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REMINDER: BNC T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY!
by smith543＠purdue.edu 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

____________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DEADLINE IS APPROACHING, SO PLEASE, SUBMIT SOON! WIN A FREE T-SHIRT! _____________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To all BNC students, faculty, and staff: Heres your chance to be a part of BNC history! Create a design that your fellow BNC friends can wear with pride. The winning T-shirt design will be determined by a BNC public vote of the qualifying submissions. The contest winner will receive a FREE T-SHIRT with the final winning design! Contest Begins February 25th, 2009. All entries must be submitted by March 27th, 2009 (midnight) More information is also available on the NSAC website: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/resources/nsac/index.php Please contact your NSAC committee members with any questions: Laura Biedermann Caitlin Burger Cara Smith John Wilcox _______________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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REMINDER: BNC T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY!
by smith543＠purdue.edu 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

____________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DEADLINE IS APPROACHING, SO PLEASE, SUBMIT SOON! WIN A FREE T-SHIRT! _____________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To all BNC students, faculty, and staff: Heres your chance to be a part of BNC history! Create a design that your fellow BNC friends can wear with pride. The winning T-shirt design will be determined by a BNC public vote of the qualifying submissions. The contest winner will receive a FREE T-SHIRT with the final winning design! Contest Begins February 25th, 2009. All entries must be submitted by March 27th, 2009 (midnight) This info is also available on the NSAC website: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/resources/nsac/index.php Please contact your NSAC committee members with any questions: Laura Biedermann Caitlin Burger Cara Smith John Wilcox _______________________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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BNC T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST!
by smith543＠purdue.edu 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

To all BNC students, faculty, and staff: Heres your chance to be a part of BNC history! Create a design that your fellow BNC friends can wear with pride. The winning T-shirt design will be determined by a BNC public vote of the qualifying submissions. The contest winner will receive a FREE T-SHIRT with the final winning design! Contest Begins February 25th, 2009. All entries must be submitted by March 27th, 2009 (midnight) This info is also available on the NSAC website: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/nsac/index.php

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Agilent Technologies campus visit
by Deborah S Starewich 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

On Friday, March 13, the following individuals will be visiting Birck: Roger Stancliff, New Business Research Manager & Chief Technology Officer Bill Wallace, Director of University Development Charlies Rumschlag, Midwest Region Manager I would like to schedule a tour from 10:00-11:00 and then have our tour guide(s) go to lunch with the group. Please let me know if you'd like to take this opportunity to network for corporate individuals. Thanks for your consideration, Deborah

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Fwd: NCN Student Seminar Tomorrow (Feb 13 at 11:30am in EE350)
by Li, Fengyuan (Thomas) 15 Feb '09

15 Feb '09

Please check out the information below about the NCN Student Seminar series starting from 2/13/2009 (Friday). Thanks. ------------------- Greetings! The NCN-SLC at Purdue is pleased to announce the first seminar in the NCN Student Seminar series for Spring 2009 and you are invited! The seminar will take place at 11:30am on Friday, Feb 13, 2009 in EE 350 conference room. Our speaker is Mr. Pradeep Nair from Prof. Alam's group. He will present about his research on “Cantor Transforms for Random Systems”. Here is a short abstract of the talk: Cantor Transforms for Random Systems: -------------------------------------------------- Systems based on random or disordered materials form a major focus of emerging technologies like Energy conversion and storage, Healthcare, etc. Although far from being ordered, as compared to crystals, many of these materials exhibit order in some aspects. In this talk we show that there exist unique methods of analysis for such systems with remarkable results. We address a technologically relevant problem- transient diffusion towards scale invariant surfaces and then explore the fundamental idea of finiteness of natural objects. -------------------- Important reminders: 1) Free pizza will be provided at this seminar on first come first serve basis. 2) If you are interested in speaking at one of the seminars for Sprint 2009, please send an email to ncn.slc.amrit(a)gmail.com or at aeislam(a)ieee.org 3) All NCN students are invited. Please help to pass the word about the seminar to an NCN friend who is not on students@nanohub mailing list. Regards, -- Li, Fengyuan (Thomas), Ph.D. Student Research & Teaching Assistant School of Mechanical Engineering Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 1205 W.State St,West Lafayette,IN,USA,47907 Email: li200(a)purdue.edu .OR. fengyuan.t.li(a)gmail.com

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Tour guide(s) needed: Friday, 02.27.09
by Deborah S. Starewich 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Hello, all, Professor Klimeck has some students, parents, and staff members of the Lindblom Math & Science Academy in Chicago visiting on Friday, Feb. 27; I¹m assisting with scheduling some events for them. Please let me know if you¹d be willing/available to give a tour of Birck that day probably in the afternoon. Thanks for your consideration, Deborah

