NSRC Rollout NSRC RollOut Update Website Developed common

NSRC Rollout

NSRC Roll-Out Update • Website • Developed common format to be used on all NSRC web sites. • One-Page Center Description • Established design for one-page flyer; one for each center and a separate one for the NSRC program. • Professional Society Contacts • Identified set of organizations and assigned point of contact for each. • Vugraph Briefing Package • Short and full version in preparation • February Workshop

NSRC Updates

Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne • Jumpstarting User Program • Activating advisory committees • Facilities identified for “jumpstart user program” • Coordinating user interface with APS & IPNS: “one-stop” • Planning FY 2003 Nanoscience Workshops & CNM Summer School • Launching CNM research areas - • CNM Building is funded by the State of Illinois - Attaches to Advanced Photon Source ->50% of planned state funds have been appropriated - Title I Design 50% complete; Construction Manager selected - Start of construction anticipated Summer 2003 • DOE approved CD-0 for Equipment Project - CDR in preparation, anticipating Lehman review in March - Complete Nanoprobe Beamline design by September For information contact Sam Bader: bader@anl. gov, 630. 252. 4960; http: //nano. anl. gov/, nano@anl. gov

BNL Center For Functional Nanomaterials n n n Project Mission Need Approved (CD 0) Conceptual Design in process, CDR draft mid-November Lehman Review tentative early February 2003 Engineering start (CD-1) anticipated March 2003 Construction start projected FY 2005 Scientific Thrust Areas Strongly Correlated Oxides Magnetic Nanoassemblies Nanocatalyst Materials Charge Injection and Transport Nanostructured Organic Films Applications of Nanoscience n n n Unique Facilities NSLS TEM LEAF Jumpstart Program planned PSP, SAC established Preliminary hires targeted Laboratories will be available in cluster areas: Electron Microscopy, Materials Synthesis, Nanopatterning, Proximal Probes, Ultrafast Optical Sources, Nanocenter-NSLS GU Program, Theory/Computation Workshops Major BNL Workshop-March 2002 Other workshops ü Workshop on Applications of Synchrotron Radiation in Nanoscience and Technology, May 23, 2001 ü “Charge Transfer on the Nanoscale, ” Chemical Sciences sponsored workshop, January 2002 ü EPENS, “International Workshop on Electron. Phonon Effect in Nanosystems, September 23 -25, 2002 ü CESP Nanomagnetic Materials Workshop, October 21 -22, 2002 ü Nanotechnology Business Roadmap, October 15, 2002 ü Nanoscience Writers Roundtable, October 30, 2002 ü LI Business Alliance Workshop, December 2002

The Molecular Foundry A. P. Alivisatos, Director Foundry Building Near NCEM and Materials Sciences Laboratories Design complete Q 1 2003 Construction start Q 4 2003 Beneficial occupancy Q 1 2006 Full operations Q 4 2006 Theory and most user offices on 3 rd floor -User” Program-2003 6 facilities with limited equipment Hire lead scientists Call for proposals: short-term and long term collaborators Outreach Facilities Inorganic Nanostructures Nanofabrication Organic, Polymer/Biopolymer Synthesis Biological Nanostructures Imaging and Manipulation Theory

Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies Core Facility Gateway to Los Alamos Construction Project • CD-1 Approved 6/02 • Core Title I in progress • Gateway Perf. Spec. initiated • Review scheduled for 4/03 • Construction start 1/04 Science Thrusts • Nanoelectronics/nanophotonics • Nano/Bio/Micro Interfaces • Complex Functional Nanomaterials • Nanomechanics • Theory and Simulation User Program • CINT Management Team • Joint laboratory MOU • Governance Board • Scientific Advisory Committee FY 03 Jump-Start • National User Facilities • Major NNSA Facilities • User Agreements (IP, access, training) “One community focused on nanoscience integration”

Center For Nanophase Materials Sciences Integrates Nanoscale Science with synergistic national research needs in Neutron Science Synthesis & Integration of soft and hard materials Theory / Modeling / Simulation “Jump Start” Program Development Plan with focus on Nanofabrication Synthetic & Bio-Inspired Macromolecular Materials Catalysis Nanotubes and Related Materials Nanoscale Magnetism and Collective Behavior Oxide Materials Integration Nanoscale Imaging and Manipulation Theory / Modeling / Simulation Nanofabrication Research Lab CNMS Offices and Labs Project Status 90% design complete & under review Equipment suite identified CD-2 approved CD-3 scheduled for Feb. 2003 Second Planning Workshop 315 registrants from 88 institutions Greatest Challenges & Opportunities identified with scientific community

NSRC February 03 Workshop

Renaissance Hotel Washington, D. C. February 26 -28, 2003 A forum for communication among agencies, policymakers, and the scientific community • Learn about national priorities in research and nanoscale science and engineering from key Senators and Representatives, the President's Science Advisor, and funding agency and scientific community leaders • Learn about research opportunities in nanoscale science and engineering at the DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers and related facilities • Participate in the first national users meeting for DOE's Nanoscale Science Research Centers

Program Highlights • Keynote presentations on nanoscale science and national competitiveness by John Marburger (Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) and Ray Orbach (Director of the DOE Office of Science) • Science and industry sessions with keynote presentations by nanoscience and nanotechnology leaders including Nobelist Richard Smalley (Rice), George Whitesides (Harvard), Gabor Somorjai (Berkeley), Larry Bock (Nanosys, Inc. ), and Tom Theis (IBM) • Perspectives from key politicians including Senators and Representatives with oversight responsibility for science and technology • Agency presentations on the National Nanotechnology Initiative and research opportunities in nanoscale science including a panel discussion and question and answer session • A banquet including a presentation on future priorities for federal research by a leading political spokesperson • Poster presentations from the NSRCs including a student poster session • A users meeting with presentations by Patricia Dehmer, Director of the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences, and the center directors

Renaissance Hotel Washington, D. C. February 26 -28, 2003 Announcement Preliminary Program Workshop Registration Hotel Information Nanoscale Science Research Centers National Nanotechnology Initiative Office of Basic Energy Sciences http: //www. ornl. gov/doe_nsrc_workshop/