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10:30 AM - Transport Properties of Synthetic Polyelectrolytes: From Bulk Conductivity to Protein Nanopore Translocation

1:30 PM - Predicting Emergent Behavior in Systems
1:30 PM - Methods of Surface Texture Characterization
2:15 PM - Self-segregating Additives for the Preparation of “Active” Surfaces,
3:30 PM - Investigating the Physico-Chemical Properties of Polymers Using Inverse Gas Chromatography
4:15 PM - Force Metrology and Calibration for Nanomechanical Testing: An Overview of Current NIST Activities

No Scheduled Events

10:30 AM - Measurement and characterization challenges for beyond CMOS Nanoelectronics
11:00 AM - Modeling the Behavior of Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Materials

10:00 AM - Photovoltaics

1/22 -- MONDAY

10:30 AM - POLYMERS DIVISION SEMINAR: Transport Properties of Synthetic Polyelectrolytes: From Bulk Conductivity to Protein Nanopore Translocation
Ryan Murphy , University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
224 Bldg, Rm. A312. (NIST Contact: Vivek Prabhu, 301-975-3657, vivek.prabhu@nist.gov)


1/23 -- TUESDAY

1:30 PM - ITL SEMINAR SERIES: Predicting Emergent Behavior in Systems
There has been a significant amount of research in adaptive systems in recent years using a variety of methods and approaches. Some exciting and suggestive results have been produced, but we still seem to be working around the edges of something fundamental about evolutionary systems, and particularly about emergence. Is there, or could there, even in theory, be an underlying mathematics of emergent properties yet to be discovered that would allow us to understand all manner of natural and synthetic systems? This talk will present some current projects at the University of Central Florida in human-agent systems and discuss underlying issues. Bio: Randall Shumaker is Director of the Institute for Simulation and Training (IST) in Orlando Florida, and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida. Previous assignments include Superintendent for Information Technology at the Naval Research Laboratory, Director of the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, and Manager for Aircraft Technology programs at the Naval Air Systems Command. His personal research interests include artificial intelligence, biomorphic computing methods, and advance techniques for software development. Dr. Shumaker is the author of more than fifty scientific publications and is a frequent speaker on a variety of technical topics. He has served as a reviewer for several professional publications and for federal agencies including DARPA, DDR&E, ONR, NASA, and ARL. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania, is a Professional Engineer, and a Commercial Pilot, SEL, MEL, IA.
Dr. Randall Shumaker , Director, Institute for Simulation and Training; University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Administration Building, Lecture Room D. (NIST Contact: Larry Reeker, 301-975-5147, larry.reeker@nist.gov)

1:30 PM - MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH DIVISION SEMINAR: Methods of Surface Texture Characterization
Theodore Vorburger , NIST.
226 Bldg, Rm. B221. (NIST Contact: Tinh Nguyen, 301-975-6718, tinh.nguyen@nist.gov)

2:15 PM - MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH DIVISION,POLYMER INTERPHASE CONSORTIUM SEMINAR: Self-segregating Additives for the Preparation of “Active” Surfaces,
Joshua Orlicki , Army Research Laboratory.
226 Bldg, Rm. B221. (NIST Contact: Tinh Nguyen, 301-975-6718, tinh.nguyen@nist.gov)

3:30 PM - MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH DIVISION,POLYMER INTERPHASE CONSORTIUM SEMINAR: Investigating the Physico-Chemical Properties of Polymers Using Inverse Gas Chromatography
Dan Burnett , Surface Measurement Systems, NA .
226 Bldg, Rm. B221. (NIST Contact: Tinh Nguyen, 301-975-6718, tinh.nguyen@nist.gov)

4:15 PM - MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH DIVISION,POLYMER INTERPHASE CONSORTIUM SEMINAR: Force Metrology and Calibration for Nanomechanical Testing: An Overview of Current NIST Activities
Doug Smith , NIST.
226 Bldg, Rm. B221. (NIST Contact: Tinh Nguyen, 301-975-6718, tinh.nguyen@nist.gov)


