2012 Plasmonics Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar

这笔赠款提供部分支持戈登研究会议和戈登等离子体研究研讨会在科尔比学院在沃特维尔，缅因州2012年6月9日至15日。等离子体激元学的领域包括与纳米到微米结构的光学相互作用的科学和工程。戈登等离子体研究会议汇集了等离子体领域最活跃的世界知名高级和初级科学家，提供令人兴奋的，前沿的，发人深省的邀请讲座，并积极促进和参与广泛的科学讨论和与研究人员，学生和博士后研究员的互动。为期两天的戈登研究研讨会，由研究生在会议前运行，旨在激发学生对跨多个学科的等离子体快速增长的前沿的认识，为启动和建立专业关系提供环境，并促进跨学科对话和合作，并为研究生和博士后在随后的戈登等离子体研究会议期间进行广泛的互动科学对话做好准备。NSF的资金主要用于为研究生，博士后和初级教师提供财政支持，特别是来自代表性不足的群体。

This grant provides partial support for Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar on plasmonics at Colby College in Waterville, Maine on June 9-15, 2012. The field of plasmonics encompasses the science and engineering of optical interaction with nanometer-to-micrometer structures. The Gordon Research Conference on plasmonics brings together some of the most active world renowned senior and junior scientists in the field of plasmonics to deliver exciting, cutting-edge, and thought-provoking invited lectures and to actively promote and engage in extensive scientific discussions and interaction with researchers, students, and postdoctoral fellow participants. The two-day Gordon Research Seminar, run by graduate students before the conference, is designed to stimulate students' awareness of the fast growing frontiers of plasmonics across multiple disciplines, provide an environment for initiating and building professional relationships and fostering interdisciplinary dialog and collaboration, and prepare graduate students and postdocs for the extensive interactive scientific dialog during the subsequent Gordon Research Conference on plasmonics. The NSF funds are used mainly to provide financial support for graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty members, especially from under-represented groups.