NNCI: Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource

软性和混合纳米技术实验(Shyne)资源NNCI网站是西北大学(NU)和芝加哥大学(UC)合作的项目，建立在两所机构转变科学和工程前沿的悠久历史基础上。软纳米结构通常是聚合物、生物和流体性质的，而混合纳米结构代表的是由软-硬界面组成的系统。Shyne的设施使人们能够广泛接触到广泛的制造、表征和计算基础设施，并采用多方面和跨学科的方法来实现变革性科学和使能技术。除了传统的微/纳米制造工具外，Shyne还为软材料和软硬混合纳米系统提供专门的能力。Shyne通过向用户提供现场和远程开放访问最先进的实验室和世界级的技术专业知识来增强地区能力，以帮助解决农业、生物医学、化学、食品、地质和环境等行业等非传统领域在纳米技术研究和开发方面的挑战性问题。Shyne任务的一个重要组成部分是通过中学和中学后的研究经验以及与两所大学的课程相结合进行学术推广，以及通过与梅迪尔新闻学院合作的一个新颖的纳米新闻项目进行社会推广。Shyne促进代表不足的群体，包括妇女和少数群体，积极参与科学，并利用芝加哥的公共博物馆进行更广泛的宣传。Shyne利用非凡的智力、学术和设施资源来提供关键基础设施，以支持纳米科学和纳米技术的研究、应用开发和问题解决，并将这种变革性的方法整合到芝加哥和大中西部的社会结构中。Shyne是一个专注于解决方案的开放获取合作倡议，在NU的国际纳米技术研究所(IIN)的保护伞下运作，与加州大学的分子工程研究所(IME)合作。Shyne开放式用户设施汇集了传统软纳米材料方面的广泛经验和能力，例如生物、聚合物或流体系统以及结合软/硬材料和界面的混合系统。总体而言，软纳米结构和混合纳米结构代表着非凡的科学和技术机遇。然而，考虑到低于100 nm的长度尺度和相关的复杂性，需要先进的设施来充分利用它们的潜力。这样的设施需要能够在大片区域上形成软/混合纳米结构的图案，并需要工具/技术来表征它们的原始状态。Shyne满足了这些不同但集成的需求，因为它将NU广泛的低温生物、表征和软纳米加工能力与加州大学普利兹克纳米制造设施(PNF)的最先进的洁净室制造和专业知识相协调。Shyne满足了软/生物结构的合成/组装以及传统洁净室能力与软生物结构的集成方面的新需求，提供与多肽和基于多肽的材料的合成、纯化和表征相关的专业知识和仪器。Shyne与Argonne National Lab设施进行协调，并分别在分层材料设计中心(CHiMaD)和数字制造与设计创新研究所(DMDII)下利用现有的超级计算和工程专业知识。广泛的创新教育、行业和社会宣传，如纳米新闻、以行业为重点的研讨会/研讨会以及与芝加哥地区博物馆的合作，为下一代研究人员和更广泛的社会提供了软/混合系统现代基础设施的综合和全面覆盖。

The Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource NNCI site is a collaborative venture between Northwestern University (NU) and the University of Chicago (UC), building upon each institution's long history of transforming the frontiers of science and engineering. Soft nanostructures are typically polymeric, biological and fluidic in nature while hybrid represents systems comprising soft-hard interfaces. SHyNE facilities enable broad access to an extensive fabrication, characterization and computational infrastructure with a multi-faceted and interdisciplinary approach for transformative science and enabling technologies. In addition to traditional micro/nanofabrication tools, SHyNE provides specialized capabilities for soft materials and soft-hard hybrid nano-systems. SHyNE enhances regional capabilities by providing users with on-site and remote open-access to state-of-the-art laboratories and world-class technical expertise to help solve the challenging problems in nanotechnology research and development for non-traditional areas such as the agricultural, biomedical, chemical, food, geological and environmental, among other industries. A critical component of the SHyNE mission is scholarly outreach through secondary and post-secondary research experience and integration with curricula at both universities, as well as, societal outreach through a novel nano-journalism project in collaboration with the Medill School of Journalism. SHyNE promotes active participation of underrepresented groups, including women and minorities, in sciences and utilizes Chicago's public museums for broader outreach. SHyNE leverages an exceptional depth of intellectual, academic and facilities resources to provide critical infrastructure in support of research, application development and problem-solving in nanoscience and nanotechnology and integrates this transformative approach into the societal fabric of Chicago and the greater Midwest.SHyNE is a solution-focused, open-access collaborative initiative operating under the umbrella of NU's International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), in partnership with UC's Institute for Molecular Engineering (IME). SHyNE open-access user facilities bring together broad experience and capabilities in traditional soft nanomaterials such as biological, polymeric or fluidic systems and hybrid systems combining soft/hard materials and interfaces. Collectively, soft and hybrid nanostructures represent remarkable scientific and technological opportunities. However, given the sub-100nm length-scale and related complexities, advanced facilities are needed to harness their full potential. Such facilities require capabilities to pattern soft/hybrid nanostructures across large areas and tools/techniques to characterize them in their pristine states. These divergent yet integrated needs are met by SHyNE, as it coordinates NU's extensive cryo-bio, characterization and soft-nanopatterning capabilities with the state-of-the-art cleanroom fabrication and expertise at UC's Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility (PNF). SHyNE addresses emerging needs in synthesis/assembly of soft/biological structures and integration of classical clean-room capabilities with soft-biological structures, providing expertise and instrumentation related to the synthesis, purification, and characterization of peptides and peptide-based materials. SHyNE coordinates with Argonne National Lab facilities and leverages existing super-computing and engineering expertise under Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD) and Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), respectively. An extensive array of innovative educational, industry and societal outreach, such as nano-journalism, industry-focused workshop/symposia and collaborations with Chicago area museums, provide for an integrated and comprehensive coverage of modern infrastructure for soft/hybrid systems for the next generation researchers and the broader society.