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RF Nano Corporation Visiting Purdue 1/28/09
by Annette M Cheever 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Steffen McKernan, Director & C.E.O. of RF Nano Corporation will be visiting Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center on Wednesday, 1/28/09. They are interested in working to commercialize CNTFETs first for analog electronic applications and work that is relevant to this. They are also interested in the investments in the nanotube space so adjacent technologies may look to have commercial potential and any faculty members/grad students associated with it. Third, they are hiring and willing to speak to any graduate and undergraduate students willing to join their team. For more information regarding the company, please visit their web-site @ www.RFNano.com. Please let me know if would be interested in meeting with him from 10:15-11:00 AM as soon as possible. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration!! Annie

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FW: First PU-SPM group meeting spring 2009 semester, Friday January 16 Birck 1001
by Deborah S. Starewich 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

------ Forwarded Message From: <rbwagner(a)purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:20:27 -0500 To: Subject: First PU-SPM group meeting spring 2009 semester, Friday January 16 Birck 1001 Dear PU-SPM community, My name is Ryan Wagner and I am the student coordinator for the Purdue University Scanning Probe Microscopy (PU-SPM) group. The PU-SPM group holds biweekly meetings where a graduate student, post doc, or visiting professor gives a talk about SPM related research. It is an opportunity to learn about the diverse field of SPM from the perspective of SPM users from different backgrounds. The first meeting of this semester will be held on Friday, January 16th in Brick 1001. Free pizza will be provided!!!! The pizza will arrive at 11:30 and the talk will begin at noon. Our first speaker is Ms. Xin Xu, a Doctoral Candidate in the School of Mechanical Engineering who works out of the Brick Nanotechnology Center. The title and abstract for her talk can be found below. I hope to see you there, Ryan Wagner Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering Office, Birck 1080 P.S. The PU-SPM group also has a forum on the Birck Nanotechnology website (www.purdue.edu/nano) under the BNC users forum link where users can post any questions about the meetings or SPM work in general. Talk Information Title: Dynamic atomic force microscopy of soft biological samples in liquids: a summary of some recent results Abstract: Dynamic atomic force microscopy (dAFM) or tapping mode under liquids is becoming increasingly important for the nanoscale imaging and force spectroscopy of fragile biological samples in their quasi-native state. Most AFM systems now support a "Force-volume" capability that can simultaneously map local topography and forces over soft sample in liquids. While the interpretation of data is relatively easy with the "force-volume" mode, this mode is much slower, less sensitive, and usually applies greater imaging forces compared to dAFM (tapping mode). Large imaging force can easily crush fragile biological samples. On the other hand, tapping mode AFM can provide simultaneous compositional contrast (such as local elasticity maps) and topography images at fast speeds and with gentler imaging forces, but its data interpretation is more complex due to the differences in cantilever excitation used in liquids and the nonlinear dynamics of the oscillating probe interacting with the sample. Moreover it is hard to "know" precisely the force applied by the oscillating probe as it taps on a soft sample, and to understand quantitatively how to chose cantilevers and operating conditions to minimize imaging forces. In this talk I will summarize the results of my thesis research related to quantitative aspects of dAFM under liquid environments. Specifically I will (a) highlight our recent results that show the fundamental differences between acoustic (dither piezo), magnetic and Brownian motion driven vibration response of AFM cantilevers in liquids, (b) present a theoretical result and its experimental validation that allows for a simple formula to guide the selection of cantilevers and operating conditions to minimize imaging forces, (c) present a new way to measure and enhance local elasticity maps by two orders of magnitude while operating in the tapping mode, and (d) show how laser positioning can be used to avoid artifacts in force spectroscopy that occurs due to unusual cantilever dynamics in liquids. If you would no longer like to receive this email or know of anyone who would like to be added to this email list please send a message to rbwagner(a)purdue.edu. ------ End of Forwarded Message

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NSAC Happy Hour at Jake's Roadhouse: Thursday, Jan. 8th at 6pm
by Laura Biedermann 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Hi all, Welcome back to Purdue. NSAC has planned a happy hour at Jake's in Chauncey Hill on Thursday, Jan. 8th. Come and join us for drinks and appetizers or stay late to watch the BCS football game (Oklahoma vs. Florida at 8pm). Jake's Roadhouse 135 S. Chauncey Ave. (Two blocks east of the Purdue Union, at the intersection of State Rd. and Northwestern Ave.) Hope to see you there, NSAC http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/nsac/index.php (We're sorry, but NSAC cannot pay for drinks so please bring cash for drinks and food.)

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Meet with Director Mason of Oak Ridge National Labs!, ON BEHALF OF LESLEY OLIVER
by Deborah S. Starewich 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Purdue Graduate Students are cordially invited to meet with Dr. Thomas Mason, Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (http://www.ornl.gov/ ), on Tuesday, December 16, 1:00-2:00 in Discovery Park (Burton D. Morgan Bldg. Rm 129). This is an incredible opportunity for the students to get to meet Dr. Mason and learn about opportunities at the National Lab (i.e., employment!!). Please RSVP to Cathy Tanner (ctanner(a)purdue.edu ) in Discovery Park regarding your attendance at the meeting with Dr. Mason. ________________________________ Lesley D. Oliver Managing Director Center for the Environment Purdue University 503 Northwestern Ave. West Lafayette, IN 47907 765-494-6160 loliver(a)purdue.edu

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