Funding for Students to Attend an International Workshop at Cornell; Ithaca, NY; June 21-24, 2006

该项目将为美国研究生和博士后学者参加国际研讨会核磁共振力量显微镜：单分子三维成像的路线提供支持。研讨会将于2006年6月21日至24日在纽约伊萨卡的康奈尔大学举行。讲习班的目标是探索开发能够确定单个生物分子和其他有机纳米结构的分子结构的分子显微镜的战略。组织者选择磁共振力显微镜(MRFM)作为研讨会的重点，因为它是实现分子显微镜的最佳技术，也是因为MRFM最近取得了戏剧性的进展。国际研修班磁共振测力显微镜：单分子三维成像之路。将通过开发将在万维网上发布的教程讲座来促进MRFM和相关扫描探针显微镜技术的教育。讲习班将在多个方面影响社会。首先，它将加快纳米尺度表征工具的开发，这将对许多研究和技术领域产生巨大影响。分子显微镜的实现，将大大加快有机太阳能电池、发光二极管和场效应晶体管的研究，分子生物学的研究，以及疾病治疗的发展。其次，通过将比通常参加全国会议会议更广泛的研究小组聚集在一起，研讨会将使分子显微镜技术对美国公司和政府实验室的研究产生影响。最后，研讨会参与者将分析、解释并将研究结果综合成一份白皮书，并在万维网上广泛传播。这份白皮书将以非科学家可以理解和有用的格式编写，从而帮助联邦、州和地方机构制定影响下一代纳米级表征工具开发的政策。

This project will provide support to U.S. graduate and postdoctoral scholars to participate in the International Workshop Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy: Routes to Three Dimensional Imaging of Single Molecules. The Workshop will be held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from June 21 - 24, 2006. The goal of the Workshop is to explore strategies for developing a molecular microscope capable of determining the molecular structure of single biomolecules and other organic nanostructures. The organizers have chosen Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy (MRFM) as the focus of the Workshop because it is the best technology available for realizing a molecular microscope and because recent progress in MRFM has been dramatic. %%%The International Workshop Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy: Routes to Three Dimensional Imaging of Single Molecules. will advance education in MRFM and related scanned probe microscope technology by developing tutorial lectures that will be posted on the World Wide Web. The Workshop will impact society in a number of ways. First, it will accelerate development of a tool for nanoscale characterization that will have an enormous impact across many areas of research and technology. Research in organic solar cells, light emitting diodes, and field effect transistors; research in molecular biology; and the development of cures for diseases will be accelerated greatly by the realization of a molecular microscope. Second, by bringing together a broader cross section of research groups than would typically attend a national conference session, the workshop will enable molecular microscope technology to have an impact on research at U.S. corporations and government laboratories. Finally, Workshop participants will analyze, interpret, and synthesize research results into a white paper which will be broadly disseminated on the World Wide Web. This white paper will be written in a format understandable and useful for non-scientists, and will thereby help Federal, State and local agencies formulate policy impacting the development of the next generation of nanoscale characterization tools.