Archives for August 2019

Here we are on day 2 of the annual User Meeting! Today we have 8 breakout symposia covering a broad spectrum of nanoscale science: Morning SessionsMetal Halide Perovskites: Opportunities, Challenges, Future DirectionsMultimodal In situ Methods at the Materials Interface Materials Discovery and Design to Enable a Circular Materials Economy Materials and Devices for Brain-like Computing Afternoon SessionsNew […]

The final act of the plenary session was the poster slam, emcee(squared) by Foundry staff scientist Sinéad Griffin, who, when challenged to start off with a rap, instead followed the literary tradition of her home country and delivered a clever limerick to get things going. All of the 19 Slam participants were students who were […]

John Rogers, a Professor at Northwestern University, closed out the Plenary session with a talk on engineering soft electronic materials for medical purposes. His research group has been working on developing materials for electronic devices that are not only bendable, but also stretchable, so that they can adhere and contour to the unpredictable surface of […]

By Brooke Kuei One topic that has been brought up every year at the Molecular Foundry User Meeting has been streamlining collaborations with the Advanced Light Source (ALS). At this year’s User Meeting, there was a dedicated session on joint access to the ALS and the Molecular Foundry that discussed the different ways that users […]

By Keiko Munechika The afternoon session kicked off Rebecca Abergel, who is a staff scientist at Chemical Sciences Division at LBNL. Actinides are radioactive materials at the very bottom of the periodic period. Prof. Abergel discussed how fundamental understanding of bonding chemistry between actinides elements and selective ligands are much needed for the development of […]

The Foundry’s User Executive Committee followed its annual tradition of hosting a town hall session to give users an opportunity to ask questions of the UEC and to hold a discussion amongst Foundry users and staff. This year, prime topics of discussion, derived from comments made in last year’s User Questionnaire, were on the issues […]

Antioxidants have long been talked about in the health sector, but did you know they can also protect flexible electronics materials from damage? Brooke Kuei from Penn State uses electron microscopy to understand molecular scale assembly of semiconducting polymers that are used to make organic electronic devices including solar cells and OLEDs. However, the electron […]

Cherry Murray, Professor at the University of Arizona, opened the morning plenary session of the User Meeting as our first keynote speaker. Professor Murray has outstanding experience in policy and the development of scientific strategy. In her talk, she discussed her recent work and participation in a DOE “Basic Research Needs” workshop on microelectronics. (The […]

The day started off with a welcome from UEC Chair Francesca Toma and Energy Sciences Area Director (and Foundry “Director Emeritus”) Jeff Neaton and an introduction to the Foundry’s Interim Director, David Prendergast. David has been the Facility Director of the Foundry’s Theory Facility for the past 6 years, and is looking forward to leading […]

We’re getting all set for the 2019 annual User Meeting which starts tomorrow! We’ve got a great agenda planned, including keynote talks from Cherry Murray (U of Arizona) and John Rogers (Northwestern U)! Attendee check-in starts at 8:00 am at the Building 50 auditorium and breakfast will be served in the tent outside. Don’t forget […]