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

该项目将支持美国研究生和博士后学者参加国际研讨会磁共振力显微镜：单分子三维成像的途径。讲习班将于2006年6月21日至24日在纽约伊萨卡的康奈尔大学举行。该研讨会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显微镜的策略。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，而且最近在MRFM方面取得了巨大进展。磁共振力显微镜国际研讨会：单分子三维成像的途径。将通过开发将在万维网上发布的教程讲座来推进MRFM和相关扫描探针显微镜技术的教育。研讨会将以多种方式影响社会。首先，它将加速纳米级表征工具的开发，这将对许多研究和技术领域产生巨大影响。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，都将因分子显微镜的实现而大大加速。其次，通过汇集比通常参加全国会议的研究小组更广泛的研究小组，该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，讲习班的参加者将分析、解释和综合研究结果，并将其编成一份白色文件，在万维网上广泛传播。这篇白色论文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表征工具发展的政策。

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.