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March 18-19, 2004 NANOAM Meeting Hosted by MIT

This web page contains information about the official NANOAM Meeting to be hosted by MIT on Thursday March 18 and Friday March 19, 2004 and the supplemental informal discussions to be held either side of it. The main NANOAM website is here.

The meeting hotel is the Boston Marriott Cambridge. The Marriott Hotel is adjacent to the Kendall/MIT MBTA subway stop that serves campus. Directions to MIT can be found on the Institute's web site here.

The main meeting will be in the meeting rooms of the Marriott Hotel at Kendall Square next to MIT. On Thursday we will be in the Longfellow Room on the third floor. On Friday we will be in Salon 5 and 6 on the second floor. The supplemental informal discussions will be held in various rooms at MIT. A searchable map of campus is found here. MIT room numbers are of the form: A-BCCC where A is the building number, B is the floor number, and CCC is the room number.

The meeting agenda in its current form is below and in pdf format here. Each of the technical talks by the NANOAM groups is alloted 50 minutes, of which 20 should be for discussion. Each of the invited lunchtime talks will be 15 minutes long.



\begin{textbf}March 2004 MIT NANOAM Meeting \end{textbf}


\begin{textbf}{Thursday 18th March, 2004-MARRIOTT}\end{textbf}

\begin{textbf}{Longfellow Room, Third Floor}\end{textbf}

8:30 - 9:00
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Opening Remarks
  (W. C. Carter & D. J. H. Cockayne)
9:30 - 10:20
Influence of the IGF Chemistry on Grain Growth Mechanism and Room Temperature Mechanical Properties of Si$ _3$N$ _4$  
  (R. Satet)
10:20 - 10:50
Coffee
10:50 - 11:40
Structural Characterisation of Interfaces in Si$ _3$N$ _4$  Ceramics by Electron Microscopy
  (M. Doeblinger)
11:40 - 12:30
Continuum Thermodynamic Approaches to IGFs
  (M. Tang & C. M. Bishop)
12:30 - 12:50
Short Poster Advertisements
12:50 - 14:20
Lunch
  EC e-TIP Program
  (J. Wiggins, OU)
  Creep of RE-doped Si$ _3$N$ _4$  
  (S. Wiederhorn, NIST)
  SiC as parallel to Si$ _3$N$ _4$  
  (J. Kruzic, LBL)
  Equilibrium Oxide Surface Layers
  (J. Luo, Clemsen)
  POSTERS
14:20 - 15:10
Investigating Thermodynamic Properties of Amorphous IGFs in Si$ _3$N$ _4$  and SiC by Electron Diffraction, HR-ELSP, and HRTEM
  (C. Koch)
15:10 - 16:00
Atomistic Simulations of IGFs in Si$ _3$N$ _4$  
  (S. H. Garofalini)
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee
16:30 - 17:00
Liquid Density Functional Theory
  (A. P. Sutton)
17:00 - 17:50
Nanoscale Dispersion Forces and Graded Interface Models: Application To Atomically Structured Grain Boundaries in SrTiO$ _3$
  (R. H. French)
17:50 - 18:40
Ab-initio Calculations of the Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Binary, Ternary and Quaternary Y-Si-O-N crystals
  Ab-initio Calculations of all Polymorphs of SiC
  Theoretical Investigations on the ( ZrO$ _2$  )$ _x$( SiO$ _2$  )$ _{1-x}$ Gate Dielectric Materials
  (W.Y. Ching)
18:40 - 19:00
Recap of Tuesday/Wednesday Sessions
  (One from each session)
19:30 -  
Dinner-Polcari's


\begin{textbf}March 2004 MIT NANOAM Meeting \end{textbf}


\begin{textbf}{MODIFIED Friday 19th March, 2004-MARRIOTT}\end{textbf}

\begin{textbf}{Salon 5 and 6, Second Floor}\end{textbf}

8:30 - 9:00
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:50
Do Stable SiO$ _x$ Films Form on Si Surfaces Below the Wetting Limit?
  (Y.-M. Chiang, A. Ramos, & M. Tang)
9:50 - 10:40
REELS Studies of Nanometric SiO$ _2$  Films on Si
  (F. Paumier)
  XPS and REELS Studies of Si-Mg-Re-O-N Glasses (Re=La, Lu, Y)
  (M. Gautier-Soyer)
10:40 - 11:10
Coffee
11:10 - 11:25
Additional Items from WP2
  (W.Y. Ching)
11:25 - 11:50
Additional Items from WP4
  (M. Rühle)
11:50 - 12:05
Overview of Wednesday Sessions
  (M. J. Hoffmann, C. M. Bishop, & Y.-M. Chiang)
12:05 - 12:50
Status Overview
  (R. M. Cannon)
12:50 - 14:20
Lunch
  Differential Binding Energy for RE Elements in Si$ _3$N$ _4$  
  (G. Painter, ORNL)
  Observations on Interfacial Segregation in Si$ _3$N$ _4$  Materials
  (N. Shibata, ORNL)
  Grain Boundary Structure and Chemistry in Y-doped and Annealed Si$ _3$N$ _4$  and the Effect on Fracture
  (A. Ziegler, LLNL)
  POSTERS
14:20 - 15:00
Comparison of Computational Techniques and Models
  (Led by A. P. Sutton)
15:00 - 15:30
Overview of Physical Samples
  (Led by Y.-M. Chiang and M. J. Hoffmann)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
16:00 - 17:00
Status of Achievements and Collaborations
  (Led by R. H. French)
17:00 - 17:30
Changing Work Plans for the Rest of the Current Program
  (Led by D. J. H. Cockayne)
17:30 - 19:00
New Directions
  (Led by W. C. Carter)
  EU Opportunities
  (J. Nucci, MPI)
  Opportunities to Relate to the IT Industry
  (R. H. French)
  Non-equilibrium Properties
  (A. P. Sutton)
19:30 -  
Dinner-Sydney's Grill


