Materials in a New Era Proceedings of the 1999 Solid State Sciences Committee Forum (1999) / Chapter Skim
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I: Materials and the Federal Role
I: Materials and the Federal Role
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Included in these increases is $366 million for an Information Technology Initiative, $214 million for construction of the Spallation Neutron Source, and $50 million for an Interagency Education Research Initiative. The Information Technology Initiative increases federal investments in fundamental information technology research, advanced computing for science and engineering, and research in the social and economic implications of the information revolution.
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This rapid increase in the number of structures has been made possible, in part, by the improvements in x-ray synchrotron sources. Over this period, the x-ray brightness has increased by orders of magnitude- from first-generation sources, like the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, to second-generation sources, like the National Synchrotron Light Source at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, to third-generation sources, like the Advanced Photon Source (APS)
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With the large growth in biological activity in the United States end worldwide, the Importance ofthe quantitative determination of protein crystal structure, end the demand that is being placed on current facilities, the ex pansion of existing crystallographic capabilities is critical to the farmer growth of the field. One needs only view the Advanced Photon Source, where there is a large percentage of remaining sectors in the ring dedicated to protein crystallography, to get a feeling for the demand.
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The Montgolfier Brothers in NOTE: This article was prepared from written material provided to the Solid State Sciences Committee by the speaker. 18 vented the hot air balloon in the last years of the ~ Sth century.
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4. High-Power Electrical Devices The computer revolution was generated by the application of quantum mechanics to solid state physics.
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The results that have been obtained in such institutions have had far-reaching consequences. Radar, lasers, solid state electronic devices, novel optical fire control systems, and various other technologies of this kind would not exist were it not for the work done at many U.S.
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In addition to producing Standard Reference Materials, we are developing atomicscale measurements in which electrical measurements are conducted on test structures made in single crystal silicon, which are then referenced to atomic layers. This will allow development of extremely well-calibrated line width measurements, directly traceable to NIST standards.
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NCNR scientists will also help in the development of the instrumentation at the new SpalIation Neutron Source now being designed and constructed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. For the future, NTST research will continue in many of the areas highlighted in the report on Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics that this forum of the Solid State Sciences Committee has introduced.
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, the Science and topical workshops that have been held, as well as international materials workshops involving participation in various combinations byU.S., Canadian, Mexican, European, Pan American, Asia-Pacific, and Afiican representatives. Various facilities are under discussion; a major new facility, the SpalIation Neutron Source, is currently under construction.
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