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ALCOM/NIST Phase Separation Project<br />

Laura Bartolo<br />

Assistant Professor<br />

Libraries & Media Services<br />

NSF Science & Technology Center for Advanced Liquid Crystall<strong>in</strong>e<br />

Optical Materials<br />

Kent State University<br />

Kent, Ohio 44242 USA<br />

LBARTOLO@LMS.KENT.EDU<br />

Outl<strong>in</strong>e: Phase Separation Project & In<strong>format</strong>ion Technology Component<br />

Scientific enterprise represents a pivotal area <strong>in</strong> research collaboration because of its prolific use of emerg<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion technology and its impact on technology transfer. This paper describes the development of a webbased<br />

<strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion communication/track<strong>in</strong>g tool as part of a large multidiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary scientific research project<br />

<strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g research scientists, government agencies and <strong>in</strong>dustrial partners. The paper will address assess<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the impact of the <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion tool on the scientific research project as well as partner<strong>in</strong>g with research<br />

scientists, government agencies, and <strong>in</strong>dustrial partners. The anticipated result of the <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion component<br />

of the ALCOM/NIST scientific research project is the development of a new <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion communication and<br />

management tool<br />

The <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion technology component of the ALCOM/NIST Phase Separation Project will address the<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g needs of remote scientific collaborations:<br />

• to construct a Web server to conta<strong>in</strong> scientific <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion<br />

• to direct a user to specific k<strong>in</strong>ds of <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion,<br />

• to track the generation flow and usage of relevant <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion, and<br />

• to facilitate collaboration among government researchers, university faculty and <strong>in</strong>dustrial partners<br />

participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the project distributed throughout the country.<br />

ALCOM/NIST Phase Separation Project<br />

The Phase Separation: Dynamics and Morphology research project is an <strong>in</strong>terdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary, effort <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g<br />

physicists chemists, mathematicians, and <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion specialists from the follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stitutions: NSF Center<br />

for Advanced Liquid Crystall<strong>in</strong>e Optical Materials (ALCOM, Kent State University), IBM, National Institute<br />

of Standards and Technology (NIST), New York University, UCLA, University of Toronto, Wright Patterson<br />

Airforce Base. The goals of the Phase Separation project are described below:<br />

Phase separation dynamics determ<strong>in</strong>es the structure and performance of liquid crystal/polymer materials. Key<br />

issues <strong>in</strong>volve polymerization-<strong>in</strong>duced phase separation, and the coupl<strong>in</strong>g between orientational order and the<br />

emerg<strong>in</strong>g morphology. Experimental tools to probe the structure factor and k<strong>in</strong>etics will be X-ray and light<br />

scatter<strong>in</strong>g, calorimetry, microscopy to study polymer dispersed and polymer stabilized systems. Theoretical<br />

models will be developed and high performance, massively parallel computer simulations will be performed.<br />

In<strong>format</strong>ion Dynamics<br />

The <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion communication/track<strong>in</strong>g tool will assess the impact of the web server on the Phase Separation<br />

research project as well as to provide a data exchange mechanism among research scientists, government<br />

agencies, and <strong>in</strong>dustrial participants. All electronic <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion generated dur<strong>in</strong>g the life of the Phase<br />

Separation Project will be collected, organized and archived. An automated forms service will enable project<br />

participants to directly contribute to the project database. Users will be directed to relevant <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion via a<br />

search eng<strong>in</strong>e and current awareness mechanism. Electronic whiteboard and videoconferenc<strong>in</strong>g will support

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