NNCI: Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility (CNF)

NNCI：康奈尔大学纳米科学技术设施 (CNF)

• 批准号: 1542081
• 金额: $ 800万
• 依托单位: Cornell 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 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1542081&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NNCI; Cornell; Nanoscale; Science; Technology

The Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) will provide the nation's researchers with rapid, affordable, hands-on shared access to advanced nanofabrication tools and associated staff expertise that are too expensive for individual universities or small companies to operate and maintain. Under this National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) site award, hundreds of engineers and scientists nationwide, from throughout academia, industry, and government, will utilize CNF's unique toolset and technical staff. The new research and technology development that the CNF makes possible will transform many fields of engineering and science, spanning sensor and actuator arrays for probing how the brain works; improved photovoltaics, batteries, and fuel cells for economical renewable energy; new types of electronic devices that surmount limitations of silicon; fabrication of living tissues and organs; distributed measurement networks for geosciences; microbiome characterization and manipulation; on-chip signal processing with light; precision agriculture using new sensors; low-cost medical diagnoses; and improved quantum devices for utilizing entanglement, to name just a few. The CNF will also organize education and outreach programs targeting a wide range of researchers, undergraduates, and K-12 students and their families, with the broader goals of providing a hands-on research education to a new generation of diverse engineering and science students, facilitating the commercialization of nanotechnology for societal benefit, extending the benefits of nanofabrication to less-traditional areas of research, and interesting more young students in technology and science.The unique nanofabrication capabilities that the CNF will make available to the nation's researchers include world-leading electron-beam lithography, advanced optical lithography, dedicated facilities for soft lithography, and direct-write tools for rapid prototype development, along with the flexibility to accommodate diverse projects through the ability to deposit and etch a very wide variety of materials. In addition, CNF's experienced, expert technical staff will be solely dedicated to user support. Engineers and scientists from throughout academia, industry, and government will utilize CNF's resources to fabricate structures and systems ranging from the centimeter scale down to the nanometer scale. The new research that the CNF makes possible will advance research and development across many fields, spanning electronics, optics, magnetics, mechanical devices, thermal and energy systems, electrochemical devices, fluidics, and the life sciences and bioengineering. Educational and outreach programs are designed to benefit several target audiences. CNF will teach new nanotechnology researchers to quickly operate at the research frontier through hands-on training on state-of-the-art tools, in-depth minicourses, and subject-area workshops. Experienced nanotechnology researchers will benefit from advanced technical workshops in partnership with leading tool vendors. Undergraduate students will participate in blended courses with regional universities and unique summer research experiences. Young K-12 students and their families will be encouraged to become excited about technology and science through CNF's highly-popular Nanooze science magazine and a new partnership with 4-H.

康奈尔大学纳米科学技术设施（CNF）将为美国研究人员提供快速、经济实惠、可实践共享的先进纳米制造工具和相关员工专业知识，而这些工具和相关人员的专业知识对于个别大学或小公司的运营和维护来说过于昂贵。 根据国家纳米技术协调基础设施 (NNCI) 站点奖，来自学术界、工业界和政府的数百名全国工程师和科学家将利用 CNF 独特的工具集和技术人员。 CNF 带来的新研究和技术发展将改变工程和科学的许多领域，涵盖传感器和执行器阵列，以探测大脑的工作方式；改进光伏、电池和燃料电池以提供经济的可再生能源；突破硅限制的新型电子设备；活体组织和器官的制造；地球科学分布式测量网络；微生物组表征和操作；片上光信号处理；使用新型传感器的精准农业；低成本的医疗诊断；以及利用纠缠改进的量子设备等等。 CNF 还将针对广泛的研究人员、本科生、K-12 学生及其家庭组织教育和推广项目，其更广泛的目标是为新一代多样化的工程和科学学生提供实践研究教育，促进纳米技术的商业化以造福社会，将纳米制造的好处扩展到非传统的研究领域，并引起更多年轻学生对技术和科学的兴趣。 CNF 将为国家研究人员提供的纳米加工能力包括世界领先的电子束光刻、先进的光学光刻、软光刻专用设施和用于快速原型开发的直写工具，以及通过沉积和蚀刻各种材料的能力来适应不同项目的灵活性。此外，CNF 经验丰富、专业的技术人员将全心全意为用户提供支持。 来自学术界、工业界和政府的工程师和科学家将利用 CNF 的资源来制造从厘米级到纳米级的结构和系统。 CNF 的新研究将推动许多领域的研究和开发，涵盖电子、光学、磁学、机械设备、热能和能源系统、电化学设备、流体学以及生命科学和生物工程。教育和推广计划旨在使多个目标受众受益。 CNF 将通过最先进工具的实践培训、深入的迷你课程和学科领域研讨会，教导新的纳米技术研究人员快速在研究前沿开展工作。 经验丰富的纳米技术研究人员将受益于与领先工具供应商合作的先进技术研讨会。 本科生将参加与地区大学的混合课程和独特的暑期研究经历。通过 CNF 广受欢迎的 Nanooze 科学杂志以及与 4-H 的新合作伙伴关系，年轻的 K-12 学生及其家人将被鼓励对技术和科学感到兴奋。