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10:45 AM - Thermal Transport Properties of Zeolite Thin Films
1:30 PM - Synchrotron X-ray Scattering Studies of Semiconductor Nanoclusters in Zeolites

1:00 PM - This is Your Brain on Music

10/8 -- MONDAY

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10/9 -- TUESDAY

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10/10 -- WEDNESDAY

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10/11 -- THURSDAY

10:45 AM - NIST CENTER FOR NEUTRON RESEARCH SEMINAR: Thermal Transport Properties of Zeolite Thin Films
None available
Yeny Hudiono , Georgia Institute of Technology.
Building 235, Room E100. (NIST Contact: Paul Butler, 301-975-2028, paul.butler@nist.gov)

1:30 PM - NIST CENTER FOR NEUTRON RESEARCH SEMINAR: Synchrotron X-ray Scattering Studies of Semiconductor Nanoclusters in Zeolites
When electrons and holes in a semiconductor are confined to ultra-small regions of space (typically 1-25 nm), the optical and electronic properties of the semiconductor become strongly size-dependent. Such structures are called quantum dots, nanowires or nanoclusters, depending upon their shape and dimensionality. These nanostructures are of great interest for a variety of potential electronic, photochemical and nonlinear optical applications. Studying the atomic structures of these nanoclusters is necessary for an analysis of the transition from molecular to bulk semiconductor properties. This talk will discuss selected aspects of HgSe and Se semiconductor nanoclusters encapsulated in both Nd-Y and LTL zeolites. The long-range structure of these systems was modeled by performing the Rietveld refinement on synchrotron X-ray data. A remarkable feature in our X-ray diffraction patterns--a smoothly oscillating diffuse background, under the Bragg peaks--will also be discussed in terms of the disorder within a pore! We use the results of optical studies to complement our X-ray structural work. This work was supported by the DOE/BES on DE-FG02-04-ER46160.
Ichiro Takeuchi , University of Maryland. ,.
Building 235, Room E100. (NIST Contact: Brian Kirby, 301-975-8395, brian.kirby@nist.gov)


10/12 -- FRIDAY

1:00 PM - NIST COLLOQUIUM SERIES: This is Your Brain on Music
NOTE: DIFFERENT TIME (VTC from Boulder) What do we know about music and the brain? Are the brains of musicians different from the brains of non-musicians? Why do some people become experts and others -- with the same amount of practice -- do not? Why do we like the music we like? What are the neural similarities between language and music? By the age of 5 we have all learned, implicitly, the rules of what notes go together and which don't. How is the brain able to do this? How does music affect our emotions? Music triggers the reward centers in our brains so that we are hardwired for music. Is music more fundamental to our species than language?
Dan Levitin , Department of Psychology, McGill University.
Administration Building, Red Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Kum Ham, 301-975-4203, kham@nist.gov)
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10/15/07 10:30 AM - CENTER FOR NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR: Smart Templates with Active Confinement for New Materials and Devices
I will present the design of nanostructured polymer materials employing self-organization phenomena and active templates. We fabricate and investigate smart surfaces and devices for wide range applications spanning from molecular electronics and optical devices to bio-inspired materials and cell adhesion control. Several recent examples of "smart" materials and surfaces will be discussed: - grafted polymers as smart templates with active confinement - reactive multi-dimensional nanoscopic templates from block copolymers - templated synthesis of hybrid polymer-inorganic nanometer scale devices - synthetic polymers - protein hybrid polymer brushes for biological applications.
Alexander Sidorenko , Professor, a.sidorenko@usip.edu.
Bldg. 217, Rm. H107. (NIST Contact: Nikolai Zhitenev, 301-975-6039, nikolai.zhitenev@nist.gov)

10/18/07 10:30 AM - NIST CENTER FOR NEUTRON RESEARCH SEMINAR: Sigma Xi Colloquium Series
The Retired Scientists, Engineers and Technicians (ReSET) program was established in 1988 with the object of using the underused resource of retired scientists and engineers, to fulfill a need in elementary schools. That need was assessed to be a more lively and interesting introduction of science to young children. The program was designed for senior scientists who had not taught school before or even been in an elementary school for over 50 years.. Volunteers work as a team with the classroom teachers to do hands-on or demonstration experiments with the children. Volunteers use their professional backgrounds to spark enthusiasm for science. Thus the program contributes to the future of science literacy in the United States.
Harold Sharlin , ReSET Program.
Administration Bldg, Lecture Rm. A. (NIST Contact: Bryant Nelson, 301-975-2517, bryant.nelson@nist.gov)

