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WEEKLY MEMO: Tuesday, 012208
by Deborah Starewich 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

WEEKLY MEMO, January 22, 2008 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: Birck Nanotechnology Center Card Reader System and Fire Panel: as of 3:00PM on Monday, 01.14.08, the card reader system is connected to the fire alarm system. When there is an active fire alarm in the building, all external doors will lock down (key access only) and internal card reader doors will unlock. This will keep unauthorized people out of the building during a fire emergency and open the inside doors to help the emergency response team to move easily inside the building. Please contact Mark Voorhis (mvoorhis(a)purdue.edu) should you have any questions or concerns. 1.2: Best Gen-Nano Game Competition: The Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) is accepting proposals from students on Purdue's West Lafayette campus interested in designing a storyboard for an interactive K-12 learning activity to be published within one of the learning modules of the generation-nano.org Web site, which aims to excite middle school children about science by teaching them nanotechnology concepts. The individual or team authors of the three winning storyboards will receive cash awards of up to $300. Additional prizes will be awarded to authors of activities selected for implementation. The competition is open to all students on Purdue's West Lafayette campus. The deadline for proposal submission is March 15. Storyboard proposals are accepted from individual participants or teams. The goal of the proposed activity should be to accomplish a well-defined learning objective in one of the suggested topics, including structure and properties of matter, dominant forces and self-assembly; and involve a level of challenge appropriate for middle school children. The activity may either be exploratory or competitive, require user interaction and provide appropriate feedback to the user about his or her efforts. Detailed rules, guideline documents and competition entry form are available on the competition website: http://www.generation-nano.org/competition. 1.3: RAT reservations: when requesting rooms or resources in Birck, please do not change the administrator listed on the resource. Melissa (Marris) Lane is keeping a back up calendar for us so we have most of our room reservations running through her. If you contact Annie Cheever (68327) or Deborah Starewich (43509) by phone to make a reservation, we can check the room availability and make the request to Melissa for you. Thanks for your cooperation. 1.4: Discovery Park NEW logo and templates: Birck¹s new letterhead and memo templates have been posted to the faculty resources page <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/fac_resources.php <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/fac_resources.php> >. Posted to the visual resources page (<http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/PPT_resources.php <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/PPT_resources.php> <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/PPT_resources.php > >) is an updated powerpoint template the new logos. 1.5: Wade Utility Plant To Implement Campus Heating Steam Curtailment Level-1 was implemented on Saturday, January 19, 2008. Per Physical Facilities: Due to a combination of forecasted extremely cold temperatures and limited steam production capability at the Wade Utility Plant, we are implementing campus heating steam curtailment Level-1 beginning Saturday, January 19. There is no immanent threat of a heating steam supply shortage to campus! Curtailment Level-1 is essentially an awareness alert asking the campus community to please take voluntary steps to curtail heating steam consumption to help control costs. Why the curtailment step? To meet anticipated campus heating steam needs, due to the forecasted cold weekend weather, the Utility Plant will have to operate its gas/oil Boiler No.3 at a substantially high load because one of the plant's base-load coal fired boilers is not in service due to new pollution controls installation project activities. So, any reasonable steps that may be taken to curtail unnecessary consumption of heating steam save significant expense to the University. Boiler No. 3 costs four times as much to operate than one of our other boilers. What will be happening? During heating steam curtailment periods, Physical Facilities services staff will be closely monitoring and adjusting building operating systems in order to optimize heating steam demand without significantly impacting building occupant comfort to conserve steam consumption. What are some things people can do? Make sure outside doors are not left open longer than necessary. Make sure windows are closed. Lower room thermostats if occupants have the capability to do so. If significant sunshine is available, open window shades facing south if possible to catch solar heating and close shades at sunset. How long could we be asking for voluntary steam heating curtailment steps? The current weather forecast has a return to more moderate temperatures early next week. When that time arrives, Physical Facilities will most likely return building heating controls to normal settings. ******************** 2. SEMINARS ******************** 2.1: Thursday, January 24, 2008, 2PM, EE317: ³Silicon Sprintronics,² by Ian Appelbaum. ABSTRACT: Despite Silicon¹s intrinsic advantages for spintronics, even the basic elements of spin transport had not been achieved in this semiconductor until recently.[1] I will discuss the specific challenges associated with spin injection and detection in Silicon (Si), and our unique solution, employing ballistic hot-electron transport through nano-scale ferromagnetic metal ³polarizers.² Using this technique, we have observed unprecedented coherence in spin precession measurements, and extracted very long spin lifetimes of conduction electrons traveling over macroscopic distances.