Travel Support Grant to attend the Fourth International Nanotechnology Conference on Communication and Cooperation. To be held on April 14-17, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan.

目的：这项建议的目的是向国家科学基金会申请旅费，使美国的教职员工和学生能够参加2008年4月14-17日在日本东京举行的第四届国际纳米技术交流与合作会议(http://www.inc4.jp/))。此外，我们计划邀请一些年轻的教职员工，他们将展示突出他们工作的海报。智力优势：这次会议由SRC-SIA、NSF、IMEC、JEITA-JSI以及几家欧洲和亚洲公司赞助，将有来自工业界、学术界和政府的特邀演讲者和海报演讲者介绍如何？促进组织者、赞助商和世界科学界在纳米技术主题上的交流与合作，以刺激和支持21世纪的经济增长。更广泛的影响：在过去的60年里，电子技术一直高度利用，并一直是计算机、通信和消费行业的主要推动者，并推动全球经济增长达到数万亿美元。到下个十年末，这些行业的大部分构件都将达到基本极限。至关重要的是，在未来10年内，或许可以通过使用纳米技术来克服这些限制。来自北美、欧洲和亚洲的全球资深研究人员、行业领袖和政策制定者将就纳米科学的各种努力以及合作机会进行讨论

Abstract Travel Support Grant to attend the Fourth International Nanotechnology Conference on Communication and CooperationObjective:The objective of this proposal is to request travel funds from NSF to enable faculty and students from the US to attend the Fourth International Nanotechnology Conference on Communications and Cooperation (http://www.inc4.jp/) from April 14-17, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. In addition, we plan to invite some of the younger members of the faculty, who will present posters highlighting their work.Intellectual Merit:This conference is being sponsored by SRC-SIA, NSF, IMEC, JEITA-JSI, and several European and Asian companies It will feature invited speakers and poster presenters from industry, academia, and government who will describe how to ?foster communication and cooperation on nanotechnology subjects among the organizers, sponsors and the world scientific community to stimulate and support economic growth in the 21st century."Broader Impact:Electronics technology has been highly leveraged and has been the major enabler of the computer, communication and consumer industries in the last 60 years, and has propelled the growth of the global economy to multi-trillion dollars. Most of the building blocks of these industries will reach fundamental limits by the end of the next decade. It is of fundamental importance that these limits are overcome in the next 10 years, perhaps through the use of nanotechnology. Global senior researchers, industry leaders and policy makers from North America, Europe and Asia will hold discussions on a variety of efforts in nanoscience, along with opportunities for collaboration