December 2014 - BNC-all - ecn.purdue.edu

Business Office Closed
by Anthrop, Heather L 12 Dec '14

12 Dec '14

The Business Office will be closed from 3 to 5pm today, Friday, December 12th so they may attend the annual OVPR holiday meeting. Thank you, Heather L Anthrop Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-7053

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Hazardous Gases Shut-down
by Jurss, Stephen E 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

All, The toxic gas monitoring is not operating so all hazardous gases will be shut-down until further notice. Stephen Stephen E. Jurss CIH, CSP Safety Officer Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 W. State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 Tx: 765-496-8337 E-mail: sejurss(a)purdue.edu<mailto:sejurss@purdue.edu>

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Birck Holiday Reception - Dec. 19th, 3:30pm in the Birck Atrium
by Turner, Jaime J 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

[cid:image004.png@01D01553.6FF5C130] Jaime Turner Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Email: jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> Phone: 765-494-3509

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Cell phone
by Anthrop, Heather L 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

If you are missing a cell phone please come see me to identify and claim. Thank you, Heather L Anthrop Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-7053

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Dr. Javier Garay Seminar - Dec. 12th at 3:30pm in BRK 1001
by Turner, Jaime J 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

[cid:image001.png@01D01521.3052C820] Jaime Turner Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Email: jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> Phone: 765-494-3509

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NSAC Coffee hour
by Anthrop, Heather L 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

Please join us for Coffee hour today in the atrium at 3:30 pm This week's presenter is Aveek Dutta with the topic of Effect of Epsilon-Near-Zero substrate on the radiation pattern and resonating frequency of gold nano-antenna array

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BNC e-news for the week of Dec. 8th
by Anthrop, Heather L 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

Cleanroom Equipment Seminar Cleanroom Hotplates A user reported that hotplate temperatures for their heated acetone processes have been significantly increased by an unknown person twice since July. This happened without the knowledge or approval of the person doing the heated acetone process. Both times the samples were boiled off and ruined. If this was a deliberate act of sabotage then this is a very serious offense with extreme consequences. If perhaps someone set aside the acetone beakers for a quick use of the hotplate and did not return the hotplate to the original 70C process, then the samples were ruined by a careless act. Dan Hosler is leading an effort to evaluate various engineering improvements that will provide better communication about the critical nature of the experiments underway. In addition, our camera server hardware failed earlier in the summer. Replacement required updating the OS and image collection software. The OS has been installed and a new version of the image collection software is being purchased. Cameras will be back online after the holiday break. Equipment FIB Users have been frustrated with the uptime and availability of the Focused Ion Beam and the FIB manipulator. Birck has a service contract with FEI, the manufacturer of the system, and Prof. Volkan Ortalan has written a very detailed letter to FEI service to express our displeasure with the state of the system and it's uptime. In addition, Purdue purchasing has engaged in the discussion with FEI. In response, FEI management has assured us that this is escalated to the highest levels in their company, and a Technical Support representative from FEI is being scheduled to service the FIB next week. Seminar Prof. J Colchero Monday, December 8th at 4:00 pm Birck 1001 Electrostatic Scanning Force Microscopy: Electric fields as powerful tools for nanoscale material characterization For more information please visit: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1092

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Reminder: NSAC Social - Thursday December 4th at PMU Rack n Roll bowling
by NSAC 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Dear Birck Colleague: This is to remind you to join us today for food, bowling and lots of fun. Where: Purdue Memorial Union (PMU) Rack n Roll bowling When: Thursday, December 4th, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm *If you have not done so, to confirm that you'll be attending, simply click this link: Yes, count me in! <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1whz1kwOpVuqiaB_Zzx5Kf1i0r3TwH-I-fVtU_k4nDM…>* The event is hosted by NSAC and OSA Purdue Student Chapter. Thank you, NSAC Officers On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 1:36 PM, NSAC <nsac(a)purdue.edu> wrote: > Dear Birck Colleague, > > You are invited to a social event hosted by NSAC! There will be food, > bowling, and lots of fun. So please come to relax for a while. > > Where: Purdue Memorial Union (PMU) Rack n Roll bowling > When: Thursday, December 4th, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm > > > *To confirm that you'll be attending, simply click this link: Yes, count > me in! > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1whz1kwOpVuqiaB_Zzx5Kf1i0r3TwH-I-fVtU_k4nDM…>* > > See you there! > > > > NSAC Officers > >

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Bagels and coffee in the kitchen.
by Luis Traverso 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Coffee is still warm. Luis Traverso

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Michael Kong Seminar - Dec. 4th at 3:00pm in BRK 2001
by Turner, Jaime J 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Plasma Biomedicine - from a triggered spark to engineering-enabled therapies Michael Kong Batten Endowed Chair in Bioelectrics Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Frank Reidy Center for Bioelectrics Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Thursday, December 4th at 3:00 PM Birck Nanotechnology Center Room 2001 Gas discharges sustained near room temperature are known to be indispensible for many industries including microelectronics fabrication, display and lighting, and surface engineering. Much less known is that their physiochemical environment of reactive oxygen species, charges and light share remarkable similarities to the environment created by the Great Oxygenation Event some 2.4 - 2.7 billion years ago that led to the emergence of single-celled eukaryotes on the earth. Today, the development of low-temperature plasmas for use in healthcare has already led to three FDA approved clinical procedures of tissue ablation and coagulation, considerable advance in plasma disinfection of endoscopic and other medical devices, two successful phase-II clinical trials for plasma-based wound healing, and a rapidly growing interdisciplinary disciplinary known as plasma biomedicine. This presentation provides a perspective of clinical successes of plasma biomedicine, how the interdisciplinary interplay advances both engineering science and biology, and key examples of societal challenges that can be addressed by plasma bioscience. With increasing awareness of the natural link between gas plasmas and aerobic life, the possibility of using plasma chemistry to interact with redox biology to achieve redox homeostasis and hence unlock novel therapies is discussed. New sciences being developed from the interface between plasma and life sciences are expected to drive technological innovations for healthcare. Biography: Michael Kong is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Batten Endowed Chair in Bioelectrics at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. Upon joining ODU towards the end of 2012, he established a Plasma Biomedicine group with an integrated laboratory facility blending plasma physics and chemistry, plasma sources engineering, neuroscience and cell biology, and molecular microbiology. Prior to his move to the US, he held a Chair in Bioelectrics and was an Associate Dean at Loughborough University, UK, where he established a 20-member Plasma and Pulsed Power Group and co-founded a campus-wide Centre for Biological Engineering with a research portfolio in plasma biomedicine, cell therapy and regenerative medicine. Dr. Kong is a founding director of the International Society for Plasma Medicine, a senior editor of IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, and an editorial member for Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, and Plasma Medicine Journal. He served as the general chair for the 2012 IEEE International Conference of Plasma Science in Scotland. He has published some 145 journal papers with an h-index of 39, and given more than 70 plenary/invited talks at international conferences and symposiums. Dr Kong received the inaugural International Society for Plasma Medicine Award in 2010, and is a Fellow of IEEE.

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