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6/4/01

SLU PHYSICS PROFESSOR AWARDED RESEARCH GRANT

CANTON -- St. Lawrence University Assistant Professor of Physics 
Catherine L. Jahncke has received a Cottrell College Science Research 
Opportunity Award from the Research Corporation, a foundation for 
the advancement of science based in Tucson, Arizona.
	Jahncke will use the award to study the effect of crystal size on 
the optical and electrical properties of barium titanate nano-crystals 
using a near-field optical microscope. Barium titanate is a material that 
has potential as a data storage medium that can be read optically and 
written electrically, without the need for backup memories or batteries. 
Study of size effects in these materials is crucial for current trends 
towards miniaturization to be successful. Her research will be conducted 
at St. Lawrence, with the assistance of undergraduate students, both 
during the academic year and in the summer.
	Research Opportunity Awards assist mid-career physics, chemistry 
and astronomy faculty in exploring new areas of research. 
	Jahncke has been on the St. Lawrence faculty since 1995. She is a 
graduate of  Auburn University, with a Ph.D. from North Carolina State 
University.
	Research Corporation was founded in 1912 by Frederick Gardner 
Cottrell, scientist, inventor and philanthropist, with the assistance of 
Charles Doolittle Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Its 
mission is to advance science by "providing means for scientific research 
and experimentation at scholarly institutions."

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