E. Breen, T. Sakumoto, T. Matsumoto, M. Ito, T. Hayashi, Y. A. Kim, M. Endo. "Silicon Nanoparticles Coated With DNA-Derived Carbon as Higherperformance Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012. 
K. S. S. Christie, J. K. Young, Y. Mukai, W. S. Rockward, K. Tanaka, T. A. Searles, T. Arikawa. "Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy of Gold Nanorod/Polymer Films", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012.
M. Feldman, H. Gullapalli, A. L. M. Reddy, R. Vajtai, P. M. Ajayan. "Effect of Poly Methyl Methacrylate on the Micro-Photoluminescence of Individual SWCNTS", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012.
P. Kuray, S. Ushiba, S. Shoji, K. Masui, J. Kono, S. Kawata,"3-D Micro/Nano-Sculptures Made of SWCNT Polymer
Matrix via Two Photon Polymerization", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012.
J. D. McAlpin, A. Subagyo, J. Ball, D. Kato, J. Kono, K. Sueoka, "Direct Comparison Between Side and End-Contact Geometry on Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012.
G. Meikle, T, Inoue, D. Hasegawa, S. Badar, S.
Maruyama, "Growth of Dense, Highly Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for THz Spectroscopy", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012.
*Winner of the $250 Texas Instruments RQI Poster Presentation Award*
A Nicol, A. Mahjoub, M. Kida, N. Aoki, K. Ishibashi, J. P. Bird, D. K. Ferry, and Y. Ochiai, “Development of a Graphene Field Effect Transistor for GHz/THz Sensing”, 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012.
J. Olitsky, K. Shibata, K. Hirakawa, Y. Zhang, N. Nagai, "InAs Quantum Dot Single Electron Transistors", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012.
E. Rosenthal, A.R.T. Nugraha, E.H. Hasdeo, R. Saito, "Coherent Phonon Model for Radial Breathing Mode in Carbon Nanotubes", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012.
A. Siekmeier, X. Wei, M. Matsunaga, Y. Ochiai, N. Aoki, "Carbon Nanotube Capture by AC Dielectrophoresis for the Fabrication of a Thin Film
Transistor and Investigation of its Properties by Scanning Gate Microscopy", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012. *Honorable Mention RQI Poster Presentation Award*
M. Tabata, Y. Sano, K. Salek, K. Serita, I. Kawayama, J. Kono, P. M. Ajayan, M. Tonouchi, " Characterization of Graphene Films Using Terahertz Imaging and Spectroscopy", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012.
M. Trafford, Y. Kawano, J. Bird, T. Kuga, D. Suzuki, H. Ramamoorthy, A. Somphonsane, "Low Temperature THz Photo-Conductivity and Mesocopic Conductance Fluctuations in Graphene", 26th Annual Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Houston, TX, August 3, 2012. *Winner of the $250 Teranano PIRE RQI Poster Presentation Award*