The informal discussions are summarized below. The list of participating groups is there for information. It is not intended to limit who may attend a discussion. The room numbers are all in Building 13 on the MIT campus (map found here). MIT room numbers are of the form: A-BCCC where A is the building number, B is the floor number, and CCC is the room number.

If you have trouble finding one of the rooms on campus either call (just x-xxxx on a campus phone) or see either:

Toni Centorino (617)258-5552 Room 13-4086
Rachel Kemper (617) 253-6936 Room 13-5026



\begin{textbf}March 2004 MIT NANOAM Meeting \\ Supplemental Informal Discussions \end{textbf}


\begin{textbf}{Tuesday 16 March, 2004-MIT}\end{textbf}

pm MIT 13-5002 Coarse-graining MIT, MPI
    (Led by C. Koch)  


\begin{textbf}{Wednesday 17 March, 2004-MIT}\end{textbf}

am MIT 13-5002 Experiments in Si$ _3$N$ _4$   Karlsruhe, MPI, MIT, LBL
    (Led by M. Hoffmann)  
pm MIT 13-5002 Relations to Phase-field Models MIT, LBL, MPI, Rutgers, UM-KC
    (Led by C. M. Bishop)  
pm MIT 13-3038 Surface Films UPenn, MIT, CEA, UM-KC
    (Led by Y.-M. Chiang)  
19:00 Dinner Legal Seafood  


\begin{textbf}{Saturday 20th March, 2004-MIT}\end{textbf}

am MIT 13-5101 TEM Interpretation & Collaboration Oxford, MPI, ORNL, Karlsruhe, CEA, Dupont, LBL, MIT
    (Led by M. Rühle)  
am MIT 13-5002 Glasses-Atomic Structure and Properties ORNL, Karlsruhe, CEA, Dupont, LBL, MIT
    (Led by R. Satet)  
am MIT 13-4106 Experiments and Microstructural Models in Si$ _3$N$ _4$   Karlsruhe, MPI, MIT, LBL
    (Led by R. M. Cannon)  
12:00 MIT 13-5101 Final Words  
    (R. M. Cannon)  
12:30 Lunch Bertucci's  


Below is a tentative list of poster presenters. If you are not on the list, but would like to present a poster, please contact Catherine Bishop at catherine.bishop@materials.ox.ac.uk.



\begin{textbf}{Posters}\end{textbf}

N. Shibata STEM Studies of Interfacial Segregation
W. Shelton RE Adsorption on Si$ _3$N$ _4$  Surfaces
P. Becher Additive Effects ( Y$ _2{0}_3$  : Al$ _2{0}_3$  ratio) on Debond Paths in Si$ _3$N$ _4$  
J. Kruzic SiCas parallel to Si$ _3$N$ _4$  
S. Wiederhorn Creep of RE-doped Si$ _3$N$ _4$  
J. Luo Equilibrium Oxide Surface Layers
M. Tang Thermodynamic Analysis of IGFs
UM-KC Group IGF Modelling and Calculations with OU and Rutgers
A. Ziegler Grain Boundary Structure and Chemistry in Y-doped and Annealed Si$ _3$N$ _4$  and the Effect on Fracture
A. Ramos Oxide Films on Si
Z. Zhang Untitled


This is the list of meeting participants as of March 9, 2004.


\begin{textbf}{Meeting Participants}\end{textbf}

Paul Becher (ORNL)
Catherine Bishop (MIT-OU)
Rowland Cannon (LBL)
Craig Carter (MIT)
Yet-Ming Chiang (MIT)
Wai-Yim Ching (UM-KC)
David Cockayne (OU)
Markus Doeblinger (OU)
Paulo Ferreira (MIT)
Roger French (UPenn-Du Pont)
Stephen Garofalini (Rutgers)
Martine Gautier-Soyer (CEA-Saclay)
Michael Hoffmann (Karlsruhe)
Toby Hudson (OU)
Christoph Koch (MPI)
Jamie Kruzic (LBL)
Jian Luo (Clemsen)
Chris Marsh (OU)
Julie Nucci (MPI)
Lizhi Ouyang (UM-KC)
Gayle Painter (ORNL)
Fabien Paumier (CEA-Saclay)
Ana Ramos (MIT)
Manfred Ruehle (MPI)
Raphaelle Satet (Karlsruhe)
Bill Shelton (ORNL)
Naoya Shibata (ORNL)
Adrian Sutton(OU)
Ming Tang (MIT)
Shelley Wiederhorn (NIST)
Jason Wiggins (OU)
Graham Winkelman (OU)
Zaoli Zhang (MPI)
Alexander Ziegler (LLNL)


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