U.S. - Poland Workshop: Science and Applications of Nanoscale Diamond Materials

提案：OISE-0854945PI: Andrei Stanishevsky，阿拉巴马大学这份美国-波兰的合同将支持一系列关于？纳米金刚石材料的科学与应用讲习班将在波兰扎科帕内和捷克海尼斯举行。会议将于2009年和2010年举行，由Andrei Staniskevsky博士（阿拉巴马大学）、Yogesh Vohra博士（阿拉巴马大学）、Stanislaw Mitura教授（波兰罗兹技术大学）和peter Louda教授（捷克利贝雷茨技术大学）组织。研讨会的目的是提供一个论坛，讨论纳米级金刚石薄膜和颗粒材料的五个主要挑战领域。它们包括：(1)对纳米晶（NCD）薄膜成核和生长机制的微观理解；（ii）非传染性疾病薄膜的内在应力；（iii）纳米级金刚石薄膜和颗粒的表面化学修饰；（四）控制聚集现象，制备粒径分布窄的非聚集金刚石纳米颗粒；（五）金刚石纳米颗粒荧光的控制。每个研讨会将汇集来自美国和欧洲的研究人员，评估当前的基础研究和发展挑战、知识差距和研究需求。特别的重点将放在教育学生和初级研究人员对纳米材料和结构的科学。参与者将包括14名美国学生和来自阿拉巴马大学和阿拉巴马州立大学的初级研究人员。研讨会将讨论纳米级金刚石材料的关键挑战领域。他们将通过为研究人员提供一个论坛来协调和规划联合研究和学生培训活动，加强美国和欧洲研究人员在纳米级金刚石材料方面的合作。这些研讨会将使美国本科生、研究生和初级研究人员能够在其职业生涯的早期建立一个国际研究网络。

Proposal: OISE-0854945PI: Andrei Stanishevsky, University of AlabamaThis U.S.-Poland award will support a series of two workshops on the ?Science and Applications of Nanoscale Diamond Materials?. The workshops will take place in Zakopane, Poland and in Hejnice, Czech Repulic. They will take place in 2009 and 2010 and will be organized by Dr. Andrei Staniskevsky (University of Alabama), Dr. Yogesh Vohra (University of Alabama), Prof. Stanislaw Mitura (Technical University of Lodz, Poland), and Prof. Petr Louda (Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic). The purpose of the workshops is to provide a forum to discuss five major challenge areas in nanoscale diamond thin-film and particles materials. They include: (i) microscopic understanding of the mechanisms of the nanocrystalline (NCD) films nucleation and growth; (ii) intrinsic stresses in NCD films; (iii) modification of the surface chemistry of both nanoscale diamond films and particles; (iv) control of aggregation phenomena and preparation of non-aggregated diamond nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution; and (v) control of diamond nanoparticle fluorescence. Each workshop will bring together researchers from the U.S and Europe to evaluate current fundamental research and development challenges, knowledge gaps, and research needs. Particular emphasis will be placed on educating students and junior researchers on the science of nanoscale materials and structures. The participants will include 14 U.S. students and junior researchers from the University of Alabama and Alabama State University. The workshops will address key challenge areas in nanoscale diamond materials. They will strengthen collaboration in nanoscale diamond materials between researchers in the U.S. and Europe by providing a forum for the researchers to coordinate and plan joint research and student training activities. The workshops will enable U.S. undergraduate students, graduate students, and junior researchers to develop an international research network early in their careers.