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21ST- CENTURY TOOLS FOR 19TH- CENTURY NANOTECHNOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING AND CONSERVING THE DAGUERREOTYPE
Dr. Nicholas Bigelow, Professor for Physics and Optics, University of Rochester
Thursday, February 20, 2014
3:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Abstract:
The daguerreotype, the oldest form of image capture or
photography, is also perhaps one of the earliest forms of nano
engineering. Characterized by its vivid,
amazingly detailed image quality the daguerreotype is also a significant
cultural heritage object. Not
surprisingly, it is an irreplaceable object that is both poorly understood and
subject to irreversible deterioration.
In this talk I will describe work from an NSF funded project between the
University of Rochester and George Eastman House International Center for
Photography. Collaborators include Ralph
Wiegandt (GEH), Brian McIntyre (UR) and Emily Thompson (Clemson).
A short presentation by Brian McIntyre on the Nano Fabrication Facility including a live video tour of the various facilities be at the end of the Colloquium.