NIST Presents Its Microfluidics Technologies

TEDCO/TCM Tech Transfer Showcase: Opening Doors to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Nanoelectronics, Nanofabrication, and Nanometrology Technologies Agenda

Come to learn about novel technologies developed at the NIST Labs in the nanoelectronics, nanofabrication, and nanometrology technologies.

	Please join us as we introduce you to the technical services, technologies, advanced user-facilities, collaborative research opportunities and the ins and outs of procurement at the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST), a key component of the nation’s infrastructure for innovation. The topic of this showcase event is Nanoelectronics, Nanofabrication and Nanometrology. The pursuit of nanotechnology—chips, sensors, pumps, gears, lasers, novel materials, and an unending assortment of other useful “things” with features on the scale between one-billionth of a meter (about 10 hydrogen atoms across) and 100-billionths of a meter—is driving science and engineering to extremes. At NIST, the quest to design, manipulate, manufacture, and assemble at the molecular and atomic levels translates into delivering on measurement needs. NIST laboratories strive to develop and deliver timely measurements, standards, and infrastructural technologies that address critical U.S. industry and other government agency needs for innovation and traceable metrology, process-control and quality in manufacturing at the nanoscale. For example, the Micro-Nano-Technology (MNT) Project works to apply micro and nanofabrication technologies to advance the state-of-the-art of single molecule measurements, single cell measurements, and DNA separations for forensic applications.


Detailed Agenda for NIST-TEDCO Showcase

	7:30 am – 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast and Registration

	8:30 am – 8:50 am	Welcoming and Opening Remarks Renee Winsky, President and Executive Director, TEDCO Julie Coons, President, Technology Council of Maryland Dr. James Turner, Acting Director, NIST

	8:50 am – 9:00 am	TEDCO Funding Programs James Poulos, Vice President, Technology Transfer and Commercialization

	9:00 am – 10:00 am	How to Work Work With NIST Promoting U.S. Innovation and Industrial Competitiveness Dr. George Arnold, Deputy Director, Technology Services Technology Innovation Program Marc Stanley, Director, Technology Innovation Program Manufacturing Extension Partnership Roger Kilmer, Director, Manufacturing Extension Partnership Patents /Licenses/CRADAs Paul Zielinski, Chief, Office of Technology Partnerships

	10:00 am – 10:30 am	Break: Networking and Poster Sessions

	10:30 am – 11:00 am	Sampling of Nanotechnology Research at NIST Nanotechnology Research and Development at NIST Dr. Robert Celotta, Director for Nanoscale Science and Technology Nanotechnology in Building and Construction Dr. Joannie W. Chin, Leader, Polymeric Materials Group

	11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Technical Session I Self-Assembled Monolayer Based Silver Switches Dr. Jim Kushmerick • Low cost nanoscale switches with ~ 25 nm2 device area • Huge on off ratio and over a million cycles to device failure Solution Processed Titanium Dioxide Memory Devices on Flexible Plastic Surfaces Dr. Nadine Gergel-Hackett • Electronic memory on inexpensive flexible plastic sheets • Reduces expense, weight, and required power • Applications for sensors, cameras, electronic paper, and flexible displays Superconformal Film Growth for ULSI and MEMS Dr. Tom Moffat • Nanomaterial films • Build interconnected 3D structures that integrate with CMOS (complimentary metal oxide semiconductors) and MEMS • New avenues for device manufacture Advanced Materials for Spin-Based Electronics Dr. Joshua Pomeroy • Combination of materials for products with new properties • Applications for hard drives and hard drive sensors Centrifugal Length Sorting of Carbon Nanotubes Dr. Jeffrey Fagan • Nanotubes come in many lengths • Sorting allows access to improved properties, and the ability to produce different grades of material • Cells respond differently depending on the nanotube size • Applications include conductive coatings, ultra-capacitors, flexible electronics, solar cells, medical sensors and batteries. Grit Shear Length Sorting of Nanotubes Dr. John Marino • Combines processing & separation steps to reduce time and material cost. • Employs ‘green’ aqueous chemistries, are closed-cycle, and generate minimal waste. • Technically and economically adaptable for large scale manufacturing.

	12:00 pm- 1:15 pm	Lunch, Networking, Poster Sessions

	1:15 pm – 2:15 pm	Technical Session II Single Molecule Mass Spectrometry Using A Nanopore Dr. John Kasianowicz • High throughput screening of therapeutic agents against biowarfare agents (e.g., anthrax) • Single molecule mass spectrometry of unlabeled particles in solution • Health care and systems biology applications Characterization of Delivery Systems for Nanomedicine Dr. John Dagata • Optimize formulation of nanoparticle delivery systems during drug discovery and development • Assure manufacturability and potency in clinical trials Novel Fabrication Methods for Functional Nanostructures Dr. John Dagata • Applications for nanoelectronics and nanomechanics • Photonic wave guides • Biochips • Fabrication of MRI phantoms Scatterfield Imaging Dr. Rick Silver • Optical methods to determine feature size/dimensions for structures as small as 10 nm in size and pitch values below 100 nm using light in range of 193 nm to 400 nm. • Advances in instrument design/alignment enabling significant progress in experiment-to-theory agreement for measurements on features 1/20th the wavelength in size. • Sophisticated engineering of illumination fields combined with physics-based electromagnetic scattering simulations to analyze data. Orthogonal Tracking Microscope Dr. Alex Liddle • Reduction of the problem of 3D tracking of particles to the problem of 2D tracking twice • Greater accuracy of images • Application to self-assembly of nanostructures

	2:15 pm – 2:30 pm	Special Presentation: Nanofabrication User Facilities Dr. Alex Liddle

	2:30 pm – 4:00 pm	Networking Reception

	3:15 pm – 4:15 pm	Facilities Tours (Pre-registration required. Available to a limited number of registrants.)