1/24 -- WEDNESDAY

No Scheduled Events

1/25 -- THURSDAY

10:30 AM - CNST SEMINAR SERIES: Measurement and characterization challenges for beyond CMOS Nanoelectronics
Intel believes that silicon based CMOS technology will remain the workhorse of information processing technology for approximately the next 15 years and beyond that, silicon will form the platform upon which alternative information processing technologies will be built and integrated. Intel's research indicates that CMOS technology as it exists today can be extended significantly by using new materials, processes, and structures. Beyond that, alternative logic technologies will begin to appear based on alternative methods of storing computational state and processing information. There are many challenges and issues which must be faced in order to develop alternative logic technologies including noise immunity, interconnect issues, nanoscale thermal management, material integration and fabrication issues. This presentation will survey the long range research relating to the search for beyond CMOS logic alternatives. It will focus on measurement and characterization challenges associated with using alternative state variables such as magnetization, polarization and spin and the interaction of these variables with applied and induced fields. The measurement and characterization challenges are magnified by the likely introduction of new material systems and the need to ultra high spatial and temporal resolution. This presentation will draw heavily on ideas developed within the ITRS ERD and implemented in the Nanotechnology Research Initiative and Focused Center Research Programs.
George Bourianoff , Technology Manufacturing Group, Intel Corporation, Austin, TX, george.i.bourianoff@intel.com.
215 Bldg, Rm. C103-C106. (NIST Contact: Mark Stiles, 301-975-3745, mark.stiles@nist.gov)

11:00 AM - POLYMERS DIVISION DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES: Modeling the Behavior of Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Materials
Microcapsules that release encased nanoparticles and self-oscillating gels that display novel periodicity have been studied using a variety of coarse-grained computational models. The nanoparticles are treated as “tracer particles” and their motion is modeled via a Brownian dynamics simulation. An imposed pressure gradient drives the microcapsules along an adhesive substrate and the particles are released from the surface of this mobile capsule. We determine how the elasticity of the capsule, the strength of the capsule–surface adhesion and the diffusion coefficient of the nanoparticles affect how the particles are adsorbed onto a surface. The findings yield guidelines for optimizing the efficiency of microcapsule carriers in the targeted delivery of nanoparticles and provide guidelines for creating “repair and go” microcapsules that can monitor and repair damage in surfaces. In the second study, we develop an efficient model for responsive gels that captures large-scale, two-dimensional deformations and chemical reactions within a swollen polymer network. In gels undergoing the oscillatory Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction, we observe traveling waves of local swelling that give rise to distinctive oscillations in the gel’s shape. The observed patterns depend critically on the gel’s dimensions. The approach provides a useful computational tool for probing the dynamics of chemo-mechanical processes and uncovering morphological transformations in responsive gels.**This event is being held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
Anna Balazs , University of Pittsburgh.
Polymer Building, Room B245. (NIST Contact: Michael Fasolka, 301-975-8526, michael.fasolka@nist.gov)


1/26 -- FRIDAY

10:00 AM - BFRL MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH SEMINAR: Photovoltaics
World energy consumption is projected to increase by 54% by 2025. One means of addressing this increased energy demand is through the expanded use of photovoltaics (PV). The photovoltaic industry sold over $15 billion of product in 2005 continuing a five year trend of 35% annual market growth. Photovoltaic systems can reduce the need for central power plants, provide energy security, stimulate job growth, and eliminate electrical transmission losses. Worldwide PV installations today avoid approximately 8 million metric tons per year of CO2 emissions. During this seminar attendees will learn the basics of photovoltaic systems, become familiar with the photovoltaic industry, and become acquainted with NIST’s photovoltaic research program. NIST’s program is addressing photovoltaic module measurements needs, providing performance data for various photovoltaic cell technologies, and validating/improving simulation models used to predict the energy production of photovoltaic systems. Following the presentation tours will be given of NIST’s commercial and residential photovoltaic test beds, outdoor characterization facility, and recently constructed large-area solar simulator.
Hunter Fanney , Leader, Heat Transfer and Alternative Energy Systems Group.
224 Bldg, Rm. B245. (NIST Contact: Aaron Forster, 301-975-8701, aaron.forster@nist.gov)
Special Assistance Available


