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Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Nano Review 2012/14 The RBNI vision of transformation that is happening at Technion City, in Israel and across the globe is shared by the philanthropic Russell Berrie Foundation, the Government of Israel through the Forum for National R&D Infrastructure (TELEM) and the Technion - Israel’s first institute of technology. Making real Russell Berrie Foundation the dream: Government of Israel Technion - Israel Institute of Technology GUARDIAN MENTOR BUILDER Leo and Julia Forchheimer Barbara, Robert and Marguerite Barazani Matilda and Gabriel Barnett Estate of Dr. Lillian Chutick Foundation Samuel Goldfarb Greenberg Marshall and Marilyn Butler Edward Epstein Davi-Linda and David Charlotte and Jules Joskow Berkowitz Estate Alan and Tatyana Forman The Rosalinde and Arthur Friedman Walter Kann Russell Berrie Foundation Sidney Slauson Gilbert Foundation Friends of Technion Fund at Earle and Judy Kazis Estate of Lee Goodstein Joseph and Bernice Shirley and Marshall Mazer Combined Jewish Foundation Fund Sanford Kaplan Trust Tanenbaum Family Philanthropies Eugene M. Lang Foundation Legacy Heritage Fund Limited Sandy and Herb Pollack Paula and James Gould Nancy and Sid Lejfer Lorry I. Lokey BENEFACTOR Queensboro Hill Jewish Claire and Sidney Handler Deborah and Stuart Levey Rechler Foundation Norman and Vivian Belmonte Centre Jewish Communal Fund Barrie and Ilya Mirman Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Isabelle and Scott Black Judith and Herman Swartz Margaret and Marvin Menzin Esther Mishkin Foundation Estate of Raya Cowan Wagner-Braunsberg Family Gloria and Sonny Monosson Herbert and Celia Mittleman Eric F. Ross Aaron Etra Wunsch Foundation Edith and Sidney Posel Nelco Foundation Safra Foundation Dean R. Feldman Melvin Rubenstein Ephraim and Babette Norman and Barbara Seiden Rod and Sharon Feldman FOUNDER Julia and Joshua Ruch Solomon Radner Wolfson Family Gilbert Glass Benjamin Bernstein Harold and Anna S. Ullian Daniel and Brooke Roth Charitable Trust Joseph Gurwin Beth and Richard Fentin Charitable Foundation Kenneth and Randee Shalom Zielony Melissa and Jon Hirschtick Nehemias Gorin Foundation Peter Wunsch Rubenstein Yehuda and Zohar Zisapel Prof. Robert S. and Herman Gross Donald Salomon Ellen L. Kaplan Gilda Guttman SPONSOR Mildred Samuels VISIONARY Sonia Mazer Jack Halpern Carolyn and Mark Ain Diane and Mark Seiden Fred Adler Lena and Vladimir Savikovsky Judith and Stanley Kolodkin AVR Foundation Benjamin Shulkin Beracha Foundation Rhoda Sohnis Howard Salwen and Franklin and Barbara Axel Charitable Trust Mark Gelfand Ing. Sandor and Mariane Sheryl Marshall Sally Bendahan William Sloane Jelin Benno Gitter Szego Neil and Sheryl Sarnak Evelyn Bishop Foundation Estate of Lore Lennon Monte Toole Lawrence and Cindy Sipkin Eric P. Bloom and Family SolidWorks Corporation Alexandre Mallat Carol and Robert Weissman Roberta and Irwin Chafetz Alan and Terri Spoon Edna and Jonathan Sohnis PATRON Lotte Fields Phil. Fund Foundation Benenson Foundation Russell Frank Charles D. Wellner Dibner Fund Daniel Goldberg Lenny Zaremba Arthur Eilen Susan J. Goldberg The International Nanotechnology Prof. Yachin Cohen, Chemical Prof. Michael Glickman, Biology, Technion Advisory Board (INAB) Engineering, Technion Prof. Wayne Kaplan, Dean, Materials Prof. Joshua Jortner, Tel Aviv University Prof. Oded Shmueli, Executive Science and Engineering, Technion Prof. Max Herzberg, Chairman of the Board VP for Research, Technion Prof. Nir Tessler, Head, MNFU, Technion Prof. Mark Ratner, Northwestern University Prof. Paul Feigin, Executive Prof. Yoram Reiter, Director, The Lorry I. Dr. Boaz Eitan, QCORE President Senior VP, Technion Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Mr. Dan Vilenski, Entrepreneur Prof. David Gershoni, Head, Solid Sciences and Engineering, Technion Dr. Meir Weinstein, INNI State Institute, Technion Yossi Sela, Managing partner Gemini Prof. Emanuel Trachtenberg, Chairman of Prof. Dror Seliktar, Head, Norman RBNI Management Committee Planning and Budgeting Committee, Seiden Multidisciplinary graduate Prof. Gadi Eisenstein, Director, National Council for Higher Education program in Nanoscience and RBNI, Technion Dr. Avi Hasson, Chief Scientist, Nanotechnology Prof. Yeshayahu Talmon, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor Former Director, RBNI, Technion Ilan Peled, Magnet Program Director, Office Prof. Uri Sivan, Former Director, of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of RBNI, Technion Industry, Trade & Labor Pictured: High-resolution SEM micrograph of a Nb-doped SrTiO3 thin (130 nm) film grown by PLD on a SrTiO3 (001) single crystal substrate. There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom NanoReview 2013 In 1959, physicist Richard Feynman articulated the