Columbia Center for Electron Transport in Molecular Nanostructures.

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Columbia Center for Electron Transport in
Molecular Nanostructures. James T.
Yardley Electrical Engineering Columbia University
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Columbia Center for Electron Transport in
Molecular Nanostructures. 2001-2011
Impacts for Science and Technology
? Single-molecule electronic transport. ?
Graphene exposition. ? Carbon Electronics
graphene and carbon nanotubes. ? Carbon
nanostructure spectroscopy and electron dynamics.

• Electronics beyond Silicon and CMOS.
• Energy Nanoscale electron transport.

Broader Impacts.

• New paradigms for university research.
• New paradigms for university business and
  government interaction.
• New paradigms for integral societal and
  scientific research.
• New generation of students experienced in
  interdisciplinary and collaborative research.
• Diverse and diversity-sensitive "workforce".
• ? Education on Nanoscale Science and Technology
  at all levels including the general public.

• New generation of scientific leaders.
• Enhanced diversity in all levels of science and
  technology.

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10 most important issues facing society
Somehow within the next few decades we must find
a new energy source that can provide at least 10
terawatts (TW) of clean power on sustainable
basis, and do this cheaply. Where is that 10-50
TW of new power going to come from? Who will
make the necessary scientific and engineering
breakthroughs? Can it be cheap enough to bring
10 billion people to a reasonable standard of
living? Can it be done soon enough to avoid the
hard economic times, terrorism, war and human
suffering that will otherwise occur? Energy may
very well be the single most critical challenge
facing humanity in this century.
NSEC provides basis for the type and style of
research envisioned by Richard Smalley!
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Maintaining the Network after 10 Years.
Issue Continuation of NSEC Program and in What
Form?
New NSEC Programs. NSEC Network.analog to
NNIN. Could be topicalie electronics, bio/med,
materials, etc. Could emphasize new faculty and
exploratory science.