[2] Whereas transistor scaling limits will soon suppress progress in microelectronics using Si, spintronics may secure this semiconductor's dominance for the future. [1] Ian Appelbaum, B.Q. Huang, and D.J. Monsma, ³Electronic measurement and control of spin transport in silicon,² Nature 447, 295 (2007); [2] B.Q. Huang, D.J. Monsma, and Ian Appelbaum, ³Coherent spin transport through a 350-micron-thick silicon wafer,² Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 177209 (2007). BIO: Ian Appelbaum obtained his B.S. in Physics and Mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and Ph.D. in Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After spending one year as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University's Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, he is currently an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Delaware. **************** 3. Opportunities **************** 3.1: Job Position at Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis, OR: Materials Science (Entry Level) Job description: This is an R&D Materials design position in HP¹s imaging and printing business with an emphasis on Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) Print head technologies. TIJ print heads have many complex materials, and design challenges. Polymers, ceramics, elastomers, multilayer films, and electronics must provide state of the art mechanical, fluidic, electrical, adhesion, thermal, chemically resistant, cost, and volume manufacturing performance. We seek an individual with a solid, foundational understanding of Material Science who can apply many different analytical techniques in order to solve complex materials development questions. This job involves the following: Application of a broad range of analytical techniques to analyze, understand, characterize, and improve upon materials used in HP¹s Thermal Inkjet Print Heads; Development of new analytical methods to probe for unknown issues, failure modes, and material reliability factors; Coordination of analytical testing between multiple labs, both external and internal; and Communication of your work at periodic intervals and at the appropriate forums. Education: Bachelors or advanced degree (preferred) in Materials Science engineering (or related science). Highly desired would be an advanced degree in Materials Science, with Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering . This skill match would best match the interesting & challenging blend of materials and mechanical design interactions in our products. Desirable skills: Demonstrated ability to summarize materials properties that can lead to a successful search and development of a material for a specific purpose; Experience in a developing and a testing materials for a given application; Experience in developing activation energies to determine the response life a material, and/or a system of materials; Experience in mechanical design and its impact on material design; Ability to broadly contribute in a fast-paced, industrial R&D environment; Excellent communication and teamwork skills; Excellent planning, organizational, and documentation skills; Ability to give clear and effective presentations to inform and persuade peers and managers. If you are interested, please send your resume to alok.sharan(a)hp.com <mailto:alok.sharan@hp.com> . Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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MONDAY MEMO: 2008 January 14
by Deborah Starewich 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

MONDAY MEMO, January 14, 2008 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: REMINDER: Any reservations made last Fall have been deleted; you must renew your group meetings every semester. Use the RAT system (https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Resources/Tools/RAT/index_local) to request rooms for your Spring Semester Group Meetings. Once at the RAT website, select ³Birck²; then click on ³Request Reservation² on the left-hand column of the page that comes up. We have Melissa Lane coordinating all reservations so that she may keep a back up calendar, in the event that RAT would crash (similar to the events at the beginning of the Fall semester). 1.2: Try your Monday Memo via RSS feed: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/fac_resources.php *********************** 2. BIRCK TOURS/VISITORS *********************** 1.2: Tuesday, January 15, 9:55AM: Krannert Advising Office personnel. 1.2: Tuesday, January 15, 2:30PM: Dr. Michael Manfra, Candidate, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics 2.3: Thursday, January 17, 11:45AM: Albena Ivanisevic¹s EPICS lab class. ******************** 3. SEMINARS ******************** 3.1: Tuesday, January 15, 4:00PM, PHYS 223; refreshments 3:30PM, PHYS 242): ³Life in the 2nd Landau level: Bubbles, stripes, and non-Abelian quantum Hall states,² by Dr. Michael Manfra. Semiconductor heterostructures form the basis for many of our modern technologies, ranging from high-speed transistors to the laser diode. They also provide an ideal playground for exploring the physics of interacting electrons in two dimensions. When a perpendicular magnetic field is applied to a two-dimensional electron gas, the electronic density of states is transformed into a series of discrete, highly degenerate, states known as Landau levels (LL). At high fields, all of the electrons can be accommodated within a single LL known as the lowest (N=0) LL. Within the lowest LL, transport is dominated by the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE). The strong correlations of the FQHE in the lowest LL are now understood in the framework an intuitively appealing model of weakly interacting composite fermions. At lower magnetic fields where more than one LL is occupied, physics is much more complicated. In this regime the FQHE competes with other correlated, but inhomogeneous, ground states, producing some spectacular transport signatures at low temperatures. In this talk I will describe our efforts to understand and modify the possible ground states in the higher LL¹s of extremely high mobility two-dimensional electron and hole systems. In addition, I will detail our experimental efforts to confine the fragile FQHE at filling factor 5/2 in micron scale geometries. The quasiparticles of the 5/2 state are believed to obey non-Abelian statistics. Small scale devices in which the 5/2 state¹s quasiparticles can be manipulated may someday provide a platform for quantum computation. 