10/19/07 10:30 AM - ,NIST PORTRAIT GALLERY CEREMONY SEMINAR: NIST Portrait Gallery Ceremony
All NIST staff is invited to the 2007 Portrait Gallery Ceremony honoring inductees to the NIST Gallery of Distinguished Scientists, Engineers and Administrators. The Ceremony takes place on October 19, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. in the Red Auditorium. Friends and former colleagues are invited to join the honorees in a breakfast reception in the Employee Lounge starting at 9:30 a.m. This year's inductees are: Howard Baum, Howard S. Bean, John W. Cahn, B. Stephen Carpenter, André Deprit, David A. Didion, Ronald F. Dziuba, Frederick R. Fickett, James E. Leiss and Neil Olien. Contacts: Anneke Sengers, ext 2463 or Hans Oser, ext. 2486
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Administration Building, Red Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Hans Oser, 301-975-2486, alumni@nist.gov)

10/26/07 1:30 PM - CENTER FOR NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR: Biological macromolecules as scaffolding for precisely engineered nanostructures
We are currently developing a system for using biological macromolecules as scaffolding for the construction of nanostructures comprising multiple inorganic nanoparticles. The system utilizes the geometry of the macromolecules to define the three-dimensional arrangement of inorganic particles in the structure. A massively parallel assembly process will be used to provide for the mass production of identical nanostructures. We envision applications to include, for example, (i) construction of small assemblies of metallic nanoparticles to form nanolenses capable of focusing surface plasmons and (ii) the construction of magnetic cellular automata.
Lee Makowski , Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, lmakowski@anl.gov.
Building 215, Room C103-C106. (NIST Contact: James Alexander Liddle, 301-975-6050, liddle@nist.gov)

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MEETINGS ELSEWHERE


10/8 -- MONDAY

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10/9 -- TUESDAY

11:00 AM - CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON/GEOPHYSICAL LAB. SEMINAR: IMAGING MINERAL-WATER INTERFACES
P. Fenter , Argonne National Lab..
Bldg, Rm..
Greenewalt Bldg., GL-DTM Grounds, Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC. (NIST Contact: . ., 202-478-8900, seminar@lists.ciw.edu)



10/10 -- WEDNESDAY

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10/11 -- THURSDAY

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10/12 -- FRIDAY

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TALKS BY NIST PERSONNEL

GUNDLACH, D. : USING CHEMICALLY-TAILORED CONTACT INTERFACES TO CONTROL CHANNEL REGION MICROSTRUCTURE AND THE ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOLUTION PROCESSED ORGANIC TFTS.
Electrochemical Society Meeting, Washington, DC USA, 10/7.

SHULL, R. : NANOTECHNOLOGY AND METALS: ARE THEY CONNECTED? WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?.
Plumbing Manufacturers Institute Fall Meeting, Crystal City, VA, 10/10.

KOPANSKI, J. (Co-Authors: T.R.Walker , SURF student, PSU W.Jiang , Contractor, KT Consulting) : SCANNING CAPACITANCE MICROSCOPY & SCANNING KELVIN FORCE MICROSCOPY FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTORS AND DEVICE STRUCTURES.
212th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Map Room, Terrace Level, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, 10/10.

KARIM, A. : OPPORTUNITIES IN NEUTRONS AND NANOSCIENCE: APPLICATION TO POLYMER MATERIALS SCIENCE.
Center for Nanophase Materials Science and Spallation Neutron Source, Knoxville, TN, 10/10.

PRABHU, V. : MEASUREMENT ADVANCES FOR IDENTIFYING POLYMER PHOTORESIST MATERIALS LIMITS.
University of Akron, Akron, OH, 10/11.

SOLES, C. : NANOIMPRINT METROLOGY AND MATERIALS RESEARCH AT NIST.
2007 Nanoimprint and Nanoprint Technology Conference, Paris, France, 10/11.

LAHR, D. : CHEMICAL STATES OF SN PRESENT IN SNO2 NANOMATERIAL SENSORS.
American Vacuum Society, Seattle, WA, 10/11.

GILLEN, G. : 3D DEPTH PROFILING OF ELEMENTAL & MOLECULOR MATERIALS USING CLUSTER SIMS.
Quantitative Surface Analysis Conference, Seattle, Washington, 10/12.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

VISITOR REGISTRATION FOR NIST EVENTS
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NIST WEB SITE ANNOUNCEMENTS

No Web Site announcements this week.

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For more information, contact Ms. Sharon Hallman, Editor, Stop 2500, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD 20899-2500; Telephone: 301-975-TCAL (3570); Fax: 301-926-4431; or Email: tcal@nist.gov.

All lectures and meetings are open unless otherwise stated.

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