethoxytriphenylene mixed with stearic acid assembled in Langmuir-Blodgett films Somobrata Acharya, T. K. Parichha and G. B. Talapatra J. Lumin. 96, 177-184 (2002) 4 Spectroscopic characteristics of 9-cyanoanthracene mixed with polymethyl methacrylate and stearic acid in Langmuir-Blodgett films Somobrata Acharya, D. Bhattacharjee and G. B. Talapatra Chem. Phys. Lett. 352, 429-434 (2002) 3 Spectroscopic study of Pentacene assembled in Langmuir-Blodgett film mixed with stearic acid Somobrata Acharya, T. K. Parichha and G. B. Talapatra Ind. J. Pure Appl. Phys. 40, 12-17 (2002) 2 Spectroscopic investigation of mixed LB films of benzo(k)fluoranthene Somobrata Acharya, D. Bhattacharjee, M. Ghosh and G. B. Talapatra J. Colloid Interface Sci. 244, 313-318 (2001) 1 Spectroscopic properties of decacyclene assembled in Langmuir Blodgett film mixed with stearic acid Somobrata Acharya, T. K. Parichha and G. B. Talapatra Molec. Crystal Liquid Crystal 12, 91-100 (2000) Invited Lectures: 28 A generalized route for fabricating ultra- thin two-dimensional sheets using semiconductor nanowires 347th MANA Special Seminar, June 25, 2013, International Centre for the Materials Achitectronics, National Institute for the Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan (Invited) 27 An interfacial approach for fabricating ultra-thin two-dimensional sheets using semiconductor nanowires Tokyo University of Science, June 20, 2013, Tokyo, Japan (Invited) Dimension Controlled 2D Semiconductors Using Supramolecular Approach India-Singapore Joint Workshop on Advanced Materials and Energy, 21-24 April, 2013, IACS, Kolkata. India (Invited) 26 25 Dimension Control of Ultranarrow Semiconductors Using Supramolecular Approach 8th JNC Research Conference on Chemistry of Materials, Sep 30-Oct 02, 2012 Kovalam, Kerala, India (Invited) 24 Tuning Dimensions of Ultranarrow Semiconductors Using Supramolecular Approach 14th International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists, Conference (IACIS), May 13-18, 2012 Sendai, Japan (Invited) 23 Tunable Photoluminescence Using Interface of Coupled Quantum Structures January 26, 2012, Graduate school of environment and information science, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan (Invited) 22 Tunability of Electronic Transitions Using Interface of Coupled Quantum Structures 241 th MANA Seminar, 13th January 2012, International Centre for the Materials Achitectronics, National Institute for the Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan (Invited) 21 Coupled quantum structures: From design, properties to Applications (Lecture Series) AICTE sponsored two-weeks SDP on “Resent Advances on Mechanics and their Application in Nano Engineering and Technology, 01 – 12 August, 2011 NERIST, Itanagar, India (Invited) 20 Coupled Quantum Dots, Superlattices & Assemblies March 23, 2011 Department of Material Science, CENIMAT, FCT, Portugal (Invited) 19 Synergistic Tunability of Fluorescence Using Coupled Quantum Dots December 26-30th 2010, 55th DAE-Solid State Physics Symposium, Manipal University, Karnataka, India (invited) 18 Designing Ultra-narrow Lead-Sulfides Sheets with Thickness Comparable to Three Layered Graphene December 9-11 2010, ICFANT, Jadavpur University, Kolktata, India (invited) 17 Designing Ultra-narrow Lead-Sulfides Sheets with Thickness Comparable to Three Layered Graphene November 29 - December4, 2010, JSPS DST AAS 2010, SINP, Kolkata (Invited Oral Presentation) 16 Exploration of ultra narrow nanotechnology August 25, 2010, Future Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India (invited) 15 Plenty of room at the bottom-A journey from bulk to nano One day seminar on “Nano Science and Technology” June 29, 2010, Vidhysagar University, India (Invited) 14 Design, Assembly and Applications of Dimension Controlled Ultra-narrow Nanomaterials International Seminar on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education and Research Across the Disciplines, 3-4 March 2010, Vidhysagar University, India (Invited) 13 Dimension controlled ultranarrow lead sulphide sheets ICANN, December 8-11, 2009, IIT Guwahati, India (Invited) 12 Ultra Narrow Semiconductor Nanomaterials December 3, 2007, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA (Invited) 11 Controlled Assembly of one Dimensional Ultra Narrow Semiconductor Nanomaterials India-Israel Meeting, Indian Institute of Science and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, May 5-8, 2006 (Invited) 10 Directed Assemblies of one Dimensional Ultra Narrow Semiconductor Nanomaterials at Air-Water Interface Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India, May 9, 2006 (Invited) 9 A Bottom-up Approach of Ultra-thin Nanosheet Fabrication from Ultra-narrow PbS Nanowires MRS Fall Meeting, Boston Nov 26-30, 2007 “days highlighted talk”. 8 Polarization Properties of Ultra Narrow Phase Controlled ZnSe Nanorods IMEC 2006, The 12th Israel Materials Engineering Conference, Beer-Sheva, Israel, March 1-2, 2006 (Invited) 7 Introducing a Bottom-up Approach for Ultra-thin Nanosheet Fabrication 1st MANA International Symposium 2008 and ICYS workshop; 10th - 13th March, 2008 NIMS (Sengen), Tsukuba, Japan (oral presentation) 6 Ultrahigh Density Hard Materials Assemblies ICYS-MANA Seminar, June 13th, 2008 NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan (oral presentation) 5 Dimension Controlled Ultra-narrow Lead-Sulfides ICYS Seminar, January 2008, NIMS (Sengen), Tsukuba, Japan (oral presentation) 4 Controlled Assembly of Ultra Narrow Semiconductor Nanomaterials ICYS Seminar, 2nd February 2007, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan (oral presentation) 3 Controlled Assembly of Ultra Narrow Semiconductors 2nd International Advanced Materials Forum for Young Scientists & ICYS Workshop 2007, February 19-22, 2007, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, (oral presentation) 2 One Dimensional Ultra Narrow Semiconductor Nanomaterials at Air-Water Interface Department of Chemical Engineering, April 28, 2006, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel (oral presentation) 1 Directed Assemblies and Optical Properties of Ultra-narrow One Dimensional CdS Nanoparticles Bi-National (Israeli-Italian) Workshop on Optronics, 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2005, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel (oral presentation)