[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 57069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27680]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Announcement of a Meeting To Discuss an Opportunity To Join a
Cooperative Research and Development Consortium on Characterization and
Modeling of the Interface/Interphase of Polymeric Materials and Systems
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
invites interested parties to attend a meeting on November 30, 1999 and
December 1, 1999 to discuss the possibility of setting up a cooperative
research consortium on Characterization and Modeling of the Interface/
Interphase of Polymeric Materials and Systems. The goal of the
consortium is to develop: advanced measurement techniques for
evaluating surface mechanical properties of polymeric materials,
computer models for interface and interphase characterization of
multiphase polymer processing, and nanoscale probes for characterizing
the interphase region in polymer systems.
DATES: The meeting will take place on November 30, 1999 and December 1,
1999 at 8:30 a.m. Interested parties should contact NIST to confirm
their interest at the address, telephone number or FAX number shown
below.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Advanced Chemical
Sciences Laboratory (ACSL), Room 302, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard Cavanagh, Chemistry
Building (222), Room B366, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. Telephone: 301-975-2368; FAX:
301-216-1134; e-mail: cavanagh@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any program undertaken will be within the
scope and confines of The Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (Pub.
L. 99-502, 15 U.S.C. 3710a), which provides federal laboratories
including NIST, with the authority to enter into cooperative research
agreements with qualified parties. Under this law, NIST may contribute
personnel, equipment, and facilities but no funds to the cooperative
research program. This is not a grant program.
The R&D staff of each industrial partner in the Consortium will be
able to interact with NIST researchers to develop:
(1) Advanced measurement techniques for evaluating surface
mechanical properties of polymeric materials and systems as a function
of time and loading rate, and to correlate deformation scales from
molecular to visual, including the development of mathematical models
to assess the impact of surface deformation on the appearance of
polymeric materials.
(2) Realistic computer modeling program(s) for interface and
interphase characterization and prediction for the needs of multi-phase
polymer processing under shear flow and temperature gradients; to carry
out necessary measurements for obtaining parameters to input for the
modeling; to develop characterization techniques and procedures for
evaluating the interphase structure and its formation during the
processing of a polymer paint/coating on a structured substrate surface
formed by a process described above, and to develop protocols for
interactive optimization.
(3) Nanoscale chemical and mechanical probes for characterizing the
interphase region in polymer coating/substrate systems, to model
interphase development in terms of the controlling thermodynamics and
kinetics, including the effects of additives, and to develop a database
of important characterization and modeling parameters.
Dated: October 18, 1999.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 99-27680 Filed 10-21-99; 8:45 am]
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