CONTENTS
ISSUE 10 WINTER 2008 |
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| NEWS |
| SciDAC News, Activities, and Announcements
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| FOREWORD: DR. JEFF NICHOLS |
Research Centers for Nanoscale Science
SciDAC Review Editorial Board member Dr. Jeff Nichols introduces the theme of this issue—nanoscience.
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| INTERVIEW: STANLEY WILLIAMS |
COVER STORY |
Science at the Nanoscale
Hewlett-Packard's R. Stanley Williams answers our questions about nanoscience research, industry, and computing.
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| NANOPHASE MATERIALS SCIENCES |
The Computational Materials End Station at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
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The Computational Materials End Station allows scientists to devote less attention to the simulations and more to the science being revealed by those simulations. |
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| MOLECULAR FOUNDRY |
Understanding Nanoscale Systems at the Molecular Foundry
The Molecular Foundry is a DOE User Facility charged with providing support to nanoscience researchers around the world. |
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INTEGRATED NANOTECHNOLOGIES |
To See is to Know: Visualization
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The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies empowers the individual researcher in materials science and nanoscience with unprecedented capabilities for exploring scientific datasets. |
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| FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS |
Computational Energy Research at CFN
Several efforts are under way at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) to extend computations to the nanoscale. |
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| NANOSCALE MATERIALS |
Recent Trends in Computational Catalysis
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Electronic structure calculations provide computational insight into the properties of different types of catalysts. |
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| HARDWARE |
Cortical Computing with Memristive Nanodevices
Memristive nanodevices, a name meant to suggest a resistor with memory, may be the missing element needed for building synapses at a biological scale. |
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| EDITORIAL: RICK STEVENS |
The Globalization of Large-Scale Computational Science
Rick Stevens of the SciDAC Review Editorial Board discusses the role of U.S. leadership within the global realm of computational science. |
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| BACK COVER |
| Advanced visualization provides new insights into complex phenomena and enables SciDAC scientists and engineers to extract meaning from massive datasets. |
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