Pan- American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) Ion Nanobeams, Focused Ion Beams for the Nano Era; Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 2006

这个由NSF和能源部(DOE)联合支持的泛美高级研究院(PASI)奖将于2006年2月在阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯举行，主题是离子纳米束，纳米时代的聚焦离子束。该研究所由中佛罗里达大学的加布里埃尔·布劳恩斯坦博士组织，将有来自美国和拉丁美洲的大约50名参与者，包括研究生和初级和成熟的调查人员，以及大约10名讲师(活跃在该领域的国际公认的科学家)。这些活动将包括教程讲座、高级专题介绍、圆桌讨论和海报会议，目的是向与会者提供离子-固体相互作用基本理论原理的最新回顾，离子光学的介绍，微米及以下离子束的最新发展和应用的知识，以及熟悉现有的商业设备和用于降维应用的最新研究系统。广泛的应用、材料和束流能量，将赋予研究所重大的跨学科性质，并应促进新思想的交流，以推动该领域的发展，并最终加强拉丁美洲初级和高级研究人员与他们在美国的同行之间的关系。提交给研究所的材料将张贴在指定的网站上，以便进一步向科学界和广大公众传播。

0519026BraunsteinThis Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in February 2006 on the topic of ion nanobeams, focused ion beams for the nano era. Organized by Dr. Gabriel Braunstein of University of Central Florida, the institute will involve approximately 50 participants from the United States and Latin America including graduate students and junior and established investigators, and about 10 instructors (internationally recognized scientists, active in the field). The activities will consist of a combination of tutorial lectures, advanced-topic presentations, round table discussions, and poster sessions, with the goal of providing the participants with an up-to-date review of the basic theoretical principles of ion-solid interactions, an introduction to ion optics, knowledge of the latest developments and applications of ion beams at the micron scale and below, and familiarity with available commercial equipment and state of the art research systems for reduced dimensionality applications. The wide range of applications, materials, and beam energies, will impart a significant interdisciplinary nature to the Institute, and should foster the cross-fertilization of new ideas to advance the field and, ultimately, increase relations between Latin American junior and senior investigators and their counterparts in the U.S. Materials presented at the Institute will be posted in a designated web site for further dissemination to the scientific community and the public at large.