3.2: Tuesday, January 15, 7:00PM, Class of 1950 Lecture Hall: ³What should be the future of biofuels? An open discussion and debate,² sponsored by the Center for the Environment Featuring a panel of Purdue experts who will discuss their perspectives on the environmental, technical, and policy related issues surrounding the increasing production and promotion of biofuels. Following brief statements from each panelist, questions will be taken from the audience. Participants will include: ModeratorDr. Bernie Tao, Indiana Soybean Professor in Soybean Utilization in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; and PanelistsDr. Mike Ladisch, Director, Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Biological Eng; Dr. Larry Nies, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Division of Environmental & Ecological Engineering; Dr. Wally Tyner, Professor of Agricultural Economics and June 2007 Lugar Energy Patriot; and Dr. Tony Vyn, Professor of Agronomy 3.3: Wednesday, January 16, 2:30PM, EE317: ³Multiphase Gallium Nitride Nanowires and Nanocircuits,² by Virginia Ayres ASBSTRACT: Catalyst-free vapor-solid nanowire growth, a newly described method for the production of nanowires compatible with a wide variety of semiconductor materials, has been used to produce novel multiphase zinc-blende/wurtzite gallium nitride nanowires. Orientation relation-ships within the multiphase nanowire were observed using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy of cross-sections created with focused ion beam techniques. A totally coherent interface be-tween the zinc blende and wurtzite phases, which is sustained over the entire length of the nanowire, is identified and discussed. Multiphase nanowire growth occurs at specific nanoscale nucleation sites on platelets of gallium nitride. Furnace growth temperature has been shown to exert a strong influence on nucleation site formation. The types of nanowires that form and the corresponding nanowire nucleation sites over the furnace growth temperature range 850-1000°C are discussed. Multiphase nanowires may have novel properties that augment and may be superior to single-phase nanowires in device applications. The electronic performance of the new multiphase nanowires in a NanoFET configuration is investigated using 2-point and 4-point probe current-voltage characterizations. The current-voltage characterizations were carried in a special nano-probing system, in which oxide sharpened ~30 nm radius tungsten nanoprobes were coupled to directly a nanowire while the experiments were directly visualized using a scanning electron microscope. All measurements showed high current densities. Evidence for single-phase current transport within the multiphase nanowire structure is discussed. Novel multiphase gallium nitride nanowires and nano-circuits may provide unique flexibility for photon and carrier confinement. *with collaborators: B.W. Jacobs, K. McElroy, M.A. Crimp, Michigan State University; J.B. Halpern, and M-Q. He, Howard University; H.C. Shaw, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; M.P. Petkov, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. BIO: Virginia M. Ayres is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and heads the Electronic and Biological Nanostructures Laboratory (http://www.egr.msu.edu/ebnl <http://www.egr.msu.edu/ebnl> ) at Michigan State University. Her research interests include the reduced dimensionality-based electronic properties of nanotubes and nanowires. Dr. Ayres earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Physics from Purdue University, and her B.A. in Physics and Biophysics from the Johns Hopkins University. She is the recipient of two NASA Faculty Fellowship Awards and of two international awards from the Japan Society for Promotion of Science and from Tokyo Institute of Technology for research and education in Japan. 3.4: Thursday, January 17, 12:30PM, Pfendler Auditorium 241: ³Advances in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering,² by Robert S. Langer, Sc.D.; Draper Award Winner; Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 2007 National Medal of Science Recipient; Member of the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine. Advances in drug delivery and tissue engineering are revolutionizing medical therapies. New drug delivery technologies including novel polymers and intelligent microchips promise to create new treatments for cancer, heart disease, and many other illnesses. Furthermore, by combining mammalian cells with synthetic polymers, new approaches for engineering tissues are being developed that may someday help repair tissues for patients with burns, damaged cartilage, paralysis and vascular disease. **************** 4. Opportunities **************** 4.1: Per the VPR¹s office, the National Institutes of Health has issued an RFA for Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research. This program¹s purpose ³is to establish and maintain strong infrastructure and multifaceted research and development activities to provide scientific information and translational research capacity that will facilitate the next generation of therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines against the NIAID Category A-C Priority Pathogens and emerging infectious diseases agents.