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The first Australian national nanoscience and nanotechnology conference, ICONN 2006, was held at the Convention Centre, Brisbane, in July 2006. Sponsored by the ARC Nanotechnology Network, it marked the first attempt to create a multidisciplinary conference that not only focussed on some of the exciting science in the ‘nanofields’ but offered free registration to all postgraduate students and early career researchers. This was recognition that not only is nanoscience and technology a young field, but there is an urgent need in physical and chemical sciences to ensure the uptake of the science and to convey the enthusiasm to the community. The future of nanotechnology is in the hands of the industries that must take it up and in the minds of the young researchers currently wrestling with the novel materials, the quantum phenomena, and the multidisicplinary nature of the research. The conference also involved extensive discussions on the health and environmental, legal, patenting, and ethical issues that nanotechnology may raise for the community. The papers published in this Research Front represent some of the highlights of the Nanomaterials Symposium at ICONN 2006. We are delighted thatAustralian Journal of Chemistry—an International Journal for Chemical Science is making this Symposium the focus for one of its Research Fronts. Metal particles, semiconductor nanocrystals, and carbon nanotubes were definitely the more popular topics, and these papers represent a good cross section of the topics covered both as oral presentations and at the poster sessions that included over 200 contributions. Particularly exciting for ICONN 2006 was the high participation rate from overseas registrants and speakers. This bodes well for ICONN 2008 in Melbourne. The first paper[1] by Gero von Plessen and colleagues covers the exciting area of plasmonics, which is starting to impact heavily in sub-wavelength optics. The authors cover some of the important ideas underlying colour changes in nanoscale metal particles and also some of the likely areas where plasmonics may play a role in the next few years.

ICONN 2006 Research Highlights