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Purdue Gets Nano Grant

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 20, 2007 -- Purdue University's Network for Computational Nanotechnology has received a five-year, $18.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the US National Nanotechnology Initiative with expanded capabilities and services for computer simulations, NSF and Purdue officials announced today. The national network was launched in 2002 with $10.5 million from NSF to develop sophisticated, high-powered computational tools that allow scientists from Boston to Beijing to advance nano-related research simply by using their desktop computers. "This additional funding will...Read full article

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    Published: September 2007
    Glossary
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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