² The full program announcement may be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-002.html <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-002.html> . For this competition, an institution may submit one proposal. Internal deadlines are as follows: Monday, March 17: Letters of Intent due to the OVPR; Monday, April 21: Preproposals due to the OVPR; Thursday, April 24: Preproposal rankings due to the OVPR. Please note: Letters of intent, preproposals, and rankings to the OVPR should be e-mailed to OVPRlimited(a)purdue.edu. Purdue's limited submission policy and template for letters of intent may be found at http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi <http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi> . For any case in which the number of internal letters of intent received is no more than the number of proposals allowed by the sponsor, the OVPR will notify the PI that an internal preproposal will be unnecessary. 4.2: Per the VPRs office, a new opportunity on ³Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R01)² has been anncouned. Visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-052.html <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-052.html> for a full description. This opportunity (FOA) is aimed at enhancing nanoscience and nanotechnology research focused on problems in biology and medicine. A major challenge facing medicine is to develop novel and more sophisticated approaches for the diagnosis, treatment and management of an array of diseases and traumatic injuries. Nanotechnology and nanoscience have the capacity to drive a new wave of medical innovation through the engineering of bioactive nanoscale structures, processes and systems based on the advancement of our understanding of biology at the nanoscale. 4.3: Limited Submission Competition: NSF Ethics Education in Science and Engineering, on behalf of Christine King The National Science Foundation has issued a new RFP for the above program, which ³accepts proposals for research and educational projects to improve ethics education in all of the fields of science and engineering that NSF supports, especially in interdisciplinary or inter-institutional contexts. Proposals must focus on improving ethics education for graduate students in those fields, although the proposed programs may benefit advanced undergraduates in addition to graduate students.² The full program announcement may be found at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08530/nsf08530.htm <http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08530/nsf08530.htm> . For this competition, an institution may submit one proposal as lead organization. Internal deadlines are as follows: Monday, January 28: Letters of Intent due to the OVPR; Monday, February 18: Preproposals due to the OVPR; Thursday, February 21: Preproposal rankings due to the OVPR. Please note: Letters of intent, preproposals, and rankings to the OVPR should be e-mailed to OVPRlimited(a)purdue.edu. Purdue's limited submission policy and template for letters of intent may be found at http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi <http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi> . For any case in which the number of internal letters of intent received is no more than the number of proposals allowed by the sponsor, the OVPR will notify the PI that an internal preproposal will be unnecessary. 4.4: Innovative Technologies for Molecular Analysis of Cancer (R21) Application Receipt Dates: March 11, 2008; May 29, 2008; September 24, 2008 Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits grant applications proposing exploratory research projects focused on the inception and early stage development of highly innovative cancer-relevant technologies. The emphasis of this FOA is on technically innovative molecular analysis tools with the potential to add a new quality to the investigations of the molecular basis of cancer (e.g., by facilitating the detection of cancer-related characteristics/alterations at the molecular and cellular levels of organization and function). These technologies may be intended for molecular analyses in vitro, in situ, and/or in vivo. Responsive ³technologies² encompass relevant methods, techniques, tools, instrumentation, and devices (but not software or informatics solutions). This funding opportunity is part of a broader NCI-sponsored Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program. Several IMAT FOAs of identical or closely related scientific scope using various funding mechanisms are available. To facilitate selection, a separate Notice in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts provides brief cross-comparison and links to all the IMAT FOAs. See NOT-CA-08-003 <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-08-003.html <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-08-003.html> <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-08-003.html > > . 4.5: Application of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R21) Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits grant applications proposing exploratory research projects to evaluate the performance of emerging molecular analysis technologies and develop applications for an appropriate cancer-relevant biological system. These systems may cover cancer-relevant molecular analyses in vitro, in situ, and/or in vivo. The thrust of effort in the projects proposed in response to this FOA must be on emerging technology application rather than on technology development. Emerging technology² is one that has passed the initial developmental stage and shows promise but has not been evaluated/developed in the context of the proposed application and has not been commercialized. Responsive ³technologies² encompass relevant methods, techniques, tools, instrumentation, and devices (but not software or informatics solutions). This FOA is part of the broader NCI-sponsored program Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT). Several IMAT FOAs of identical or closely related scientific scope using various funding mechanisms are available. To facilitate selection, a separate Notice in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts provides a brief cross-comparison and links to all the IMAT FOAs. See