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

该奖项来自材料研究仪器计划，支持购买带有NanoScope IV控制器的Digital Instruments Dimension 3100扫描探针显微镜（SPM）系统。该仪器将被放置在一个中央设施中，用于康奈尔大学许多系的数十名本科生和研究生的研究。它也将用于康奈尔大学纳米技术类，K-12图尔斯，和外部用户。该显微镜将使新的研究方向处理纳米级电子器件，纳米级化学改性，聚合物动力学近表面，新型扫描显微镜的发展，和生物材料表征。它将取代一个旧的SPM，该SPM将被搬迁到波士顿的一所女子学院西蒙斯学院，用于旨在开发有机发光二极管聚合物材料的本科生研究。材料研究仪器计划的这一奖项支持收购Digital Instruments Dimension 3100扫描探针显微镜（SPM）系统，该系统将被放置在中央设施中，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，它将被用来检查分子尺度的电子设备，而他们在操作中，原子由原子的过程中，化学品可以雕刻表面，和生物材料的自组装。该显微镜也将被康奈尔大学纳米技术课程，访问高中教师和学生，以及外部用户使用。它将取代旧的扫描探针显微镜，后者将被重新安置在马萨诸塞州波士顿的西蒙斯女子学院。这将为西蒙斯和附近学院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.