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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MNSS: The Micro/Nano-technology
Seminar Series</span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>So, what does nanotechnology have to
do with energy?</span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Prof. Gang Chen</span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Mechanical Engineering Department,
MIT</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>Nanotechnology focuses on small scale effects. Energy is a global
issue. Despite such disparities, there is a growing awareness that nanoscience
and nanotechnology can have a profound impact on energy generation, storage,
and utilization by exploiting the significant differences of energy states and
transport between nanostructures and macrostructures. In this talk, I will
begin with a few examples regarding the exploitation of nanoscale effects for
solar energy conversion, hydrogen storage, and will move on to the exploration
of size effects for thermoelectric energy conversion. We will show that by
exploring the interface scattering of electrons and phonons, the thermoelectric
figure of merit can be improved in nanocomposites. Recent work on
characterization of thermoelectric properties of individual nanowires and
nanotubes will also be discussed.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Upcoming speakers:</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>April 6 <span class=apple-tab-span> </span><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Dr. John Kitching</span></b>, NIST, </span></font>Boulder,
"MicroChip Atomic Clocks" ** <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>(begins
at </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>4pm</span></b><b><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>April 20 <span class=apple-tab-span> </span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Dr. David Soane</span></b>, Chairman & CEO, Soane
Labs LLC, "Nanotechnology Applications for Mature Industries"</span></font></p>
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style='font-weight:bold'>Best Student Thesis Presentation</span></b></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>Except where noted, all talks begin at </span></font><font
size=3><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>3pm</span></font><font size=3><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'> in the Grier Conference Room, 34-401B (http://
whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=34&Buildings=go, </span></font><font
size=3><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>50 Vassar St</span></font><font size=3><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'>.)**</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>MIT . Microsystems Technology Laboratories | <a
href="http://www.mtl.mit.edu/"><font color="#0021e7"><span style='color:#0021E7'>www.mtl.mit.edu</span></font></a></span></font></p>
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Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT | <a href="http://www.rle.mit.edu/"><font
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Department of Mechanical Engineering | www-me.mit.edu</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>BioMEMS</span></font> Resource Center | <a
href="http://cem.sbi.org/nv/Home.asp"><font color="#0021e7"><span
style='color:#0021E7'>http://cem.sbi.org/nv/Home.asp</span></font></a></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Analog Devices/Lilliputian Systems/ MicroCHIPS/ BioScale/Living
Microsystems/Advanced MicroSensors/IntelliSense/CellPoint Diagnostics/
Pixtronix/Polychromix</span></font></p>
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