NOT-CA-08-003. <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-08-003.html <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-08-003.html> <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-08-003.html > > 4.6: Application of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R33) Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits grant applications proposing exploratory research projects to evaluate the performance of emerging molecular analysis technologies and develop applications for an appropriate cancer-relevant biological system. These systems may cover cancer-relevant molecular analyses in vitro, in situ, and/or in vivo. The thrust of effort in the projects proposed in response to this FOA must be on emerging technology application rather than on technology development. Responsive ³technologies² encompass relevant methods, techniques, tools, instrumentation, and devices (but not software or informatics solutions). This FOA is part of the broader NCI-sponsored program Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT). Several IMAT FOAs of identical or closely related scientific scope using various funding mechanisms are available. To facilitate selection, a separate Notice in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts provides a brief cross-comparison and links to all the IMAT FOAs; see NOT-CA-08-003. <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-08-003.html <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-08-003.html> <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-08-003.html > > ****************** 5. Life on the Outside ****************** 5.1: Quit SMOKING Now for FREE! If you¹ve been thinking about quitting smoking, there¹s never been a better time than now to do it! And, for a limited time, there is extra help out therejust for you. Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW, talk with a counselor, and enroll today with the Indiana Tobacco Quitline. You¹ll receive a FREE, two-week supply of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (gum or patches), while supplies last. Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW and get your start today! There¹s never been a better time to quit! Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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Birck Publications, on behalf of TIM SANDS
by Deborah Starewich 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

Dear Birck Nanotechnology Center Colleague: I am pleased to report that the BNC research community surpassed a significant milestone with the publication of 100 (and counting) archival journal articles in the 2007 calendar year (in Web of Science, search with ADDRESS = birck nano*). This figure compares with 64 in 2006 and and 18 in 2005. Although the number of papers itself does not describe the impact of the BNC community's contribution, it is notable that several of these papers are already being cited at a very high rate, and many more have been featured in the technical and lay press (thanks also to our active Purdue News Service and Discovery Park staff, particularly Emil Venere and Phillip Fiorini). Please do continue to use the "Birck Nanotechnology Center" as one of your affiliations when, in your judgment as an author, the BNC facilities or research community has been an enabling factor in the research to be reported. Doing so helps us measure the impact of the BNC for our stakeholders, and provides valuable evidence in strengthening our center-scale proposals. Let me also remind you that publications with BNC affiliations may be submitted for posting on e-Pubs (http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/nanopub/) under the ³Birck Publications² listing. These postings enable wider distribution of your work within the constraints of copyright restrictions and embargos imposed by publishers. Please send your recent publications (pdf format) with the BNC as an affiliation to Jeff Goecker (jgoecker(a)purdue.edu) and he will assist in posting the paper. In response to requests from the larger ³nano² community at Purdue, we have added a new category in e-Pubs entitled ³Other Nanotechnology Publications.² These are articles in nanoscience, nanoengineering and nanotechnology that have been published by Purdue authors but are not affiliated explicitly with the BNC. Jeff has loaded several articles to initiate the site. In the future, feel free to add your own nano-related publications to this site. Jeff can answer questions related to the process of uploading to this site. Best wishes for 2008, Tim Sands Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director, Birck Nanotechnology Center

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MONDAY MEMO: HAPPY NEW YEAR :) -- AGAIN WITH SEMINAR NOTICE
by Deborah Starewich 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

MONDAY MEMO, January 7, 2008 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: REMINDER: contact Melissa Lane (lanem(a)purdue.edu) to schedule rooms for your Spring Semester Group Meetings. Any reservations made last Fall have been deleted; you must renew your group meetings every semester. 1.2: Try your Monday Memo via RSS feed: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/fac_resources.php 1.3: New Class Spring 2008, ABE 591E: ³Microsystems Engineering for BioSystems,² 3 credit hrs; TTh 12:001:15; ABE Room 106A; Instructor D. Marshall Porterfield Course description: This interactive course is designed for both biologists and engineers and will cover the fundamental science and engineering concepts required to work in this emerging interdisciplinary field. This will include coverage of basic concepts in analytical chemistry, cell biology, biochemistry, immunology, microelectronics, MEMS, microfabrication, microfluidics, molecule biology, and optics. We will also offer specific discussion of applications both present and future. Selected topics include Biomolecular Structures and Cell Physiology, Biosensors, Chromatography, Data Acquisition and Signal Processing, Electrophoresis and Blotting, Enzymatic