Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications NSEC

这个纳米尺度科学与工程中心的目标是研究纳米尺度结构的基本特性，并着眼于它们在新型电子和磁性器件中的可能应用。这项工作将集中于自旋和电荷的运动，包括它们的量子行为。以下重要的问题将同时得到解决：如何生长和制造纳米级结构？它们如何成为图像并被探测？电荷和自旋的基本行为是什么？该中心通过研究解决这些问题，包括四个领域：纳米级结构的生长；电荷和自旋的扫描探针显微镜研究纳米晶体和纳米磁体中的自旋和电荷相干电子学。这些跨学科课题汇集了来自哈佛大学、麻省理工学院和加州大学圣巴巴拉分校三所大学的16名参与者。该中心与桑迪亚、橡树岭和布鲁克海文国家实验室保持密切合作，并与代尔夫特理工大学和东京大学积极开展国际合作。该中心向各级公众介绍纳米科学和工程的基本概念和可能带来的好处。波士顿的科学博物馆与中心的教职员工合作，为公众举办展览和研讨会。一项针对剑桥公立学校的早期意识推广计划将中学生带到哈佛大学，从教师和学生那里了解大学教育，该计划正在扩大到波士顿的公立学校。这些活动由本科生和高中教师积极参与中心正在进行的研究活动补充。正在设立妇女和少数民族博士后研究奖学金，以吸引优秀候选人参加大学研究。

The goal of this Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center is to study the fundamental properties of nanoscale structures with a view toward their possible use in novel electronic and magnetic devices. The work will concentrate on the movement of spins and charges, including their quantum behavior. The following important questions will be addressed at the same time: How can nanoscale structures be grown and fabricated? How can they be images and probed? What are the fundamental behaviors of charge and spin?The Center addresses these questions through research that encompasses four areas: the Growth of Nanoscale Structures; Scanned Probed Microscopy of Charges and Spins; Spin and Charge in Nanocrystals and Nanomagnets; and Coherent Electronics. These interdisciplinary topics bring together sixteen participants from three universities, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Center maintains close collaborations with Sandia, Oak Ridge, and Brookhaven National Laboratories, and active international collaborations with the Delft University of Technology and the University of Tokyo. The Center presents the basic concepts and the possible benefits of nanoscale science and engineering to the public at all levels. The Museum of Science in Boston works with Center faculty to develop exhibits and workshops for the general public. An early awareness outreach program for the Cambridge public schools brings middle school students to Harvard to learn about college education from faculty and students, a program that is being expanded to include Boston public schools. These activities are supplemented by active involvement of undergraduates and high school teachers in the research activities ongoing at the Center. A Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Women and Minorities is being established to attract outstanding candidates to university research.