MRI: Acquisition of a Nanoscribe nano3d Printer/Optical Lithography System

非技术摘要：越来越多的研究需要跨越许多学科，需要新的模式和制造技术，延伸到第三维度。Nanoscribe photontonic Professional GT系统满足了这些需求，作为3d打印机，其分辨率比人类头发直径小500倍。该工具将是德克萨斯州首个此类工具，并将使各种科学和工程领域的变革性研究成为可能，包括光电子学、储能材料、神经科学、芯片实验室应用、组织工程和癌症生物学。Nanoscribe将被纳入Rice卓越中学科学教学（RESST）计划，该计划影响德克萨斯州最大的学区和全国第七大学区的教师和学生，该学区有88%的西班牙裔和非裔美国学生入学。此外，该工具将影响校园内教师研究经验（RET）和本科生研究经验（REU）项目的单独资助。最后，这个纳米制造工具还将用于莱斯大学已经开设的20门纳米技术相关课程的实践教学。Nanoscribe将成为三维纳米制造的区域中心，也是培训下一代多样化技术劳动力的一个组成部分。技术摘要：通过MRI程序获得的Nanoscribe photontonic Professional GT系统既可以作为3d增材制造系统，也可以作为具有150 nm特征尺寸和3d定位的直写、无掩膜、2光子光图板工具。该工具将是德克萨斯州首个此类工具，并将使各种科学和工程领域的变革性研究成为可能，包括光电子学、储能材料、神经科学、芯片实验室应用、组织工程和癌症生物学。Nanoscribe将通过莱斯大学以教师为中心的共享研究基础设施的方式进行监督，该基础设施目前管理着几个设施。这种管理确保了最佳的用户培训实践，外部学术和工业用户的可访问性，以及持续运营的稳定财务基础，包括员工支持。纳米抄写员将成为纳米制造向第三维度发展的区域中心。

Non-technical abstract: Growing research needs across many disciplines demand new patterning and fabrication techniques that extend into the third dimension. The Nanoscribe Photonic Professional GT system meets those needs, acting as a 3d printer with resolution down to features 500 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. This tool will be the first of its kind in Texas, and will enable transformative research in diverse science and engineering areas including optoelectronics, energy storage materials, neuroscience, lab-on-a-chip applications, tissue engineering, and cancer biology. The Nanoscribe will be included in the Rice Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching (RESST) program that impacts teachers and students in the largest school district in Texas and the 7th largest in the nation, which has an enrollment of 88% Hispanic and African American students. In addition, this tool will impact separately funded Research Experience for Teachers (RET) and Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) projects on campus. Lastly, this nanofabrication tool will also be available for hands-on instruction in 20 nanotechnology-related courses already being offered at Rice. The Nanoscribe will be a regional hub for nanofabrication in the third dimension, and a component of training the next generation of a diverse technological workforce.Technical abstract:The Nanoscribe Photonic Professional GT system acquired through the MRI program is able to function as either a 3d additive manufacturing system or as a direct-write, maskless, 2-photon photopatterning tool with 150 nm feature sizes and 3d positioning. This tool will be the first of its kind in Texas, and will enable transformative research in diverse science and engineering areas including optoelectronics, energy storage materials, neuroscience, lab-on-a-chip applications, tissue engineering, and cancer biology. The Nanoscribe will be overseen through Rice's faculty-centric approach to shared research infrastructure that currently manages several facilities. This stewardship ensures best user training practices, accessibility for external academic and industrial users, and a stable financial basis for ongoing operations, including staff support. The Nanoscribe will be a regional hub for the growth of nanofabrication into the third dimension.