Methods and Kinetics, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) applications in Biosensing, Glass and polymer micromachining, PCR and DNA synthesis, Recombinant DNA Techniques for Biotechnology, DNA and Protein Microarrays, Flow Cytometry Instrumentation, Lab-on-a-chip Systems, Molecular Computing, Microfluidics: Theoretical and Practical Components, The Omics Revolution, Silicon Processing, Separations techniques; material will be from a reference text (TBD), and research papers based on student input. ******************** 2. BIRCK TOURS ******************** 2.1: Tuesday, January 8, 11:50am: Prof. Kevin Webb and program review team. ******************** 3. SEMINARS ******************** 3.1: Wednesday, January 9, 2:30PM, BRK 1001: ³The Design and Characterization of the Kevin G. Hall Nanometrology Laboratory,² by Prof. Ron Reifenberger. ABSTRACT: This seminar summarizes the capabilities of the high accuracy Kevin G. Hall Laboratory which is located in Purdue¹s newly completed Birck Nanotechnology Center. The seminar is primarily intended for anyone interested in designing, building and characterizing a high accuracy room for nanoscience research. The talk will summarize the design specifications and character-ization the Hall Laboratory. Relevant issues related to electrical power, vibration isolation, thermal stability, acoustic isolation, and EMI shielding will be discussed. The talk will conclude with a few lessons learned. BIO: Ron Reifenberger is currently a professor of Physics at Purdue University and is a member of Purdue¹s Center for Sensing Science and Technology (CSST). He is also a member of Purdue¹s Birck Nanotechnology Center. Reifenberger received his PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1976 and has received the Distinguished Physics Alumni Award from his alma mater, John Carroll University, in 1992. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. His research is mainly focused on the development of new scanning probe microscope techniques for the study the nanoscale properties of matter. ********************* 4. LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE ********************* 4.1: Stacy Brown and family welcome a new addition to the family: Mason Eli was born on Friday, January 4 at 9:44AM; he weighed 8 lbs, 13 oz and was 21.5 inches long. Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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MONDAY MEMO: HAPPY NEW YEAR :)
by Deborah Starewich 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

MONDAY MEMO, January 7, 2008 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: REMINDER: contact Melissa Lane (lanem(a)purdue.edu) to schedule rooms for your Spring Semester Group Meetings. Any reservations made last Fall have been deleted; you must renew your group meetings every semester. 1.2: Try your Monday Memo via RSS feed: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/fac_resources.php 1.3: New Class Spring 2008, ABE 591E: ³Microsystems Engineering for BioSystems,² 3 credit hrs; TTh 12:001:15; ABE Room 106A; Instructor D. Marshall Porterfield Course description: This interactive course is designed for both biologists and engineers and will cover the fundamental science and engineering concepts required to work in this emerging interdisciplinary field. This will include coverage of basic concepts in analytical chemistry, cell biology, biochemistry, immunology, microelectronics, MEMS, microfabrication, microfluidics, molecule biology, and optics. We will also offer specific discussion of applications both present and future. Selected topics include Biomolecular Structures and Cell Physiology, Biosensors, Chromatography, Data Acquisition and Signal Processing, Electrophoresis and Blotting, Enzymatic Methods and Kinetics, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) applications in Biosensing, Glass and polymer micromachining, PCR and DNA synthesis, Recombinant DNA Techniques for Biotechnology, DNA and Protein Microarrays, Flow Cytometry Instrumentation, Lab-on-a-chip Systems, Molecular Computing, Microfluidics: Theoretical and Practical Components, The Omics Revolution, Silicon Processing, Separations techniques; material will be from a reference text (TBD), and research papers based on student input. ******************** 2. BIRCK TOURS ******************** 2.1: Tuesday, January 8, 11:50am: Prof. Kevin Webb and program review team. ********************* 3. LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE ********************* 3.1: Stacy Brown and family welcome a new addition to the family: Mason Eli was born on Friday, January 4 at 9:44AM; he weighed 8 lbs, 13 oz and was 21.5 inches long. Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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Directory updated 122007
by Deborah Starewich 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Building directory is attached; we¹ve had many moves with the semester end. Please let me know if there are problems. Thanks! Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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MONDAY MEMO
by Deborah Starewich 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

