Conference on Advances in Magnetic Nanostructures. To be Held at the Lodge Vail, Colorado, October 4-9, 2009

该提案寻求资金支持在国际工程会议(ECI)的赞助下组织的2009年磁性纳米结构进展会议。无论从基础科学的角度还是从工业应用的角度来看，磁性纳米结构都引起了人们的极大兴趣。由于新颖的磁性和磁输运性质，这种纳米结构可以将磁性材料限制在二维或一维结构中，并在层状或纳米复合结构中与其他材料非常接近。降维、工程化的界面和材料结构可能会导致新的物理现象，如巨磁电阻和隧道磁阻、交换偏置和自旋扭矩诱导的动力学或反转。这些现象导致了新的器件概念，如磁隧道结和自旋晶体管，可能在生物医学应用中使用，如低温癌症治疗，引导药物输送等。建议中的会议旨在为来自世界各地的学术机构、政府研究实验室和工业界的研究人员提供一个论坛，讨论磁性纳米结构的基础和面向应用的研究，并传播他们的最新研究成果和技术成果。此外，为了让与会者了解这一令人兴奋的领域的最新研究成果，会议提供了一个促进研究人员之间互动的平台，以建立网络、合作和分享想法。该计划将包括一系列受邀的口头和投稿海报演示。会议将得到ECI的部分支持，将于2009年10月4-9日举行。ECI会议是按照戈登研究会议的思路组织的，是出色的会议，能带来一个领域的最大成就，并为未来设定趋势。更广泛的影响这次会议的目标之一是为新的研究人员提供一个论坛：年轻科学家和代表不足的群体的成员，来自其他学科的研究人员，以及来自世界各地的科学家。将作出重大努力，吸纳妇女和任职人数不足的群体的成员作为与会者和特邀发言者。财政支持将用于青年科学家、博士后研究人员和研究生的出席，这将为他们提供一个了解该领域重大进展和与世界领导人互动的绝佳机会。

This proposal seeks funding towards supporting the 2009 Advances in Magnetic Nanostructures conference, being organized under the auspices of Engineering Conferences International (ECI). Magnetic nanostructures are of considerable interest both from the point of view of fundamental science as well as industrial applications. Due to novel magnetic and magneto-transport properties, such nanostructures can exhibit confinement of magnetic material into two or one-dimensional structures and close proximity with other materials in layered or nanocomposite structures. Reduced dimensionality, engineered interfaces and materials structures can result in new physical phenomena, such as giant and tunnel magnetoresistance, exchange bias, and spin-torque induced dynamics or reversal. These phenomena lead to new device concepts such as magnetic tunnel junctions and spin transistors for potential use in biomedical applications such as hypothermia cancer therapy, guided drug delivery among others. Intellectual Merit The proposed conference aims to provide a forum for researchers from academic institutions, government research laboratories and industry across the world to discuss fundamental and applications-oriented research on magnetic nanostructures, and to disseminate their latest research results and technological achievements. In addition, to exposing the participants to the latest research results in this exciting field, the conference offers a platform for promoting interactions between researchers for networking, collaboration and sharing ideas. The program will consist of a series of invited oral and contributed poster presentations. The conference will be partially supported by ECI and will be held on October 4- 9, 2009. The ECI meetings, organized along the lines of a Gordon Research Conference, are excellent meetings that bring out the most in a field and set trends for the future. Broader Impact One of the goals of this conference is to provide a forum for new researchers: young scientists and members of underrepresented groups, researchers from other disciplines, scientists from around the world. Significant effort will be made to include women and members of underrepresented groups as participants and invited speakers. Financial support will be used for the attendance of young scientists, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students, which will provide them an excellent opportunity to learn about major advances in the field and interact with world leaders.