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

MRI：购买 Nanoscribe nano3d 打印机/光学光刻系统

• 批准号: 1625186
• 负责人: Douglas Natelson
• 金额: $ 40.24万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1625186&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Nanoscribe; nano3d; Printer

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.

非技术摘要：许多学科不断增长的研究需求需要扩展到第三维的新图案和制造技术。 Nanoscribe Photonic Professional GT系统满足了这些需求，作为一台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的第一个此类工具，并将在不同的科学和工程领域实现变革性研究，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将被纳入水稻卓越中学科学教学（RESST）计划，该计划影响德克萨斯州最大学区和全国第七大学区的教师和学生，该学区有88%的西班牙裔和非洲裔美国学生入学。 此外，该工具将影响单独资助的教师研究经验（RET）和本科生研究经验（REU）项目。 最后，这个纳米制造工具也将用于已经在Rice提供的20个纳米技术相关课程的实践教学。 Nanoscribe将成为第三维纳米制造的区域中心，也是培训下一代多元化技术劳动力的一个组成部分。技术摘要：通过MRI计划收购的Nanoscribe Photonic Professional GT系统能够作为3D增材制造系统或具有150纳米特征尺寸和3D定位的直写、无掩模、2-光子光图案化工具。 该工具将是德克萨斯州的第一个此类工具，并将在不同的科学和工程领域实现变革性研究，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将通过赖斯以学院为中心的方法来监督，以共享目前管理着几个设施的研究基础设施。 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，包括工作人员支持。 Nanoscribe将成为纳米纤维生长到第三维的区域中心。