[Neutron] Special call for CNMS User Proposals: Nanoscience Research Using Neutron Scattering

[Ekkebus, Allen E.]

SPECIAL CALL FOR CNMS USER PROPOSALS:

NANOSCIENCE RESEARCH USING NEUTRON SCATTERING

 

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's new Center for Nanophase Materials
Sciences (CNMS, http://cnms.ornl.gov ) is now soliciting user research
proposals requesting access to facilities and staff expertise in the new
CNMS building that will open on October 1, 2005.  This nanoscience
research program provides users with no-cost access to a broad range of
CNMS capabilities for synthesis, characterization,
theory/modeling/simulation, and design in order to understand nanoscale
phenomena and develop functional nanomaterials systems.

 

The CNMS particularly wishes to call the attention of the international
neutron scattering and nanoscience research communities to the existence
of strong research synergies resulting from the co-location of the CNMS
with the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and the nearby High Flux
Isotope Reactor (HFIR).  Consequently, the CNMS specifically encourages
the submission of user research proposals that will utilize CNMS
capabilities to enable neutron scattering experiments.

 

Principal Investigators and/or prospective users are invited and
strongly encouraged to participate in the CNMS' Inaugural User Meeting
to be held May 23-25, 2005 at the Pollard Technology Conference Center
in Oak Ridge, TN.  This Inaugural User Meeting features visionary talks
by leaders in nanoscience and emerging nanotechnology, and Breakout
Sessions for all seven CNMS Scientific Themes.  During the lunch break
on Tuesday, May 24, Dr. Ian S. Anderson will lead a discussion of
"Synergies of Co-Location: Neutron Scattering Opportunities Using CNMS
Nanoscience Capabilities".  The Breakout Sessions provide extensive
opportunities for direct discussions of proposed research with CNMS
staff members, to assist prospective users in planning their research
proposals.  A neutron scattering expert will be present in each Breakout
Session for consultation.

 

The complete Agenda for the Inaugural User Meeting, together with
registration and hotel accommodations information, is available by
following links from the CNMS homepage at http://cnms.ornl.gov.  Please
note that the closing date for registration is Tuesday, May 17.

 

The CNMS is a highly collaborative national user research facility
dedicated to the synthesis, characterization,
theory/modeling/simulation, and design of nanoscale materials, and their
integration into functional systems.  Information about ORNL is
available from http://www.ornl.gov.

 

 

Allen E. Ekkebus

Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

One Bethel Valley Road, Bldg 8600

P. O. Box 2008, MS 6474

Oak Ridge, TN  37831-6474

Telephone: (865) 241-5644            Fax: (865) 241-5177

 

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