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Preface Technology and innovation define who we are and the society in which we live. W e need only to consider materials, where the crucial innovations are synonymous with broad cultural ages (Stone, Bronze, Iron, and Silicon) named for the vital discoveries in shaping the substances that made the driving force of technology of their day possible. Our ability to transform these fundamental understandings into the machines that define the world around us continues to accelerate as the tools available multiply with the breakthroughs of each generation. The world is truly getting smaller as the distance between the farthest locales on earth becomes mere seconds as communication becomes ubiquitous. Incredible challenges and opportunities loom on the horizon, including exploration into the world of atomic-level, human-engineered materials and devices. Nanoscience and technology have been growing at a phenomenal rate in recent years and offer a diverse range of potential applications within communications, manufacturing, medicine, biotechnology, coatings, sensors, and processing. Worldwide, increasing numbers of researchers from a wide variety of disciplines enter the field each year, spawning novel ideas and creating unforetold opportunities. This book highlights recent accomplishments in nanostructured materials and their applications to critical technologies for national defense. The contributions examine the unique chemical and physical aspects of nanostructured materials and discuss the latest fundamental and applied research in this area. Special emphasis was given to the necessary directions for the development of high-performance nanomaterials critical to future defense technologies, including sensors, data storage, information transfer, structural materials, and energetics. The chapters reflect the multidisciplinary nature of this research, including contributions from chemists, materials scientists, physicists, chemical engineers, and processing specialists. Perspectives from both the scientists working on the basic issues surrounding pushing back the frontiers of nanomaterials, as well as those working on applied problems associated with bringing to fruition the promise of nanomaterials for defense applications, create a unique contribution to this rapidly changing field. si
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The editors are especially grateful for the dedication and effort of our colleagues who participated and contributed to the symposium and this volume. Additionally, without the tireless effort of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Books Department, this book would not have been possible. Finally, Miziolek thanks Nora Beck-Tan, formerly of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, for her insight and key suggestions that led to the successful ACS Symposium upon which this book is based.
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Andrzej W. Miziolek U.S. Army Research Laboratory Weapons and Materials Research Directorate AMSRD-ARL-WM-BD Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5067
[email protected] Shashi P. Karna U.S. Army Research Laboratory Weapons and Materials Research Directorate AMSRD-ARL-WM-BD Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5067
[email protected] J. Matthew Mauro* U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Department of the Navy 4554 Overlook Drive, SW Washington, DC 20375
[email protected] Richard A. Vaia Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL/MLBP, Building 654 2941 Hopson Way Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-7750
[email protected] *Current address: Molecular Probes/Invitrogen Corporation, 29851 Willow Creek Road, Eugene, OR 97402
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