NSF-EC Workshop: From Nanomaterials to Nanotechnology; Boston, MA

一个名为NSF-EC：从纳米材料到纳米技术的研讨会将为美国科学家和工程师提供一个机会，与他们的欧洲同事一起讨论四个主题领域的纳米材料研究活动：纳米化学，包括纳米颗粒、纳米管和纳米线的形成和性质；纳米材料的研究活动包括原子和分子组装成功能材料；纳米生物系统研究，包括生物工程活动中的纳米材料；纳米器件包括纳米磁学、纳米电子学、纳米光子学和传感器。除了美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和欧洲共同体（EC）的参与者在这四个主题领域中的每一个领域的演讲之外，两个圆桌讨论会将涵盖诸如美国和欧洲纳米技术发展之间的差异，以及学术实验室在解决诸如纳米材料扩大挑战等优先领域中的作用等问题。研讨会的成果将是一份由与会者共同撰写的报告，强调美国-欧盟合作的基础纳米材料研究的机会。纳米技术研究使美国在广泛的学术和工业领域的发现和创新成为当务之急。这是由美国国家科学基金会和欧洲委员会联合组织的一系列五次纳米技术研讨会中的最后一次，旨在为可能的NSF-EC材料研究合作确定更广泛的背景。对纳米科学和纳米技术的社会影响的重要强调一直是这些研讨会的焦点。

A workshop entitled NSF-EC: From Nanomaterials to Nanotechnology will provide an opportunity for U.S. scientists and engineers to address together with their European colleagues nanomaterials research activities in four thematic areas: Nano-Chemistry to include nanoparticle, nanotube and nanowire formation and properties; Nano-materials research activities to include atomic and molecular assembly into functional materials; Nano-biosystems research to include nanomaterials in bioengineering activities; and nano-devices to include nanomagnetics, nanoelectronics, nanophotonics and sensors. In addition to presentations by both National Science Foundation (NSF) and European Community (EC) participants in each of these four theme areas, two roundtable discussions will cover issues such as the differences between U.S. and European nanotechnology development, and the role of the academic lab in addressing priority areas such as nanomaterials scale-up challenges. The outcome for the workshop will be a report co-authored by participants highlighting opportunities in basic nanomaterials research for US-EC collaborations.Nanotechnology research enables discoveries and innovations over a broad range of academic and industrial areas of high priority to the United States. This is the last in a series of five nanotechnology workshops jointly organized by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the European Commission to define the broader context for possible NSF-EC materials research collaborations. A significant emphasis on the societal impact of nanoscience and nanotechnology has been a focus of these workshops.