Nanotechnology Integration

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

Interest in nanoscience -- and derivative nanotechnologies -- has grown explosively because of the perceived potential to beneficially impact almost every aspect of our lives. The remarkable scientific discoveries obtained by working at the molecular length scale will disappoint humankind if they cannot be exploited by integration into technologies providing unprecedented functionality and performance. To bridge the gap between nanoscience discovery and technology, we must tackle the intrinsic science challenges of integration. This talk examines three such challenges: the fundamental limits and principles for the use and integration of nanoscale structures to detect, transfer, and harvest energy with extreme efficiency or sensitivity; the principles of transduction events in natural systems and how these may be incorporated into artificial systems to convert single molecular events into large scale responses; and the collective properties of composite nanoscale systems that cannot be predicted in terms of the individual constituents. Success in solving such nanoscience integration challenges will change not only what is expected of future technologies, but also the way in which they accomplish ever more complicated tasks.

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Authors

  • Stanley C. Solomon

    University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Rutgers University, Utah State University, Brigham Young University, University of Utah, NASA, Duke University, FMA Research, Colorado State University, Dartmouth University, Idaho State University, Physics Department, Idaho State University, Physics Department, Utah State University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, China, University of California at Riverside, Physics Department, Colorado School of Mines, Physics Department, University of Utah, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USU, Society of Physics Students, Arizona State University, Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, LANSCE-LC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Chemistry and Physics Dept., Virginia State University, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Chalk River Laboratories, Physics Dept, Oxford University, Physics Dept, Utah State University, Sandia National Laboratories, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DOE Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, National Center for Atmospheric Research