MONDAY MEMO, December 17, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: Birck Nanotechnology Center Holiday Schedule: Dec. 23, 2007 to January 5, 2008 Sunday, December 23: Normal Operations for Sunday; Building Card Access Only; No staff coverage; Lab Attendants: noon to midnight; Buddy System: midnight to noon. Monday, December 24: UNIVERSIY HOLIDAY; Building Card Access Only; No staff coverage; Lab Attendants: noon to midnight; Buddy System: midnight to noon. Tuesday, December 25: UNIVERSIY HOLIDAY; Building Card Access Only; No staff coverage; NO Lab Attendants; Buddy System: all times. Wednesday-Friday, December 26 to 28: Normal Operations for Weekday; Building Open 7AM to 6PM; Staff coverage: 8AM to 5PM; Lab Attendants: noon-midnight; Buddy System: midnight to 8AM. Saturday, December 29: Normal Operations for Sunday; Building Card Access Only; No staff coverage; Lab Attendants: noon to midnight; Buddy System: midnight to noon. Sunday, December 30: Normal Operations for Sunday; Building Card Access Only; No staff coverage; Lab Attendants: noon to midnight; Buddy System: midnight to noon. Monday, December 31: UNIVERSIY HOLIDAY; Building Card Access Only; No staff coverage; Lab Attendants: noon to midnight; Buddy System: midnight to noon. Tuesday, January 1: UNIVERSIY HOLIDAY; Building Card Access Only; No staff coverage; Lab Attendants: noon to midnight; Buddy System: midnight to noon. Wednesday-Friday, January 2-4: Normal Operations for Weekday; Building Open 7AM to 6PM; Staff coverage: 8AM to 5PM; Lab Attendants: noon-midnight; Buddy System: midnight to 8AM. Saturday, January 5: Normal Operations for Sunday; Building Card Access Only; No staff coverage; Lab Attendants: noon to midnight; Buddy System: midnight to noon. 1.2: Next Monday Memo to be distributed Tuesday, January 2, 2008. Happy New Year! ******************** 2. One Purdue NEWS ******************** 2.1: QUOTES required for all orders. When placing an order, regardless if a supplier is on a vendor list or not, a note needs to be put in the vendor text of line item #1 on how you came up with the price of your items. Please verify how you get pricing for your shopping carts, either by a quote, email from the vendor verifying the price, or if you called them. This information needs to be entered on Line #1 only and not each and every line. If you have a quote, then just attach it to the order. The reason for this is that in the new system, the price and quantity on the purchase order MUST MATCH EXACTLY to the price/quantity on the invoice for the system to generate the payment to the vendor. If the information does not mach, payment to the vendor will be delayed. If you have any questions or need trained on placing orders, please see Vikki Fast in the Birck Business Office (1014). ********************* 3. Life on the Outside ********************* 3.1: Holiday Fire Safety Tips; c/o Purdue University Fire Department Install smoke detectors on every level of your home. Test smoke detector batteries monthly. Change the batteries in your smoke detectors each time you change you clocks for daylight saving time. Never place your Christmas tree near a heat source, including a fireplace or heating vent. The heat will dry out the tree. Never dispose of holiday tree branches in a fireplace or wood-burning stove. When a tree becomes dry, discard it promptly. Many communities establish recycling centers for trees. When choosing an artificial tree, look for one that has been treated with a fire retardant. Inspect holiday lights each year for frayed wires, bare spots, and broken or cracked sockets. Only use UL-listed lighting equipment. Do not overload outlets. Connect holiday lights to circuit protected outlet strips. Do not leave holiday lights unattended. Avoid using candles. If you do use them, make sure they are in stable holders and place them away from holiday decorations. Never leave your home with candles burning. When purchasing a fresh cut tree, bounce the tree on the ground. If many needles fall off, the tree has been cut too long ago. Select another tree. An estimated 33 million homes will have natural Christmas trees this holiday season. Visit this link to view a video showing the danger of a dry Christmas tree: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/holiday-seasona l/treefire.shtm <http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/holiday-season al/treefire.shtm> Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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FW: Order
by Lane, Melissa J 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Here is some new information about placing orders. Could you please send this to bnc-all? When placing an order, regardless if a supplier is on a vendor list or not, a note needs to be put in the vendor text of line item #1 on how you came up with the price of your items. Please verify how you get pricing for your shopping carts, either by a quote, email from the vendor verifying the price, or if you called them. This information needs to be entered on Line #1 only and not each and every line. If you have a quote, then just attach it to the order. The reason for this is that in the new system, the price and quantity on the purchase order MUST MATCH EXACTLY to the price/quantity on the invoice for the system to generate the payment to the vendor. If the information does not mach, payment to the vendor will be delayed. Please let me know if you have questions. Thanks, Janessa Janessa Drake Purdue University Account Clerk Birck Nanotechnology Center Phone (765) 496-8253 Fax (765) 496-8383 drake1(a)purdue.edu

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MONDAY MEMO
by Deborah Starewich 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

MONDAY MEMO, December 10, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: The Birck Center Holiday Schedule has been posted around the building and has been inserted here for your reference. If you have any questions, please contact John Weaver. 