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Dr. Robert Celotta
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract
Introducing NIST's Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology: Helping to Deliver on the Promise of Nanotechnology
We have all heard numerous descriptions of nanotechnology's tremendous potential for improving on our well-being and it is hard not to let one's imagination run wild thinking of what might be possible. Bringing these promises to fruition involves research on a size scale far removed from our normal reality and requires new ways of measuring nanoscale phenomena. NIST created the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology to enable the development of nanotechnology by providing needed measurement solutions spanning the full range of research inquiry - from discovery to production. CNST consists of a broad, multidisciplinary research program and the Nanofab, a shared use facility that offers access to a wide range of nanofabrication and measurement tools. I will describe the Nanofab, some of the current activities in the CNST research program, and how CNST plans to collaborate with academia, industry, and government to help move the promise of nanotechnology closer to being a reality.
Biography
Robert Celotta is the Director of the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Prior to that, he was a NIST Fellow and Leader of the Electron Physics Group. His most recent research activities included nanomagnetics, magnetic imaging, the use of scanning tunneling microscopy for nanostructure characterization and assembly, the optical control of free atoms, and the generation, detection, and application of free electron polarization to measurement. Dr. Celotta received his B.S. in physics from the City College of New York and his Ph.D. in physics from New York University. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at JILA in Boulder Colorado with Dr. John Hall. Dr. Celotta has received the Gaede-Langmuir Prize of the AVS, the William P. Slichter and the Edward Uhler Condon Awards of the NIST, two IR-100 Awards, a Gold and a Sliver Medal from the US Department of Commerce, and the Presidential Distinguished Rank Award. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Vacuum Society.
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