future of scientific discovery with a landmark lecture in which he suggested the potential of direct manipulation of individual atoms. Many consider the talk: "There’s plenty of Room at the Bottom" to have marked the conceptual beginnings of the field of nanotechnology that would emerge decades later. One nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter. This comma, for instance, spans about a million nanometers. THERE’S PLENTY OF ROOM AT THE BOTTOM 1 RBNI NANO REVIEW 2012/14 “There is no doubt that the success of the next Nano101 100 years of science and technology will be determined by our progress in discovering and applying insights from the nano dimension.” - Prof. Peretz Lavie, Technion President “At RBNI, scientists are determined to ensure that Nanotechnology be understood and applied to make our world a better place.” It gives me great pleasure to introduce the 2013 issue of the Nano Review. The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI) is a jewel in the crown of Technion success and a powerful structure generating progress, academic excellence and new discoveries across Technion, Israel and the closely paired worlds of academia and global industry. As we complete 100 years since the laying of the Technion’s first cornerstone, we have cause to give thanks to a century of cornerstones that made significant impact on the evolution of science and technology in Israel and the world. Among these, was the critical and timely foundation of RBNI in January 2005 as a joint endeavour of the Russell Berrie Foundation, the government of Israel and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Today, RBNI is one of the largest academic programs in Israel and is among the largest nanotechnology centers in Europe and the US. There is no doubt that the success of the next 100 years of science and technology will be determined by our progress in discovering and applying insights from the nano dimension. Indeed, the exemplary educational paradigm created by Prof. Peretz Lavie, Technion President RBNI in showing a new way to generate multidisciplinary science and education, had an impact on the formulation of the Technion Cornell Institute for Innovation, which is THERE’S PLENTY OF ROOM AT THE BOTTOM 2 RBNI NANO REVIEW 2012/14 Making History A special commemorative stamp honoring 100 Years to the laying of the Technion cornerstone in Haifa, was released by Israel’s National Post on January 31st, 2012. The stamp design incorporates the past, present and future not only of the Technion, but also of the State of Israel, and illustrates the country’s contribution as a science and technology pioneer. Most prominently, the stamp shows the Technion and RBNI’s work in nano science and technology. presently being established in New York City, and which A third area is the new Focal Technological Area, is formed on the basis of wide, multidisciplinary hubs. which has recently been approved for funding by the Government of Israel and the Technion, and will take The advantage of structures such as RBNI is that they place over the next 5 years. This Focal Technological open the doors to a vast interplay of cooperation between Area focuses on Nanophotonics for Advanced Light disciplines, faculties, departments, universities and Detection Imaging, Inspection, Smart Sensors, and countries. As the traditional boundaries between fields of Energy Conversion, led by Prof. Meir Orenstein from the science, technology and industry break down, the support faculty of Electrical Engineering. Nanophotonics opens of such activity is vital to maintaining the pioneering role new frontiers in sensing for medical and environmental in unexpected discoveries, where new synergies reveal purposes, imaging, computing and communication. new possibilities leading to whole new worlds being born. The fourth area is in the interface with industry. At As you will see in this review, there are four areas where Technion, we are pioneers of new discoveries. But a the impact of RBNI on Technion is emerging in a way that special Technion quality is that we do not rest until we is clearly of benefit to all humanity. The first is in the field see our big ideas put to work – applied in a way that of nanomedicine. In cooperation with the Lorry I. Lokey makes a real difference to the lives of all. Innovations Center for Life Science and Engineering, the nurturing arising out of RBNI research are rapidly taken on through and facilitation of multidisciplinary research between a dynamic process of technology transfer. They become physicists, chemists, medics, engineers and biologists start-ups. They become products commercialized by is producing a range of new discoveries that will vastly industrial partners. They become relevant to us all. Expert improve our understanding of disease and our ability
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