NNCI: The Center for Nanoscale System (CNS) at Harvard University

NNCI：哈佛大学纳米系统中心 (CNS)

• 批准号: 1541959
• 负责人: Robert Westervelt
• 金额: $ 500万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-15 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1541959&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NNCI; Center; Nanoscale; System; CNS

The goal of the Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) at Harvard University is to provide outstanding facilities and expertise to make, image, and understand nanoscale structures and systems. CNS provides a collaborative, multi-disciplinary research environment that allows researchers from academia and industry to study and develop new structures, devices, systems, and technologies in fields ranging from biomedicine to nanoscale electronics and photonics. CNS offers tools for nanofabrication, electron microscopy, and characterization of nanoscale systems, with technical expertise and assistance provided by its staff. CNS is one of the most active nanofabrication and imaging facilities in the world with more than 1500 users, and it is an important part of the high-technology boom in the Northeast. With its diverse user base, well-established infrastructure, and outstanding facilities, CNS is well placed to continue as a technology leader. In addition, CNS plays a key role training the nation's next generation of scientists and engineers. It has an established Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, as well as an annual summer nanotechnology seminar series. A new CNS Scholars Program will bring in underrepresented researchers, and an internship program will train U.S. veterans in nanotechnology. As part of the NNCI, CNS will help make the transition from research on nanoscale devices to complex nanosystems engineering.Since its creation in 2001, CNS has become a key nanotechnology resource for the nation. As part of the previous NNIN, CNS developed diverse and versatile facilities including multi-length-scale optical and electron-beam lithography, focused ion beam (FIB) and reactive ion etch (RIE) systems to shape structures, and soft lithography expertise to enable fabrication of a wide variety of microfluidic systems. These tools allow users to push the frontiers of nanoscale electronics and photonics using nontraditional materials, and they enable the development of sensor systems for biomedicine. CNS researchers pursue advanced topics including plasmonics, diamond photonics, nanoscale sensors, and atomic-layer devices. CNS has an outstanding suite of imaging and characterization tools including an aberration-corrected STEM, a high resolution TEM, a CryoTEM, and an Atom Probe for 3D tomography, as well as scanned probe microscopes, and linear and non-linear optical microscopes. Its characterization tools permit detailed analysis and assessment of materials, components, and systems, providing researchers with a comprehensive platform for nanotechnology research. CNS focuses on the core missions of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI): advancing world-class nanotechnology research, fostering the transfer of new technologies into products for commercial and public benefit, developing and sustaining educational resources to develop a skilled nanotechnology workforce, and supporting the evolving infrastructure and advanced tools needed to support excellence in nanotechnology research and development.

哈佛大学纳米系统中心（CNS）的目标是提供优秀的设施和专业知识，以制造，成像和理解纳米结构和系统。 CNS提供了一个合作的，多学科的研究环境，使来自学术界和工业界的研究人员能够研究和开发新的结构，设备，系统和技术，从生物医学到纳米电子和光子学。 CNS提供纳米纤维、电子显微镜和纳米系统表征的工具，其工作人员提供技术专长和协助。 CNS是世界上最活跃的纳米制造和成像设施之一，拥有1500多名用户，是东北地区高科技繁荣的重要组成部分。 凭借其多样化的用户群、完善的基础设施和出色的设施，CNS有能力继续成为技术领导者。 此外，CNS在培养国家下一代科学家和工程师方面发挥着关键作用。 它有一个既定的本科生研究经验（REU）计划，以及每年夏季纳米技术研讨会系列。 一个新的CNS学者计划将引进代表性不足的研究人员，一个实习计划将培训纳米技术方面的美国退伍军人。 作为NNCI的一部分，CNS将帮助从纳米器件研究过渡到复杂的纳米系统工程。自2001年成立以来，CNS已成为国家关键的纳米技术资源。 作为之前NNIN的一部分，CNS开发了多样化和通用的设施，包括多长度尺度光学和电子束光刻，聚焦离子束（FIB）和反应离子蚀刻（RIE）系统来塑造结构，以及软光刻专业知识，以实现各种微流体系统的制造。 这些工具允许用户使用非传统材料推动纳米级电子和光子学的前沿，并使生物医学传感器系统的开发成为可能。CNS研究人员追求先进的课题，包括等离子体，金刚石光子学，纳米传感器和原子层设备。 CNS拥有一套出色的成像和表征工具，包括像差校正STEM、高分辨率TEM、CryoTEM和用于3D断层扫描的原子探针，以及扫描探针显微镜、线性和非线性光学显微镜。 其表征工具允许对材料、组件和系统进行详细的分析和评估，为研究人员提供了一个全面的纳米技术研究平台。CNS专注于国家纳米技术计划（NNI）的核心任务：推进世界级的纳米技术研究，促进新技术转化为商业和公共利益的产品，开发和维持教育资源，以培养熟练的纳米技术劳动力，并支持不断发展的基础设施和先进的工具，以支持卓越的纳米技术研究和开发。