Fully funded Ph.D. positions are available in the Department
of Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Science at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte. The research focus will be on developing and using multiscale methods for modeling nanocomposites and nanomaterials. Candidates should have a BS or MS degree in
mechanical engineering, material science, civil engineering or other related
areas. Computational experience at the continuum or molecular level is
preferred but is not necessary.  Interested
candidates please send a CV to atabarra@uncc.edu

National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Computation (NNIN/C) Project at Michigan provides free computation cycling time for a limited time (Sept. 15, 2011 to Jan. 15, 2012) to support researches in Nanotechnology (Nano/Microsystems, Nanomaterials, Multiscale modeling, etc). To get a free computation account, please go to:

 www.lnf.umich.edu/NNIN/Computation/Registration/index.aspx

 For more information, please contact bshiari@umich.edu

or:

www.lnf.umich.edu/nnin-at-michigan/index.php/computation/

Call for Papers 

Journal of Nanomaterials

Annual Special Issue: Low Dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials 2012 

The Laboratory for Advanced Materials at Pittsburgh has openings for
one graduate student and one postdoctoral research fellow for 2011.
Interested applicants should send their materials to Professor Paul W.
Leu at pleu@pitt.edu.  http://www.pitt.edu/~pleu/Research/index.html

------Graduate Students Openings------

We are currently looking for ambitious graduate students to perform
experimental and theoretical studies related to nanostructures.

The Institute of Polymer Engineering has 3 open positions as research assistants in three different fields of polymer research:

- nano polymer technology

- polymer injection technology

- polymer composite technology

Please find more details in attachements.

Regards,

Nicolas

We welcome applications for an Ellen William Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

Encouraged by its current and prospective customers, Ebatco’s Nano Analysis and Testing Laboratory (NAT Lab) has expanded its nano/micro scale analytical and measurement capabilities significantly. More than ever before, customers can gain insights and comprehension of what is going on and why it has happened at the nano/micro scale.

Interested applicants should send their materials to Professor Paul W. Leu at pleu@pitt.edu.  http://www.pitt.edu/~pleu/Research/index.html 

Graduate Students Openings

We are currently looking for ambitious graduate students to perform experimental and theoretical studies related to nanostructures.  Students must possess a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering,Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or relevant field. The following materials are required for application.

Journal of Nanomaterials Special Issue
Call-for-Papers

 Low-Dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

In this recently published paper on Nanotechnology, we studied the in-surface buckling mechanics of one dimensional nanomaterials on elastomeric substrates.  Simple analytical solutions are obtained for buckling wavelength and amplitude, which can be easily applied to the in-surface buckling of different nanomaterials, such as nanowires and nanotubes.  It is shown that in-surface buckling of nanomaterials has lower energy than out-of-surface buckling, which explains the experimental observance of in-surface buckling of silicon nanowires.  However, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are reported to buckle out-of-surface on PDMS substr

Three PhD positions are available at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, to work on

Message from ICCE Chairman

B. Li, M. K. Kang, K. Lu, R. Huang, P. S. Ho, R. A. Allen, and M. W. Cresswell, Nano Letters 8, 92 -98 (2008). (Web Release Date: 07-Dec-2007; DOI: 10.1021/nl072144i)

The 2nd Nanostructures conference covers all aspects of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology dealing with materials synthesis, modeling and applications. Special topics include:

We invite you to participate in the upcoming Workshop on Materials Characterization for Nanoscale Reliability, to take place 14-16 August, 2007 at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Details are posted at http://www.boulder.nist.gov/div853/Nanoscale_Reliability_workshop/index.....

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together recognized experts in a wide variety of fields, representing the multidisciplinary nature of nanoscience, to discuss MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION and MODELING ISSUES of critical importance to ASSESSING and IMPROVING the MECHANICAL RELIABILITY of extremely fine-scale materials. One goal of the workshop is the creation of a roadmap for nanoscale characterization and modeling techniques for the next 5 to 10 years.

Welcome to the May 2007 issue. This issue focuses on experimental nanomechanics of nanobuilding blocks. The extremely small dimensions of nanobuilding blocks (for instance, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanowires) have imposed great challenges to many existing instruments, methodologies, and even theories.  In this issue, we will discuss – (1) experimental techniques and (2) size-effects. 

How to measure the temperature of a nanotube?

Dear Colleagues:

You are cordially invited to submit an abstract to the symposium on "Nanostructured Materials including Nanocrystalline Materials, Nanoporous Materials, Active Nanomaterials and Structures." This mini symposium is listed under Track 21 -- Processing and Engineering Applications of Novel Materials as (21-2 Symposium on Multifunctional Materials and Structures) at the 2007 ASME IMECE, which will be held on Nov. 12-15, 2007 in Seattle, Washington.

If you are interested in nano-calorimetry or combinatorial analysis, you might also find the following paper interesting. It was published as part of the MRS spring ‘06 meeting proceedings (http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec_subscribe.asp?CID=6447&DID=175796&action=de...). This paper describes the parallel nano-differential scanning calorimeter (PnDSC), a new device for measuring the thermal properties of nano-scale material systems using a combinatorial approach.

see this site

http://www.nanostructure-physics.com

Hi,

I am Ph.D. student making semiconductor nano structure and studying the physics of them. I am also intersted to make common people aware of this branch of physics. For this I have just started making a web site on nanostructure phyiscs

Colleagues and friends,

As 2007 is approaching, our community will have a new platform for information exchange and discussion – J-club (please see previous posts. I would like to propose a topic for upcoming issue (May issue? if possible) – “experimental nanomechanics.” The extremely small dimensions of nano building blocks such as nanotubes, nanowires and nanoparticles present challenges for existing instruments, methodologies and theories.Modeling and computational work is strongly dependent upon accurate (reliable) experimental results which are still lacking. I believe that this topic is timely and of great interest to both experimental and modeling parties.

Dr. John Hart from MIT is giving a carbon nanotube (CNT) tutorial at the International Symposoum on Nanomanufacturing (ISNM) at MIT on November 1st, Wednesday. Please see the following if you are interested.