MAY DINNER MEETING OF THE
CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON (CSW)
WASHINGTON SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

CSW 1088th Dinner Meeting Thursday, May 14, 2009

Far East Restaurant 5055 Nicholson Lane Rockville, MD 20852

6:00 PM	SOCIAL HOUR (Cash Bar)
7:00 PM	DINNER Banquet Menu: Appetizers: Spring roll, shrimp toast, steak on a stick. Main dishes: Far East Shrimp, asparagus beef, cashew chicken, Szechuan string beans, vegetable delight, steamed and fried rice. Toffee pineapple Far East Restaurant does not have its own web site, but the following is a Montgomery County business directory listing: http://www.countysurf.com/md-montgomery-rockville-restaurant-chinese.html
8:00 PM	SPEAKER Dr. Jennifer Sample Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory "Nanomaterials: a Chemist's Perspective"
Cost:	$26.00 Members and Guests $13.00 Students

Make reservations by Monday 12:00 noon, May 11, 2009, to the CSW office: csw@acs.org or 202-659-2650. Please designate the names of everyone in your party. The public is invited to attend. You may attend the talk only, but reservations are appreciated.

Those who make a reservation but are unable to attend should send a check for the cost of their meal to The CSW office.

DIRECTIONS:
From I-270, take Montrose Road exit east; turn right onto 355, then left on Nicholson Lane.
From I-495 outer loop, take Exit 34, north on 355, then right onto Nicholson Lane.
From I-495 inner loop, take Exit 36, north on Old Georgetown Rd., then right directly onto Nicholson Lane.
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METRO: White Flint station on the red line.
Station and Neigborhood Map from StationMasters.com

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Dr. Jennifer Sample
Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory

Jennifer received a bachelor’s degree from Penn State and her PhD in Physical Chemistry from UCLA, where she studied size-dependent properties of nanomaterials such as superconductivity as well as nanoparticle synthesis. Dr. Sample joined JHU Applied Physics Laboratory in 2001 as a Senior Scientist and works on applying nanomaterials and nanotechnology to homeland protection and space exploration applications. She teaches nanomaterials and introduction to nanotechnology in JHU's EP (engineering for professionals) continuing education program (since 2004). Dr. Sample holds 3 patents and has published more than 20 papers, and holds the JHU APL 2005 Hart Prize for excellence in development and the JHU EP 2009 award for excellence in teaching.

Please see Dr. Sample’s JHU web site profile at: http://ptesrv.apl.jhu.edu/profiles/jennifer-sample

Abstract: "Nanomaterials: a Chemist's Perspective"

This talk will provide a brief introduction to nanotechnology and nanomaterials, especially emphasizing the intimate relationship between chemistry and nanomaterials. Nanomaterials are frequently created by chemical processes known as bottom-up synthesis, in addition to physical processes such as milling or deposition. For example, nanoparticles are often prepared via reduction of metal ions or thermolytic decomposition of an organometallic precursor in the presence of a passivating ligand. The talk will explore these types of bottom-up syntheses, as well as self assembled monolayers, self assembly, and chemical aspects of nanolithography. Toxicity of nanostructures, current drivers for research in nanomaterials today, and projections for the future will also be discussed.