Acquisition of a Scanned-Probe Microscope System for Research and Education

该奖项来自材料研究仪器项目，支持采购带有NanoScope IV控制器的数字仪器尺寸3100扫描探针显微镜（SPM）系统。这台仪器将被放置在一个中心设施中，供康奈尔大学许多院系的几十名本科生和研究生进行研究。它也将被康奈尔大学纳米技术课程、K-12旅游和外部用户使用。该显微镜将为纳米级电子器件、纳米级化学修饰、近表面聚合物动力学、新型扫描显微镜和生物材料表征的发展提供新的研究方向。它将取代旧的SPM，该SPM将搬迁到波士顿的女子学院西蒙斯学院，用于本科生研究，旨在开发有机发光二极管的聚合物材料。这份来自材料研究仪器项目的合同支持采购数字仪器尺寸3100扫描探针显微镜（SPM）系统，该系统将被放置在一个中心设施中，供数十名本科生和研究生在需要纳米级分辨率成像样品的项目中使用。例如，它将用于检查运行中的分子级电子设备，化学物质可以雕刻表面的原子对原子的过程，以及生物材料的自组装。该显微镜也将被康奈尔大学纳米技术课程、来访的高中教师和学生以及外部用户使用。它将取代旧的扫描探针显微镜，后者将被转移到马萨诸塞州波士顿的女子学院西蒙斯学院（Simmons College）。这将为西蒙斯和附近大学的学生提供使用研究质量仪器的机会，因为他们被鼓励考虑从事技术职业。

This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program supports the acquisition of a Digital Instruments Dimension 3100 Scanned Probe Microscope (SPM) System with a NanoScope IV Controller. This instrument will be placed in a central facility to be employed in the research of dozens of undergraduate and graduate students from many departments at Cornell. It will also be used by Cornell nanotechnology classes, K-12 tours, and outside users. The microscope will enable new research directions dealing with nanoscale electrical devices, nanoscale chemical modification, polymer dynamics near surfaces, the development of new types of scanning microscopy, and biomaterials characterization. It will take the place of an older SPM that will be relocated to Simmons College, a women's college in Boston, to be used in undergraduate research aimed at developing polymer materials for organic light-emitting diodes. %%%This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program supports the acquisition of a Digital Instruments Dimension 3100 Scanned Probe Microscope (SPM) System, which will be placed in a central facility for use by dozens of undergraduate and graduate students in projects that require imaging samples with nanometer-scale resolution. For example, it will be used to examine molecular-scale electronic devices while they are in operation, the atom-by-atom processes by which chemicals can sculpt surfaces, and the self-assembly of biological materials. The microscope will also be employed by Cornell nanotechnology classes, visiting high-school teachers and students, and outside users. It will take the place of an older scanned-probe microscope that will be relocated to Simmons College, a women's college in Boston, Massachusetts. This will provide students at Simmons and nearby colleges the opportunity to work with a research-quality instrument as they are encouraged to consider technical careers.