EMT: NSF Workshop on Programmed Self-Assembly

该提案请求国家科学基金会支持一次关于这一主题的有限范围的国家科学基金会研讨会，其风格类似于在新兴跨学科研究的目标领域举办其他国家科学基金会研讨会。拟议的NSF程序化自组装研讨会的目标将限于研究(而不是进行新的研究)与允许编程的自组装方法相关的NSF在自组装领域的研究挑战、应用和机会。智力价值自组装是一个关键的新兴跨学科主题，对NSF内现有的程序具有至关重要的重要性，并将受到以编程自组装(主要是迄今未探索的)主题为中心的工作坊的非常积极的影响。拟议中的研讨会将考虑开发与计算方法有关或利用计算方法的自组装方法的科学挑战，提供可编程性，并适用于从分子到微型甚至更大的规模。\更广泛的影响这个NSF研讨会的核心将是跨学科的，参与者来自化学、生物化学、物理、材料科学、电气工程、计算机科学和数学。它将对纳米科学的研究界以及其他从事更大规模自组装研究的学科产生影响。这也将有利于国家科学基金会确定有针对性的研究机会和挑战。为了确保研究生的参与，他们的一些旅费和当地费用将得到支持。PI和他的机构杜克大学纯粹是作为一种服务向社区提出建议-本研讨会的任何方面都不会收取任何管理费用。

The proposal requests NSF support for a limited scope NSF workshop on this topic, in the style ofother NSF workshops in targeted areas of emerging interdisciplinary research. The goal of the proposed NSF workshop on Programmed Self-Assembly will be restricted to study (rather than conduct new research) the research challenges, applications, and opportunities to NSF in the areas of Self-Assembly with respect to Self-Assembly methods that allow for Programmability.Intellectual MeritSelf-assembly is a key emerging interdisciplinary topic of essential importance toexisting programs within NSF, and would be very positively impacted by a workshopcentering on the (largely until now unexplored) topic of Programmed Self-Assembly. Theproposed workshop will consider scientific challenges to developing Self-Assemblymethods that relate to or utilize computational methods, provide programmability and areapplied to scales ranging from molecular to micro to even larger scales.\Broader Impact This NSF workshop will be interdisciplinary at its core, with participants fromChemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, Material Science, Electrical Engineering, ComputerScience, and Mathematics. It will impact both the research community in Nanoscience aswell as other disciplines engaged in the study of self-assembly at larger scales. It will alsobenefit the NSF to allow for the identification of targeted research opportunities andchallenges. To insure involvement by graduate students, a number of their travel andlocal expenses will be supported. The PI and his institution Duke University purely as aservice make the proposal to the community - there will no overhead charged on anyaspect of this Workshop.