1.2: MaryJo Totten will be on vacation the week of December 24 and will return on January 2. if you need keys, please plan on seeing MaryJo before December 21. All mail and and packages will be handled as usual during the holiday break. **************** 2. Seminars **************** 2.1: Monday, December 10, 2:30PM, POTR 234 Fu Room: ³Introduction to the Object Oriented Finite Element Modeling of Material Microstructures,² by R. Edwin Garcia. ABSTRACT: The determination of macroscopic properties of a material in terms of the underlying mesoscopic characteristics is of fundamental importance to Materials Science. Moreover, the engineering of the shape, size, spatial distribution, and local interactions of the phases and shapes that conform a material or device component is of paramount interest for the advancement and improvement of technology. In this context, an introduction to the Finite Element Method is presented, and practical rules of thumb are introduced in order to develop high-quality numerical representation of materials. An overview of a recently added nanoHUB application is presented: the Object Oriented Finite Element analysis (OOF), which starts from an image of the microstructure and ends with results from finite element calculations. The program reads an image (or sequence of images) and assigns material properties to microscopic features. Upon creating a mesh, the topological complexity of the microstructure is resolved by using automated mesh adapting and refining tools. With the resultant mesh, virtual tests are preformed to deduce macrscopic behavior, filed localization, etc. OOF is designed for materials scientists with little or no computational background. It can solve for a wide range of physicals. Example applications include rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, thermoelectric generators, ferroelectric materials, just to mention a few. BIO: R. Edwin García is an Assistant Professor in Materials Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana (2005-present). He earned the Physics degree at the National University of Mexico in 1996. He obtained his Masters in Materials Science (in 2000) and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003. Edwin García held a postdoctoral appointment at the Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, before being appointed to his current position. His research includes the theoretical and numerical modeling of materials of complex microstructural features, such as ferroelectric films for actuators and random access memory applications, as well as materials and devices for alternative energy and power sources, such as rechargeable lithium battery electrode materials, solid oxide fuel cells, nanodots, nanowires, and polycrystalline thermoelectric oxides for thermal energy recovery, and computational analysis and design of semiconducting alloys for Solid-State based Light Emitting Devices. ******************** 3. Birck Visitors ******************** 3.1: Monday and Tuesday, December 10 and 11, Tim Fisher¹s ThermalHub meeting w/meals held in the Atrium 3.2: Tuesday, December 11, 9:25-9:45AM: PU Office of the Dean of Students 3.3: Tuesday, December 11, 2:00PM: Prof. Steve Abel, Pharmacy Practice, IUPUI 3.4: Tuesday, December 11, 3:30PM: Project Lead the Way ********************* 4. Funding Opportunities ********************* 4.1: This message is being sent to the Discovery Park e-list at the request of Cris King, Director, Research Development Services in the Office of the Vice President for Research. Discovery Park has initiated a competition for seed grant proposals with a total of $300,000 allocated to fund seed grants of up to $50,000 each for proposals that catalyze new high impact activities at Purdue. This program is not meant to fund complete projects, but rather to provide the necessary support to start new efforts that will be supported longer term by other funding sources. Each proposal must include a letter from the Discovery Park center(s) from which the project will receive support. All funded project teams are expected subsequently to submit a proposal to an external funding agency through Discovery Park, or to receive support from an outside organization (e.g., company) for continuation of the project effort. For this competition, the deadlines are as follows: Letters of Intent (required) are due Wednesday, January 2. Proposals are due Tuesday, January 15. The guidelines and application process for this competition may be found at http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/dpseedgrants.shtml <http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/dpseedgrants.shtml> <http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/dpseedgrants.shtml <http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/dpseedgrants.shtml> <http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/dpseedgrants.shtml > > . 4.2: Discovery NSF Fellowship Callout for STEM Ph.D. Students: January 9, 2008; BRNG 1245; 4:305:30pm. The Discovery Learning Center in Discovery Park offers opportunity for doctoral students in the STEM disciplines Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to apply for a one-year fellowship funded by the National Science Foundation and Purdue University. Fellows serve as ³visiting scientists² in a program designed to instill the excitement of learning science into middle school classrooms. Teamed with 6th, 7th, and 8th grade science teachers, a diverse group of fellows will develop and teach inquiry-based lessons geared toward the science of everyday NSF requires applicants to be U.S. citizens. ********************* 5. Life on the Outside ********************* 5.1: Wellness Presentation: ³Relaxation Techniques,² Tuesday, December 11, 121:00, MRGN 121. Stressful situations can cause emotional and physical harm, but certain relaxation techniques may help ease the pain. Identify your stressors, learn ways to prevent them, and practice techniques for complete relaxation. Bring your own lunch and enjoy this presentation by Amber Simons just in time for shopping, working, preparing, partying, and all the other fun and stressful events this season can bring. Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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Fire Panel Testing
by Lane, Melissa J 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Please note the fire panel is having maintenance performed and the PA system may sound a tone. They are testing the fire panel; and no need for alarm or to evacuate the building! Thank you, Melissa J. Lane Secretary Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center, Discovery Park 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Web site: www.nano.purdue.edu <http://discoverypark.purdue.edu/wps/portal/Nanotechnology> Email: lanem(a)purdue.edu <mailto:lanem@purdue.edu> Phone: (765) 494-7053 Fax: (765) 496-8299

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