ADVANCE NOTICE

2/9/07 1:00 PM - NIST COLLOQUIUM SERIES : The Quantum Optics Circus: Flying Photons, Acrobatic Atoms and Entangled Ensembles
NOTE: DIFFERENT TIME AND LOCATION (VTC from Boulder) Since its inception more than 40 years ago, Quantum Optics has made remarkable advances in the exploration of the quantum character of light, including the microscopic control of single atoms and photons. Indeed, laser operation has been pushed to the conceptual limit with the realization of a laser that operates with one acrobatic atom. Single, flying photons can now be generated deterministically at the push of a button. Ensembles of atoms can be projected into an entangled quantum state by the "click" of a photodetector. Beyond their fundamental significance, such advances are helping to lay the foundations for the new science of Quantum Information, including the realization of complex quantum networks.
Jeff Kimble , Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology.
Administration Building, Lecture Room A . (NIST Contact: Kum Ham, 301-975-4203, kham@nist.gov)
Special Assistance Available

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MEETINGS ELSEWHERE


1/22 -- MONDAY

No Scheduled Events

1/23 -- TUESDAY

No Scheduled Events

1/24 -- WEDNESDAY

No Scheduled Events

1/25 -- THURSDAY

No Scheduled Events

1/26 -- FRIDAY

No Scheduled Events

ADVANCE NOTICE

No Scheduled Events

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TALKS BY NIST PERSONNEL

TEAGUE, L. : TOWARD IMPROVED MICRO- AND NANO-SCALE DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES.
Savannah River National Lab, Aiken, SC, 1/25.

EPPELDAUER, G. : DETECTOR SPECTRAL POWER, IRRADIANCE, AND RADIANCE RESPONSIVITY CALIBRATIONS USING UNIFORM SOURCES FROM 210 NM TO 5000 NM.
Measurement Science Conference 2007, Long Beach California, 1/25.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS NIST GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS
The NIST Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Scientists, Engineers and Administrators honors former NBS/NIST staff members for outstanding career contributions to the work of NBS/NIST. Portraits and biographies of those selected are displayed in the corridor of the NIST cafeteria at Gaithersburg. Portraits of at most ten additional persons will be added to the Portrait Gallery in 2007. Any current or former NIST staff member may make a nomination. Nominations are encouraged of outstanding NBS staff members who retired before 1963. For such nominations, it is understood that some of the requested data may no longer be available. Nominations of distinguished women and minorities are also encouraged. For persons who were nominated last year, but not selected, a new nomination may be submitted. If a nominee is not selected after two successive years of nomination, the nominee will not be considered for a third successive year. Nomination instructions are available from the Standards Alumni Association, Room A-42 Admin, Mail Stop 0952, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0952; telephone 301-975-2486; by email: alumni@nist.gov; or from the SAA website: www.nist.gov/director/saa. Nominations shall be received by the Standards Alumni Association on or before February 16, 2007, by mail or by email to the above addresses. No exceptions will be made to this deadline.
NIST Contact: Anneke Segers, 301-975-2463, johanna.sengers@nist.gov

VISITOR REGISTRATION FOR NIST EVENTS
Because of heightened security at the NIST Gaithersburg site, members of the public who wish to attend meetings, seminars, lectures, etc. must first register in advance. For more information please call or e-mail the "NIST Contact" for the particular event you would like to attend.
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NIST WEB SITE ANNOUNCEMENTS

No Web Site announcements this week.

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All lectures and meetings are open unless otherwise stated.

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