Pan- American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) Ion Nanobeams, Focused Ion Beams for the Nano Era; Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 2006

这个由美国国家科学基金会和美国能源部联合支持的泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖将于2006年2月在阿根廷的布宜诺斯艾利斯举行，主题是纳米离子束，纳米时代的重点离子束。该研究所由中佛罗里达大学的Gabriel Braunstein博士组织，将有来自美国和拉丁美洲的大约50名参与者，包括研究生、初级和资深研究人员，以及大约10名讲师（国际公认的活跃在该领域的科学家）。活动将包括指导讲座，高级主题演讲，圆桌讨论和海报会议，目的是为参与者提供离子-固体相互作用的基本理论原理的最新回顾，离子光学的介绍，微米级及以下离子束的最新发展和应用知识。熟悉可用的商业设备和用于降维应用的最先进的研究系统。广泛的应用、材料和光束能量将赋予该研究所重要的跨学科性质，并应促进新思想的相互交流，以推动该领域的发展，并最终增进拉丁美洲初级和高级研究人员与美国同行之间的关系。该研究所提交的材料将发布在指定网站上，以便进一步向科学界和广大公众传播。

0519026BraunsteinThis Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in February 2006 on the topic of ion nanobeams, focused ion beams for the nano era. Organized by Dr. Gabriel Braunstein of University of Central Florida, the institute will involve approximately 50 participants from the United States and Latin America including graduate students and junior and established investigators, and about 10 instructors (internationally recognized scientists, active in the field). The activities will consist of a combination of tutorial lectures, advanced-topic presentations, round table discussions, and poster sessions, with the goal of providing the participants with an up-to-date review of the basic theoretical principles of ion-solid interactions, an introduction to ion optics, knowledge of the latest developments and applications of ion beams at the micron scale and below, and familiarity with available commercial equipment and state of the art research systems for reduced dimensionality applications. The wide range of applications, materials, and beam energies, will impart a significant interdisciplinary nature to the Institute, and should foster the cross-fertilization of new ideas to advance the field and, ultimately, increase relations between Latin American junior and senior investigators and their counterparts in the U.S. Materials presented at the Institute will be posted in a designated web site for further dissemination to the scientific community and the public at large.