Nanotechnology program

ORNL (2000) Report on current nanotechnology programs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, on the Worldwide Web at www.ornl.gov/ORNLReview/rev32 3/ brave.htm. 

The work was done within the project J T24.01 of the "Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology" Program, with partial support of the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Researches (Grant K F08M-151) and project EQUIND of the 6 EU framework program. 

J. C. Diop, General Electric s Nanotechnology Program Tougher Ceramics Based on the Microstructure of Seashells, Technology Review, December 2002-January 2003, 65 (2003). 

This work was supported in part by the Nanosystems, nanomaterials and nanotechnologies Program of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. 

We are grateful for financial support from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong SAR, China [HKU 7011/07P, HKU 7030/06P], the Chinese Academy of Sciences-Croucher Foundation Funding Scheme for Joint Laboratories, and the University Development Fund (Nanotechnology Research Institute Program). 

Low-cost material programs include the European Union s 54 million sixth framework research program on nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials, new production processes and devices. In partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the 5-year project seeks to find catalysts less expensive than platinum, which is used widely in fuel cells. As an alternative to platinum, nickel, cobalt and copper alloys are a possible solution. 

This research was supported by the Nanotechnology based Core Technology Development for Next Generation Business of MOCIE (00014876) in Korea and the BK 21 program. 

This work was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research (N00014-01-1-0976), a Career Award from the National Science Foundation (DMR-9983893), and a Fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Y. X. is an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow and a Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar. J. M. thanks the Center for Nanotechnology at the UW for the Nanotech Early Bird Award funded by the IGERT program of the National Science Foundation (DGE-9987620). Y.L. thanks the Center for Nanotechnology at the UW for the Graduate Fellowship Award. 

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