NSRC Rollout

NSRC Roll-Out Update

•Website•Developed common format to be used on all NSRC web sites.

•One-Page Center Description•Established design for one-page flyer; one for each center and a separate one for the NSRC program.

•Professional Society Contacts• Identified set of organizations and assigned point of contact for each.

•Vugraph Briefing Package•Short and full version in preparation

•February Workshop

NSRC Updates

Center for Nanoscale Materials at ArgonneCenter for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne

For information contact Sam Bader:bader@anl.gov, 630.252.4960; http://nano.anl.gov/, nano@anl.gov

• CNM Building is funded by the State of Illinois- Attaches to Advanced Photon Source->50% of planned state funds have been appropriated- Title I Design 50% complete; Construction Manager selected- Start of construction anticipated Summer 2003

• DOE approved CD-0 for Equipment Project- CDR in preparation, anticipating Lehman review in March- Complete Nanoprobe Beamline design by September

• Jumpstarting User Program •Activating advisory committees•Facilities identified for “jumpstart user program”• Coordinating user interface with APS & IPNS: “one-stop”

•Planning FY2003 Nanoscience Workshops & CNM Summer School

• Launching CNM research areas -

Self-AssemblyLithography

Characterization

Nano-Magnetism

Nano-Photonics

Bio-InorganicInterface

Computation:Virtual Fab Lab

NanocrystallineDiamond

ComplexOxides

BNL Center For Functional NanomaterialsBNL Center For Functional Nanomaterials

Jumpstart Program planned PSP, SAC established Preliminary hires targeted Laboratories will be available in

cluster areas: Electron Microscopy, Materials Synthesis, Nanopatterning, Proximal Probes, Ultrafast Optical Sources, Nanocenter-NSLS GU Program, Theory/Computation

Project Mission Need Approved

(CD-0) Conceptual Design in

process, CDR draft mid-November

Lehman Review tentative early February 2003

Engineering start (CD-1) anticipated March 2003

Construction start projected FY2005

Scientific Thrust Areas Strongly Correlated Oxides Magnetic Nanoassemblies Nanocatalyst Materials Charge Injection and

Transport Nanostructured Organic Films Applications of Nanoscience

Workshops Major BNL Workshop-March

2002 Other workshops

Workshop on Applications of Synchrotron Radiation in Nanoscience and Technology, May 23, 2001

“Charge Transfer on the Nanoscale,” Chemical Sciences sponsored workshop, January 2002

EPENS, “International Workshop on Electron-Phonon Effect in Nanosystems, September 23-25, 2002

CESP Nanomagnetic Materials Workshop, October 21-22, 2002

Nanotechnology Business Roadmap, October 15, 2002

Nanoscience Writers Roundtable, October 30, 2002

LI Business Alliance Workshop, December 2002

Unique FacilitiesNSLSTEMLEAF

The Molecular FoundryA. P. Alivisatos, DirectorThe Molecular FoundryA. P. Alivisatos, Director

Foundry BuildingNear NCEM and Materials Sciences

LaboratoriesDesign complete Q1 2003Construction start Q4 2003Beneficial occupancy Q1 2006Full operations Q4 2006Theory and most user offices on 3rd floor

FacilitiesInorganic NanostructuresNanofabricationOrganic, Polymer/Biopolymer SynthesisBiological NanostructuresImaging and ManipulationTheory

-User” Program-20036 facilities with limited equipmentHire lead scientistsCall for proposals: short-term and long term collaboratorsOutreach

Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies

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CoreFacility

Gatewayto

Los Alamos

Construction Project• CD-1 Approved 6/02• Core Title I in progress• Gateway Perf. Spec. initiated• Review scheduled for 4/03• Construction start 1/04

Science Thrusts• Nanoelectronics/nanophotonics• Nano/Bio/Micro Interfaces• Complex Functional Nanomaterials• Nanomechanics• Theory and Simulation

User Program• CINT Management Team• Joint laboratory MOU• Governance Board• Scientific Advisory Committee

FY03 Jump-Start• National User Facilities• Major NNSA Facilities• User Agreements (IP, access, training)

“One community focused on nanoscience integration”

“Jump Start” Program Development Plan with focus onNanofabricationSynthetic & Bio-Inspired Macro- molecular MaterialsCatalysisNanotubes and Related MaterialsNanoscale Magnetism and Collective BehaviorOxide Materials IntegrationNanoscale Imaging and ManipulationTheory / Modeling / Simulation

Center For Nanophase Materials Sciences

Nanofabrication Research Lab

CNMS Offices and Labs

Integrates Nanoscale Science with synergistic nationalresearch needs in Neutron Science Synthesis & Integration of soft and hard materials Theory / Modeling / Simulation

Project Status90% design complete & under reviewEquipment suite identifiedCD-2 approvedCD-3 scheduled for Feb. 2003

Second Planning Workshop315 registrants from 88 institutionsGreatest Challenges & Opportunities identified with scientific community

NSRC February 03 Workshop

Renaissance HotelWashington, D.C.

February 26-28, 2003 A forum for communication among agencies, policymakers, and the scientific community

• Learn about national priorities in research and nanoscale science and engineeringfrom key Senators and Representatives, the President's Science Advisor, andfunding agency and scientific community leaders

• Learn about research opportunities in nanoscale science and engineering at theDOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers and related facilities

• Participate in the first national users meeting for DOE's Nanoscale Science Research Centers

• Keynote presentations on nanoscale science and national competitiveness by John Marburger (Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) andRay Orbach (Director of the DOE Office of Science)

• Science and industry sessions with keynote presentations by nanoscience and nanotechnology leaders including Nobelist Richard Smalley (Rice), George Whitesides (Harvard), Gabor Somorjai (Berkeley), Larry Bock (Nanosys, Inc.), and Tom Theis (IBM)

• Perspectives from key politicians including Senators and Representatives with oversight responsibility for science and technology

• Agency presentations on the National Nanotechnology Initiative and research opportunities in nanoscale science including a panel discussion and question and answer session

• A banquet including a presentation on future priorities for federal research by a leading political spokesperson

• Poster presentations from the NSRCs including a student poster session

• A users meeting with presentations by Patricia Dehmer, Director of the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences, and the center directors

Program Highlights

Renaissance HotelWashington, D.C.

February 26-28, 2003AnnouncementPreliminary ProgramWorkshop RegistrationHotel InformationNanoscale Science Research Centers National Nanotechnology InitiativeOffice of Basic Energy Sciences

http://www.ornl.gov/doe_nsrc_workshop/