NSEC: Center for Scalable and Integrated Nano Manufacturing (SINAM)

尽管研究实验室不断涌现令人兴奋的纳米科学发现，但由于缺乏新的制造范例，规模化生产仍然面临着严峻的挑战。可扩展和集成纳米制造中心(SINAM)提出了一种新制造模式的愿景，该模式将把实验室科学转化为纳米电子、生物医学和传统行业的工业应用。我们组织了一支由来自加州大学洛杉矶分校、加州大学伯克利分校、斯坦福大学、加州大学圣迭戈分校、北卡罗来纳大学和惠普实验室六所机构的科学家和工程师组成的杰出团队来承担这一重要使命。SINAM提出了一种纳米制造范式，它集成了一系列新的纳米制造技术，以应对上述关键挑战。提出的自上而下的纳米制造技术包括：使用极短波长工程表面等离子激元的等离子体成像光刻(PIL)和超模光刻，两者都旨在1-10纳米尺度的纳米制造。SINAM将进一步开发一种新的混合方法，将自上而下和自下而上的技术相结合，实现将不同纳米级组件大规模并行集成到更高阶的结构和设备中。SINAM将制定系统工程战略，以扩大所开发技术的规模，并与业界合作开发下一代纳米制造工具，这些工具将用于商业产品设计和开发。SINAM的更广泛影响包括对高科技劳动力的教育和培训，以及为一般公共利益而进行的社会推广。我们将与加州的学校一起做出特别努力，接触少数族裔和女性学生。这些教育活动包括：(1)7-12年级，探索纳米技术；(2)纳米制造暑期学院将为本科生和K-12小学教师提供为期六周的暑期培训；(3)“研究生青年研究员”和面向研究生的工业实习。为了提高人们对纳米制造机会和影响的认识，我们将与加州科学博物馆和加利福尼亚州经济战略小组合作。我们还计划通过ASME、SME和IEEE等专业组织来组织研讨会。我们将建立SINAM工业联盟，与我们的工业合作伙伴如惠普、IBM等密切合作，将SINAM开发的新技术转化为工业应用。我们还与欧洲和亚洲的政府实验室以及国际顶尖研究中心建立了合作伙伴关系。我们已确定LARTA(洛杉矶地区技术联盟，一个非营利性组织)作为我们在技术转让和经济发展方面的合作伙伴。Sinam的综合研究和教育平台将通过在计算机、电信、光子学、生物技术、医疗保健和国家安全方面的应用，对人类的生活体验产生广泛而深远的影响。即将开发的新制造模式将极大地影响人类社会、人类社会的未来和人类社会的历史，就像蒸汽机和微电子革命所做的那样。

While exciting nano scientific discoveries stream continually from research laboratories, due to the lack of new manufacturing paradigms, scaling to industrial level production still faces critical challenges. The Center for Scalable and Integrated NAno Manufacturing (SINAM) embraces a vision for a new manufacturing paradigm that will transform laboratory science into industrial applications, in nano-electronics, biomedicine, and in traditional industries. We have organized an exceptional team of scientists and engineers from six institutions: UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, UCSD, University of North Carolina and HP Labs to embark on this important mission. SINAM proposes a nano-manufacturing paradigm that integrates an array of new nano-manufacturing technologies to address the above mentioned critical challenges. Proposed top-down nano-manufacturing technologies include: a plasmonic imaging lithography (PIL) that uses engineered surface plasmons with extremely short wavelength, and ultra-molding lithography , both aiming nano manufacturing at the 1-10 nanometer scale. SINAM will further develop a novel hybrid approach, in combining the top-down and bottom up technologies to achieve massively parallel integration of heterogeneous nanoscale components into higher-order structures and devices. SINAM will develop system engineering strategies to scale up the technologies developed and work with industry to develop next generation of nano manufacturing tools, which will be used for commercial product design and development. SINAM's broader impacts includes education and training for a high tech workforce, and societal outreach for general public benefits. We will make special efforts with California schools to reach out to minority and female students. These educational activities include: (1) Grades 7-12, Discover Nanotechnology where SINAM researchers will create an inquiry module on Nanotechnology for students; (2) Nano-Manufacturing Summer Academy will provide a six weeks summer training for undergraduates students and K-12 grade school teachers; and (3) "Graduate Young Investigator (GYI)" and Industrial Internships for Graduate Students. To build awareness of the opportunities and impact of nano manufacturing, we will work with California Science Museums and the California State Economic Strategy Panel. We also plan to work through professional organizations such as ASME, SME, and IEEE in organizing symposia. We will establish the SINAM Industrial Consortium to work closely with our industrial partners such as HP, IBM, etc, to transfer new technologies developed at SINAM to industrial applications. We have also developed partnerships with government laboratories as well as international top research centers in Europe and Asia. We have identified LARTA (Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance, a non-profit organization) as our partner in technology transfer and economic development. SINAM's integrated research and education platform will have wide and profound impacts on human life experience through applications in computing, telecommunication, photonics, biotechnology, health care and national security. The new manufacturing paradigm to be developed will greatly impact the human society, its future and its history, just as the steam engine and the microelectronics revolution have done.