MRI: Acquisition of Instrumentation for Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication (NNIN Consortium Proposal)

根据这项赠款获得的原子力显微镜将由来自广泛学科的国家科学研究界使用。NNIN的技术人员将开发可靠的协议，培训程序，并通过与用户互动并将这些新功能纳入用户研究项目来扩展仪器的功能。潜在的结果包括开发新的可重复技术，用于纳米级集成和表征，创建复杂的三维异质系统，以及增强对分子和生物现象的理解，通过其庞大的研究用户群，这项技术的利用将具有广泛的地理覆盖范围，涉及来自学术界，小型和大型公司和联邦研究实验室的研究人员。NNIN的教育工作，包括具体的REU为重点的项目，使用这些仪器，每年超过1000名新学生的培训，免费访问的基于网络的资源，和纳米技术为重点的研讨会，将重点推广到广大的学生和科学界。

The atomic force microscope acquired under this grant will be used by the national scientific research community from a wide range of disciplines. NNIN's technical staff will develop reliable protocols, training procedures, and extend the capabilities of the instrument by interacting with users and incorporating these new capabilities into user research projects. Potential results include the development of new reproducible techniques for nanoscale integration and characterization, the creation of complex three-dimensional heterogenous systems, and an enhanced understanding of molecular and biological phenomena.Through its large research user population, the utilization of this technology will have wide geographic coverage involving researchers from academia, small and large companies and federal research laboratories. NNIN's educational efforts-including specific REU -focused projects using these instruments, the training of over 1000 new students every year, freely accessible web-based resources, and nanotechnology-focused workshops-will focus on outreach to the student and scientific community at large.