From Quanta to the Continuum: Opportunities for Mesoscale Science

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1183982· OSTI ID:1183982

Crabtree, George ^[1]; Sarrao, John ^[2]; Alivisatos, Paul ^[3]; Barletta, William ^[4]; Bates, Frank ^[5]; Brown, Gordon ^[6]; French, Roger ^[7]; Greene, Laura ^[8]; Hemminger, John ^[9]; Kastner, Marc ^[4]; Kay, Bruce ^[10]; Lewis, Jennifer ^[8]; Ratner, Mark ^[11]; Anthony, Rollett ^[12]; Rubloff, Gary ^[13]; Spence, John ^[14]; Tobias, Douglas ^[9]; Tranquada, John ^[15]

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1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
4. MIT (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Cambridge, MA (United States)
5. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
6. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
7. Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
8. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)
9. Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
10. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
11. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
12. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
13. University of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
14. Arizona State Univ., Mesa, AZ (United States)
15. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

This report explores the opportunity and defines the research agenda for mesoscale science—discovering, understanding, and controlling interactions among disparate systems and phenomena to reach the full potential of materials complexity and functionality. The ability to predict and control mesoscale phenomena and architectures is essential if atomic and molecular knowledge is to blossom into a next generation of technology opportunities, societal benefits, and scientific advances.. The body of this report outlines the need, the opportunities, the challenges, and the benefits of mastering mesoscale science.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC) (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• Contributing Organization: Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC)
• OSTI ID: 1183982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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