"NIRT: One-, Two-, and Three-dimensional Superstructured Materials from Well-defined, Complex Nanoscale Components" National Science Foundation, Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team Program (DMR-0210247), $1,750,000, 08/01/02 - 07/31/06

KICK-OFF MEETING September 14-15, 2002 Washington University, Saint Louis, MO

I. Participants: Karen L. Wooley (P.I., WUSTL, Department of Chemistry) Matthew L. Becker (5th year Ph.D. student with Wooley) David S. Germack (1st year Ph.D. student at WUSTL) Maisie J. Joralemon (3rd year Ph.D. student with Wooley) Kai Qi (3rd year Ph.D. student with Wooley-supported by the NIRT) Brooke A. Van Horn (1st year Ph.D. student at WUSTL) Craig J. Hawker (Industrial Affiliate, IBM Almaden Research Center) Tomasz Kowalewski (co-P.I., Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry) Michael E. Mackay (co-P.I., Michigan State University, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) Jill D. Pasteris (co-P.I., WUSTL, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences) Brigitte Wopenka (Senior Research Scientist and Laser Raman Facilities Specialist with Pasteris) Darrin J. Pochan (co-P.I., University of Delaware, Department of Materials Science and Engineering) Edward E. Remsen (co-P.I., WUSTL, Department of Chemistry) Jacob Schaefer (co-P.I., WUSTL, Department of Chemistry)

II. Meeting Location: WUSTL Laboratory Sciences Building, Room 301

III. Agenda: Saturday, September 14, 2002, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Breakfast at 9:30 a.m., Dinner at 6:30 p.m.) Sunday, September 15, 2002, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Breakfast at 9:30 a.m.) Saturday, September 14, 2002, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Breakfast at 9:30 a.m., Dinner at 6:30 p.m.)

(A) Logistical Action Items: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

1. Management organization Team Leader, K. L. Wooley-bears overall responsibility for the research, education, outreach accomplishments; serves as central interface for all team interactions; prepares reports for transmittal to NSF Team Coordinator, E. E. Remsen-assists with centralized, coordinating activities, including collection of annual reports from each laboratory in advance of the preparation of grant annual reports Each Co-PI is responsible for progress being made within each individual laboratory, and responsible to be certain that each laboratory is connecting with the team-see the Terms and Conditions of the Subaward Agreements. Advisory Board-do we want one?

2. Budgets Since the budgets vary from year to year, you must monitor spending to accommodate the budgetary fluctuations. This is especially true for the larger amount of funds in year 2, which will need to be carried over to later years for consistent program operations.

3. Meetings schedule Frequency of on-site gatherings? Suggest once/6 months Frequency of teleconferencing/videoconferencing? Suggest once/month Outside of these meetings times, full team correspondence should be via email messages, to achieve the broadest communication most efficiently.

4. Sharing of data and results A WebServer has been established to archive and share results, without the email file size limitations. A WebCalendar has also been set-up for the NIRTeam-on this will be scheduled conference calls, meetings dates, student exchange periods of time, etc. Details regarding access are attached.

5. Labeling of samples In addition to the normal labeling procedures used within each laboratory, the co-P.I. name, institution, and date should be included. As an example, in the Wooley laboratory, a sample from Kai Qi will be labeled as KQ-II-058-Wooley-WUSTL-020914 (i.e. Kai Qi-notebook II-page 58-Wooley-WUSTL-2002 September 14).

6. Standardization of software We need to discuss software currently used within each laboratory, to allow for electronic sharing of data.

7. Intellectual property In this team-based research environment, open sharing of results will be critical. Also, capturing of intellectual property should be pursued, with sharing of IP between the inventors. Since this is a team project, there inevitably will be multiple inventors from multiple institutions (but not necessarily all team members for each invention)-each inventor must agree to share IP equally.

8. Any new hurdles or obstacles that will limit full participation of co-PIs and their laboratory members?

Lunch Break-on site at 12:00 p.m.

(B) Scientific Action Items: 12:30 p.m - 4:00 p.m Sometimes science driven, sometimes product driven

1. Brief review (Wooley)

2. Research descriptions (each co-PI) A suggested order transitions from synthesis (small to large CNC's (complex nanostructured components), to solution-state characterization, to interfacial studies, to solid-state analysis: Hawker, Wooley, Remsen, Kowalewski, Schaefer, Mackay, Pochan, Pasteris.

Break at 4:00 p.m., meet at the Knight Center lobby at 6:30 to travel to McGurk's Pub for dinner

Sunday, September 15, 2002, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Breakfast at 9:30 a.m.)

3. Strategic planning (open discussions) Identify team targets: Long-term-, Short-term-, Generate a timeline:

Break at ca. 12:00 p.m., go for lunch on the loop

IV. Meals Details: Saturday, September 14, 2002 Breakfast, pick-up from St. Louis Bread Co. Lunch, delivery from Einstein Bros. Bagels (Richmond Heights, Tel. (314) 644-1360) Dinner, McGurks Pub, reservation for 7:00 p.m. (1200 Russell St., Tel. (314)776-8309) Sunday, September 15, 2002 Breakfast, pick-up from Einstein Bros. Bagels Lunch, at Manhattan Express (Wydown Blvd., Tel. (314) 863-9050)