Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications NSEC

这个纳米科学与工程中心的目标是研究纳米结构的基本特性，以期在新型电子和磁性器件中使用它们。 这项工作将集中在自旋和电荷的运动，包括它们的量子行为。 以下重要的问题将在同一时间解决：如何才能纳米结构的生长和制造？ 它们怎么可能是图像和探测器？ 电荷和自旋的基本行为是什么？该中心通过研究解决这些问题，包括四个领域：纳米结构的生长;电荷和自旋的扫描探针显微镜;纳米晶体和纳米磁体的自旋和电荷;和相干电子学。 这些跨学科的主题汇集了来自三所大学，哈佛大学，马萨诸塞州理工学院和加州大学，圣巴巴拉的十六名参与者。 该中心与桑迪亚、橡树岭和布鲁克海文国家实验室保持密切合作，并与德尔夫特理工大学和东京大学保持积极的国际合作。该中心向各级公众介绍纳米科学和工程的基本概念和可能带来的好处。 波士顿科学博物馆与中心的教师合作，为公众开发展览和研讨会。 剑桥公立学校的早期意识推广计划将中学生带到哈佛，从教师和学生那里了解大学教育，该计划正在扩大到包括波士顿公立学校。 这些活动的补充，积极参与大学生和高中教师在研究活动正在进行的中心。 正在设立妇女和少数民族博士后研究金，以吸引优秀候选人从事大学研究。

The goal of this Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center is to study the fundamental properties of nanoscale structures with a view toward their possible use in novel electronic and magnetic devices. The work will concentrate on the movement of spins and charges, including their quantum behavior. The following important questions will be addressed at the same time: How can nanoscale structures be grown and fabricated? How can they be images and probed? What are the fundamental behaviors of charge and spin?The Center addresses these questions through research that encompasses four areas: the Growth of Nanoscale Structures; Scanned Probed Microscopy of Charges and Spins; Spin and Charge in Nanocrystals and Nanomagnets; and Coherent Electronics. These interdisciplinary topics bring together sixteen participants from three universities, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Center maintains close collaborations with Sandia, Oak Ridge, and Brookhaven National Laboratories, and active international collaborations with the Delft University of Technology and the University of Tokyo. The Center presents the basic concepts and the possible benefits of nanoscale science and engineering to the public at all levels. The Museum of Science in Boston works with Center faculty to develop exhibits and workshops for the general public. An early awareness outreach program for the Cambridge public schools brings middle school students to Harvard to learn about college education from faculty and students, a program that is being expanded to include Boston public schools. These activities are supplemented by active involvement of undergraduates and high school teachers in the research activities ongoing at the Center. A Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Women and Minorities is being established to attract outstanding candidates to university research.