Oh, this is new, i'm almost shy

[nanodia]

Hi guys,

 

i liked this post (Infinitynow, i think) in the "advice on introducing yourself" thread...

 

* Warm greeting

a big : D to everyone; it's warm, i promise

 

* Name (username is fine, but maybe explain what it means to you)

nanodia: related to my research and kinda sounds like my real name and like "no idea". perfect for me.

 

* How did you find Hypography?

cyber stalked jay-qu

 

* What are your primary interests? What topics/subject areas?

physics! i think the more i learn about a topic, the more i find it beautiful and fascinating, so i won't prioritize the obvious favourites like cosmology... plus my research is in x-ray optics so i feel obliged to support my own cause :phones:

otherwise, nature and her ways (broad enough?)...

 

* What do you want to learn most? Where are you lacking?

not sure. anything that is moving the human race forwards, i suppose. and if i could think of something i wanted to learn most, i'd probably have looked it up by now :lol:

hmmmm and i'm lacking remorse for killing that moth that just landed on my keyboard. (not) sorry moth.

 

* Compliment those who have contributed already, and try to respect everyone's input even if you disagree with it.

you're wonderful :lol:

[Jay-qu]

I knew it was only a matter of time before you would stop lurking and come say hi :phones:

 

Welcome to our little corner of the internet.

[freeztar]

Welcome nanodia. :)

 

* What are your primary interests? What topics/subject areas?

physics! i think the more i learn about a topic, the more i find it beautiful and fascinating, so i won't prioritize the obvious favourites like cosmology... plus my research is in x-ray optics so i feel obliged to support my own cause :)

otherwise, nature and her ways (broad enough?)...

 

Well the x-ray optics part peaked my interest. What does your research involve, if you don't mind me asking?

 

* What do you want to learn most? Where are you lacking?

not sure. anything that is moving the human race forwards, i suppose. and if i could think of something i wanted to learn most, i'd probably have looked it up by now :)

 

I agree that we can move forward as a species through acquiring knowledge. I find the topics here at this forum to be so diverse in scope that I end up learning things I wouldn't even know to look up! Stick around and you'll see what I mean. :)

 

* Compliment those who have contributed already, and try to respect everyone's input even if you disagree with it.

you're wonderful :P

 

Good attitude! :)

 

I'm still curious about the x-ray research. :hihi:

[nanodia]

thanks :lol:

woohoo someone interested in my phd work!! :D :D

i will admit one thing, i'm never quite sure how to explain it eloquently.. and when to stop, detail wise! so i'm giving you a choice:

 

little answer:

i'm working on an experimental technique for looking at nanoparticles.

 

medium answer:

i'm working in x-ray optics, developing a reciprocal-space based x-ray diffraction nanoimaging method. Even though we're developing it as a general tool, all my experimental work is on light metal alloys (Al Cu). The alloys' characteristics are determined by the embedded nanoparticles, so we're aiming at in-situ characterization of the sample (while the particles are growing)... which would include 3d image reconstruction

 

long answer:

more precisely, we're trying to develop a non-destructive (as opposed to electron microscopy), bulk material (because we can look at larger volumes than say, EM) characterization technique. Rather than looking at isolated nanoparticles (of say gold or silver, which is common), and collecting their diffraction pattern then trying to reconstruct the shape/density etc of the particle, we want to look at a large array of these particles, be they different sizes/orientations.. and from our diffraction pattern try to extract as much information as possible, about the modal size, the spread of sizes, hopefully even things like inter-particle distances etc... why is it important to do? well in the design of, e.g. light metal alloys, it is the size/dispersion of nanoparticles embedded within the metal that determines their characteristics.. and like i was saying electron microscopy is (a) destructive of the sample, highly interactive with it and also limits how much you can see (cos the samples have to be ridiculously thin (<250nm), even thinner than some of these particles i want to look at)... there's heaps of other reasons why we're doing it our way, combining techniques that aren't used for the same application.. but it's all lost in experimental x-ray diffraction details

 

hmmm, i really ought to redirect my desire to talk about my work back to manuscript writing and not socialising :P

 

if i haven't bored/lost you yet, do u want me to send u my articles? :lol:

[Michaelangelica]

Welcome

i agree with freezar you get avery broad education here

So you are named after

1. a town in India

2. Application of modified nanodiamonds as catalysts of heterogeneous ...

of thermal desorption of atomic oxygen from nanodia-. monds treated in the hydrochloric acid .... of atomic oxygen on the surface of the initial nanodia

3. O, nano-particles.

 

I heard an article the other day about Sydney University scientists building 'things', an atom at a time. That's small. We have only been able to see them for 50- years or so ; now we are playing Lego blocks with them, amazing.

[InfiniteNow]

hmmmm and i'm lacking remorse for killing that moth that just landed on my keyboard. (not) sorry moth.

Hi nanodia. :)

 

You really should be ashamed of yourself. Was that moth really hurting anthing? :D

 

Now that I'm done going all "Buddhist" on you, welcome to Hypography. I'm sure this site will only improve as a result of your participation and contributions.

 

Be well. :)

 

iNow.

 

 

:rant::D

 

 

 

 

I heard an article the other day about Sydney University scientists building 'things', an atom at a time. That's small. We have only been able to see them for 50- years or so ; now we are playing Lego blocks with them, amazing.

 

It is quite amazing. We do it every day at the company that provides my paychecks, and we've been doing it with solar now for a few years. We're going to help drive down the cost per watt of solarphotovoltaics, I promise you, and I have a part in it. [/pride]

 

 

Nanomanufacturing is more than just a buzzword.

 

 

 

:P:lol: :lol:

[freeztar]

if i haven't bored/lost you yet, do u want me to send u my articles? :hihi:

 

Even better yet would be to start a thread on the topic and introduce your research. That way everyone could discuss it. :)

 

If not, sure, send them along! ;)

[freeztar]

So you are named after

 

I was thinking a very, very small day. (nano-dia (spanish for day))

[nanodia]

Thanks for the warm welcome

 

So you are named after

1. a town in India

...

3. O, nano-particles.

Actually, I was named hope (Nadezhda in Russian) because they were hoping I was a boy :hihi:

 

You really should be ashamed of yourself. Was that moth really hurting anthing?

it was a preemptive strike: i'm sure it had plans to go procreate in my rice and cereals...

btw your work sounds cool, i'd love to work for a company like that one day. Despite my studies, I still can't fathom how we can control on that scale!

 

Even better yet would be to start a thread on the topic and introduce your research. That way everyone could discuss it. :)

Not yet ;) I don't feel like putting it up for public discussion yet - let me stand more firmly on my scientific feet ...

 

I was thinking a very, very small day. (nano-dia (spanish for day))

yeah I thought about that and wondered if dia was also goddess (as dio is god), but alas, it's diosa. :)