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NSF-Supported Research Highlighted at APS MeetingPhysics, chemistry and materials research supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will make news at the American Physical Society meeting at the Washington Convention Center in Seattle, Wash., March 12-16, 2001. Nanotechnology: The National Initiative. The
year 2000 launched a major program by NSF and other
federal agencies to fund nanoscience and nanotechnology.
NSF's Lance Haworth describes the expectations and
outlook for this new "megatrend" of controlling molecular-level
behavior. Superconductor MgB2. The discovery of a high-temperature
superconductor in a simple, readily available compound
launched a world-wide research effort to determine
its properties. David Larbalestier of the NSF Materials
Research Science and Engineering Center at the University
of Wisconsin and Robert Cava of Princeton University
have explored this compound's potential capabilities. Supernova in a Bottle. When stars use up their
nuclear fuel, they are predicted to collapse into
a supernova. Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado
describes the physics of a "Bosenova"--an implosion
and subsequent explosion of atoms from a Bose Einstein
condensate that has a surprising resemblance to the
process that takes place in space. Nobel Prize Winners. The chemistry and physics
Nobelists of 2000 enjoyed long-term support from NSF.
Alan MacDiarmid of the University of Pennsylvania
and Alan Heeger of the Institute for Polymers and
Organic Solids discuss developments in synthetic metals/organic
polymers and plastics electronics. Herbert Kroemer
of the University of California at Santa Barbara explains
how to "teach electrons new tricks." Materials Science Awards. Ellen Williams, director
of the NSF Material Research Science and Engineering
Center at the University of Maryland, receives the
David Adler Lectureship Award for her explorations
of surface structure and for effective communication
of these scientific results. Art Gossard, a key participant
in the former NSF Quantized Electronic Structures
Science and Technology Center at the University of
California at Santa Barbara, receives the James C.
McGroddy Prize in New Materials for contributions
to molecular beam growth of semiconductor structures. For more information contact:
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