Issue Three

nanoHUB​.org User Forum slated for December
The inaugural nanoHUB​.org User Forum will be Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.

The program begins at 4 p.m. The Forum will conclude with dinner at 7 p.m.

While there is no cost to attend, space is limited. Registration is required and may be made at https://nanohub.org/eventregistration/.

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nanoHUB​.org to host industry research findings
Reflecting its commitment to connecting industry to nanotechnology, nanoHUB​.org will be used to publish findings from a National Science Foundation-approved research project.

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nanoHUB​.org will help provide information on a new NSF and DOE-funded project to study thermoelectric generators.

Interview
Dr. John Bean has served on the faculty of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, since January 1997. From 1976 to 1996 he was on the staff of the Physics Research Division of Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. At Bell Labs he was both a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff and Head of the Materials Science Research Department. nanoHUB​.org interviewed Prof. Bean February 4, 2010.

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Dr. John Bean

nanoHUB Tool Highlight
StrainBands was developed by Joe Ringgenberg, Joydeep Bhattacharjee, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey C. Grossman, and Eric Schwegler. This tool uses first-principles density functional theory within the local density approximation and ultrasoft pseudopotentals to compute and visualize density of states, E(k), charge densities, and Wannier functions for bulk semiconductors. Using this tool, you can study and learn about the bandstructures of bulk semiconductors for various materials under hydrostatic pressure and under strain conditions. Physical parameters such as the bandgap and effective mass can also be obtained from the computed E(k).

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