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| Properties and Applications of Carbon Nanomaterials |  |
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| Speaker: | Prof. Stephanie A. Getty, Ph.D. Instrumentation Developer NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
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| Date: | Tuesday February 21, 2012 | |
| Time: | 5:00pm - Refreshments and snacks 5:30pm - 6:30pm - Seminar 6:30pm - optional dinner with speaker at local restaurant |
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| Location: | University of Maryland A. V. Williams Building, room 2460 (directions and campus map available) Printable (PDF) parking directions also available |
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| Abstract: | Carbon nanotubes and other carbonaceous nanostructures have enjoyed considerable scientific and technological interest in recent decades owing to their unique confluence of remarkable electronic, thermal, mechanical, and optical properties. Superlatives of carbon nanotubes and the related material of graphene include highest carrier mobility, highest strength-to-weight ratio, and blackest photon absorber. In this talk, I will review the structure, growth, and basic physical properties of carbon nanotubes and other relevant carbonaceous materials. I will discuss applications of nanostructured carbon that are currently in development at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and I will survey other devices and applications, including in the fields of lasers and optics, that could benefit from the use of these multitalented nanomaterials. | |
| Bio: | Dr. Stephanie Getty is an instrumentation developer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, emphasizing advanced scientific instrument technologies for space. Her current research interests include studying the organic inventory of planetary surfaces throughout the Solar System by advanced analytical and ionization techniques for planetary mass spectrometers, carbonaceous field emission materials for electron impact ionization mass spectrometry, and the use of carbon nanotubes as new stray-light suppression coatings for space-based observatories. Prior to joining Goddard Space Flight Center in 2004, she held a Director of Central Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Physics Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Florida in 2001. | |
| Sponsors: | IEEE Photonics Society (DC/Northern Virginia Chapter), Optical Society of America, National Capital Section | |
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