1 BESAC Feb 27, 2001  Polymers and block copolymers for directed self-assembly of nanomaterials  Self-assembling building blocks or templates  “Bottom-up” approach to directed self- assembly  Linking the nanoscale to the microscale and beyond  Integrating ORNL and university science using CNMS Nanofabrication Research Laboratory  Thin film oxide fuel cells with nanoscale functionality  Nanoscale solid oxides with improved conversion efficiency (ORNL LDRD -- P. Becher, I. Kosacki, et al.)  Carbon nanotube arrays for massively parallel E-beam lithography  DARPA application of DOE fundamental research Bridging Length Scales: Connecting Nanoscale Science to Real-World Technologies Thin-film diblock copolymer Template (Thurn-Albrecht et al., U. of Massachusetts)

2 BESAC Feb 27, 2001 CNMS Connections to the Private Sector How to promote interactions?  If you hold a “nano”-science workshop, they will come!  ORNL workshop involved 10 private companies, including three venture capital investment companies with ~$100M each  ORNL has a strong track record in tech transfer and CRADAs with industry  CNMS will be an enabler for the evolution of nanoscience to industrial nanotechnology  Strong nanoscience/tech transfer already underway at ORNL, especially small companies  CRADAs with major companies, including Motorola and Seagate Technologies  Include industrial partners in research focus areas  Industrial member will be on CNMS Advisory Committee

3 BESAC Feb 27, 2001 Broad Implications for Energy Technologies  Fuel cells (nanostructured ionic conductors)  Catalysts (improved efficiency and selectivity)  Clathrates (carbon sequestration and energy supply)  Sensors (highly specific environmental sensors)  Energy transmission materials (next generation superconductors)  Materials with improved thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, etc. for energy applications  Structural materials (light weight, high strength nano- composites)  Energy storage (carbon-based nanostructures)  Improved magnets (lighter weight motors)  Energy generation (nanostructured photovoltaics)  Self-assembled ordered materials (membranes for separation) Triblock coploymer morphologies

4 BESAC Feb 27, 2001 CNMS Collaborations Will Leverage Nanoscience Investments of States and Federal Agencies  J. Bernholc (NCSU)  J.K. Blasie (Pennsylvania)  W. Butler (Alabama-MINT)  R. Compton, G. Sayler (Tenn.)  S. Das Sarma (Maryland)  H. Dorn (Virginia Tech)  L. Feldman, R. Haglund, S. Pantelides, S. Rosenthal (Vanderbilt)  S. Glotzer (Michigan)  E. Grulke (Kentucky)  R. Hull (Virginia)  J. Mays (Ala-Birm. / Tenn.)  A. J. Millis (Rutgers)  T. Russell (Massachusetts)  D. Schlom (Penn State)  Z. L. Wang (Georgia Tech)  B. Yakobson (Rice)  NSF Polymers and Biomaterials MRSECs at U. Mass., U. Penn., Princeton, UCSB, U. Minn. + others  U. Alabama MINT Center  Georgia Tech Center for Nanosci. & Nanotech.  U. Louisville Center for Nanotechnology  U. Michigan Center for Computational Materials Research  North Carolina Center for Nanoscale Materials  Rice U. Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology  U. Tennessee: Center for Environmental Biotechnology and Tennessee Advanced Materials Laboratory  Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Biotechnology, and Laser Science Center  U. Virginia Center for Nanoscopic Materials Design  CINT (Sandia / Los Alamos)  Molecular Foundry (LBNL)  NASA Centers of Excellence (Langley, Ames)  National High Magnetic Field Lab  NIST: Polymers Division & Center for Neutron Research * Partial listing only

5 BESAC Feb 27, 2001 How to Protect Our Leading Scientists from Administrative Burden  Hire excellent support staff!  Dedicated administrative support for scientific staff  Establish a Deputy Director position  Protect scientific thrust leaders (and part of Director!) Equally important --  Focus top scientists on building, leading, and maintaining world-leading science programs and collaborations