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: 2025233
• 负责人: Judy Cha
• 金额: $ 750万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2025233&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NNCI; Cornell; NanoScale; Science; Technology

Non-Technical Description:The Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) as part of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) will offer an external user program open to all US researchers, delivering prompt, affordable, hands-on 24/7 shared access. CNF is both regional and national in scope, drawing users from throughout the US, with the goal of enabling transformative research and accelerating commercialization across a range of research fields. The new research and technology development that the CNF makes possible will transform numerous fields of engineering and science, addressing many of NSF’s 10 Big Ideas including Convergence Research, Quantum Leap, the Data Revolution, the Future of Work, the Rules of Life and NSF Includes. CNF will cultivate communities of researchers in less-traditional areas through partnership with other disciplinary centers, through activities such as subject-area workshops and through appointment of an Associate Director focused on life science and convergence research. The CNF will also provide education and outreach programs targeting a wide range of researchers, undergraduates, and K-12 students, with the broader goals of providing a hands-on research education to a new generation of diverse engineering and science students, fostering interdisciplinary interactions among diverse research communities, extending the benefits of nanofabrication to less-traditional areas of research, and interesting more young students in technology and science. The CNF will continue to help companies to fabricate prototypes and develop and refine new processes, working with local and state technology incubators to assist the transition to commercialization. Technical Description:The unique capabilities that the CNF will make available to the nation's researchers include: i) world-leading electron-beam lithography and production quality optical lithography tools for nanofabrication, ii) flexibility in contamination-free materials processing through its strong and diverse toolset enhanced by those for state-of-the-art atomic layer deposition and etch, iii) experienced and knowledgeable staff, solely dedicated to user support who will train even novice users in sophisticated, safe nanofabrication methods and share knowledge in topics ranging from quantum qubit production to application of artificial intelligence to nanofabrication, and iv) a proven record of success in serving a large user base, experienced in convergent research, while providing an unequaled level of service to external users. This combination of capabilities enables realization of research visions and commercialization of discoveries. Organized educational and outreach programs are designed to benefit several target audiences. CNF will teach new nanotechnology researchers to expertly 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. Diverse undergraduate students will participate in unique summer research experiences, including students from a new partnership with Morgan State University, an HBCU. Young K-12 students and their families will be encouraged to become engaged in technology and science through the highly-popular Nanooze, NNCI’s CNF-produced online science news magazine and a national partnership with 4-H.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

非技术描述：康奈尔纳米科学和技术设施（CNF）作为国家纳米技术协调基础设施（NNCI）的一部分，将向所有美国研究人员提供一个外部用户计划，提供及时、负担得起的、全天候的实践共享访问。CNF具有区域性和全国性的范围，吸引了来自美国各地的用户，其目标是在一系列研究领域实现变革性研究并加速商业化。CNF使新的研究和技术发展成为可能，将改变许多工程和科学领域，解决许多NSF的十大构想，包括融合研究、量子飞跃、数据革命、未来工作、生活规则和NSF包括。CNF将通过与其他学科中心的伙伴关系、通过诸如学科领域讲习班等活动以及通过任命一名专注于生命科学和融合研究的副主任，培养非传统领域的研究人员社区。CNF还将为广泛的研究人员、本科生和K-12学生提供教育和推广计划，其更广泛的目标是为新一代不同的工程和科学学生提供实践研究教育，促进不同研究社区之间的跨学科互动，将纳米制造的好处扩展到不太传统的研究领域，并吸引更多的年轻学生对技术和科学感兴趣。CNF将继续帮助公司制造原型，开发和改进新工艺，与地方和州的技术孵化器合作，协助向商业化过渡。技术描述：CNF将为国家研究人员提供的独特能力包括：I)世界领先的电子束光刻和生产质量的光学光刻工具，用于纳米制造；ii)通过其强大和多样化的工具集，通过最先进的原子层沉积和蚀刻，增强了无污染材料加工的灵活性；iii)经验丰富，知识渊博的员工，专门致力于用户支持，他们将培训即使是新手用户的复杂，安全的纳米制造方法和共享知识的主题，从量子量子比特生产到人工智能到纳米制造的应用，以及iv)在服务大型用户群方面的成功记录，在融合研究方面经验丰富，同时为外部用户提供无与伦比的服务水平。这种能力的结合使研究愿景和发现的商业化得以实现。有组织的教育和推广计划旨在使几个目标受众受益。CNF将教授新的纳米技术研究人员通过最先进的工具，深入的迷你课程和主题领域研讨会的实践培训，熟练地在研究前沿操作。有经验的纳米技术研究人员将受益于与主要工具供应商合作的先进技术研讨会。不同的本科生将参加独特的夏季研究经历，包括来自与HBCU的摩根州立大学的新合作伙伴关系的学生。年轻的K-12学生和他们的家庭将被鼓励通过高度流行的Nanooze， NNCI的cnf制作的在线科学新闻杂志和4-H的国家合作伙伴关系，从事技术和科学。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。