NCMC-9:  Combinatorial Methods for Nanostructured Materials

April 24 - 25, 2006  ◊  Bldg. 101 / Lecture Room B

 

 

Agenda

 

Monday, April 24, 2006 – Morning

 

8:15 AM         Registration

                        Continental Breakfast

 

8:45 AM         Welcome and Introduction

                        Richard Kayser, Director, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, NIST

 

                        Michael Fasolka, Director, NIST Combinatorial Methods Center

                                   

Industrial Application of Nanomaterials

 

9:00 AM         Plenary Lecture

                        Fiona Case, Case Scientific Inc.

                        Applications of Nanotechnology in Soft Materials

                                   

10:00 AM       Karl Maurer, CombiMatrix Corp.

                        The Use of Electrochemically Generated Reagents for Solid Phase Synthesis

 

10:45 AM       Refreshment Break

 

11:00 AM       Plenary Lecture

                        Prof. Daniel Savin, University of Vermont

                        Light Scattering Techniques for Polymer Materials

          

11:45 AM       Thomas Chastek, Polymers Division, NIST

                        Microfluidic Dynamic Light Scattering

 

12:05 PM       Peter Harris, Veeco Instruments

                        Advanced Imaging Modes for AFM

 

12:25 PM       Lunch (NIST Cafeteria, Bldg. 101)

 

 

Monday, April 24, 2006 – Afternoon

 

Combi Methods for Thin Nanostructured Materials

 

1:30 PM         Invited Lecture

                        Prof. Sergiy Minko, Clarkson University

                        Combinatorial Approach to the Problem of Interfacial Interactions via Gradient Polymer Brushes

 

2:15 PM         Invited Lecture

                        Prof. Thomas Epps, University of Delaware

                        Combinatorial Studies of Block Copolymer Interactions with Surfaces

 

3:00 PM         Refreshment Break

 

3:15 PM         Alamgir Karim, Polymers Division, NIST

                        Nanoparticles at Soft Material Interfaces

 

3:45 PM         Christopher Stafford, Polymers Division, NIST

                        High-Throughput Screening of Adhesion and Release in Nanoimprint Lithography

 

4:05 PM         Break

 

Discussion Session

 

4:15 PM         Introduction:  Michael Fasolka, Director, NIST Combinatorial Methods Center

 

4:20 PM         Discussion:  Fasolka, Beers, and Karim, Moderators

                        Goals:

§         Discuss key measurement needs in industrial development and application of nanostructured materials. 

§         Arrive at priorities for the development of combinatorial and high-throughput measurement methods for nanostructured materials.

                        Flipchart Notes from the Discussion

 

5:15 PM         Adjourn

 

6:15 PM         Dinner:  Bugaboo Creek Steak House, 15710 Shady Grove Rd., Gaithersburg, MD.

 

 

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 – Morning

 

8:30 AM         Reconvene

                        Continental Breakfast

 

Interactions and Update

 

9:00 AM         Michael Fasolka, NCMC

                        Welcome Back

 

9:10 AM         Steve Fletcher and Jawwad Darr, InsightFaraday, UK

                        High-Throughput Nanomaterials Discovery - a UK perspective

 

9:45 AM         Daniel Cutbirth, Nscrypt Inc.

                        Novel Deposition Systems for Combinatorial Libraries

 

10:20 AM       Refreshment Break

 

10:40 AM       Celesta Fong, CSIRO, Australia

                        CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies

                         

10:55 AM       Christopher Stafford, NCMC

                        NIST Gradient Flow Coater

 

11:15 AM       Michael Fasolka, NCMC

                        High-Throughput Preparation of Specimens for TEM

 

11:30 AM       Chang Xu, NCMC

                        Combinatorial Surfaces of Grafted Polymers

 

11:45 AM       Brian Berry, Polymers Division

                        Orientation in Nanostructured Thin Films

 

12:00 PM       Michael Fasolka, NCMC

                        Discussion Summary and Redux

 

12:20 PM       Lunch (NIST Cafeteria, Bldg. 101)

 

 

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 – Afternoon

 

NCMC Tours and Demonstrations

 

1:45 PM         Convene in NCMC Labs – Building 224, Rm. B204

                        See Lab Tours Handout for Schedule

 

3:30 PM         Adjourn – See you at NCMC-10!  (October 5-6, 2006)