NSEC: Center for Scalable and Integrated Nano Manufacturing (SINAM)

虽然令人兴奋的纳米科学发现不断从研究实验室流出，但由于缺乏新的制造模式，规模化到工业水平的生产仍然面临着严峻的挑战。可扩展和集成NAno制造中心（SINAM）拥抱新制造范式的愿景，将实验室科学转化为纳米电子，生物医学和传统行业的工业应用。我们组织了一个由来自六所机构的科学家和工程师组成的杰出团队：加州大学洛杉矶分校、加州大学伯克利分校、斯坦福大学、加州大学圣地亚哥分校、北卡罗来纳州大学和惠普实验室，以开始这项重要的使命。SINAM提出了一种纳米制造模式，它集成了一系列新的纳米制造技术，以解决上述关键挑战。提出的自上而下的纳米制造技术包括：等离子体成像光刻（PIL），使用具有极短波长的工程表面等离子体，和超模塑光刻，两者都旨在1-10纳米尺度的纳米制造。SINAM将进一步开发一种新的混合方法，将自上而下和自下而上技术相结合，实现异构纳米级组件到高阶结构和器件的大规模并行集成。 SINAM将制定系统工程战略，以扩大所开发的技术，并与工业界合作开发下一代纳米制造工具，用于商业产品设计和开发。SINAM的更广泛的影响包括高科技劳动力的教育和培训，以及为公众利益的社会推广。 我们将与加州的学校一起做出特别努力，向少数民族和女性学生伸出援手。这些教育活动包括：（1）7-12年级，发现纳米技术，国家纳米研究所的研究人员将为学生创建一个关于纳米技术的调查模块;（2）纳米制造暑期学院将为本科生和K-12年级教师提供为期六周的暑期培训;以及（3）“研究生青年研究员”和研究生工业实习。为了建立对纳米制造的机会和影响的认识，我们将与加州科学博物馆和加州州经济战略小组合作。 我们还计划通过ASME、SME和IEEE等专业组织组织研讨会。我们将建立SINAM工业联盟，与我们的工业合作伙伴，如惠普，IBM等密切合作，将SINAM开发的新技术转移到工业应用中。我们还与政府实验室以及欧洲和亚洲的国际顶级研究中心建立了合作伙伴关系。我们已确定LARTA（洛杉矶区域技术联盟，一个非营利组织）作为我们在技术转让和经济发展方面的合作伙伴。SINAM的综合研究和教育平台将通过在计算，电信，光子学，生物技术，医疗保健和国家安全方面的应用对人类生活经验产生广泛而深刻的影响。新的制造模式将对人类社会、人类社会的未来和人类社会的历史产生巨大的影响，就像蒸汽机和微电子革命一样。

While exciting nano scientific discoveries stream continually from research laboratories, due to the lack of new manufacturing paradigms, scaling to industrial level production still faces critical challenges. The Center for Scalable and Integrated NAno Manufacturing (SINAM) embraces a vision for a new manufacturing paradigm that will transform laboratory science into industrial applications, in nano-electronics, biomedicine, and in traditional industries. We have organized an exceptional team of scientists and engineers from six institutions: UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, UCSD, University of North Carolina and HP Labs to embark on this important mission. SINAM proposes a nano-manufacturing paradigm that integrates an array of new nano-manufacturing technologies to address the above mentioned critical challenges. Proposed top-down nano-manufacturing technologies include: a plasmonic imaging lithography (PIL) that uses engineered surface plasmons with extremely short wavelength, and ultra-molding lithography , both aiming nano manufacturing at the 1-10 nanometer scale. SINAM will further develop a novel hybrid approach, in combining the top-down and bottom up technologies to achieve massively parallel integration of heterogeneous nanoscale components into higher-order structures and devices. SINAM will develop system engineering strategies to scale up the technologies developed and work with industry to develop next generation of nano manufacturing tools, which will be used for commercial product design and development. SINAM's broader impacts includes education and training for a high tech workforce, and societal outreach for general public benefits. We will make special efforts with California schools to reach out to minority and female students. These educational activities include: (1) Grades 7-12, Discover Nanotechnology where SINAM researchers will create an inquiry module on Nanotechnology for students; (2) Nano-Manufacturing Summer Academy will provide a six weeks summer training for undergraduates students and K-12 grade school teachers; and (3) "Graduate Young Investigator (GYI)" and Industrial Internships for Graduate Students. To build awareness of the opportunities and impact of nano manufacturing, we will work with California Science Museums and the California State Economic Strategy Panel. We also plan to work through professional organizations such as ASME, SME, and IEEE in organizing symposia. We will establish the SINAM Industrial Consortium to work closely with our industrial partners such as HP, IBM, etc, to transfer new technologies developed at SINAM to industrial applications. We have also developed partnerships with government laboratories as well as international top research centers in Europe and Asia. We have identified LARTA (Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance, a non-profit organization) as our partner in technology transfer and economic development. SINAM's integrated research and education platform will have wide and profound impacts on human life experience through applications in computing, telecommunication, photonics, biotechnology, health care and national security. The new manufacturing paradigm to be developed will greatly impact the human society, its future and its history, just as the steam engine and the microelectronics revolution have done.