Nanostructured Materials Growth and Metrology Laboratories

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。该奖项将支持为建立纳米结构材料生长和计量实验室(MIT NANOMAT Labs)而改造实验室空间，该实验室将设在麻省理工学院NSF材料科学与工程中心(CMSE)内。翻新后的2900平方英尺的麻省理工学院NANOMAT实验室将成为20万平方英尺的NSF CMSE的一部分。翻新后的空间将支持麻省理工学院范围内处理和分析设施的共享设施，其中包括湿实验室、无尘室、专门仪器和研究空间。该设施的材料生长部分预计将支持一种独特的多室集成材料生长系统，用于沉积多纳米结构薄膜、旋铸聚合物、电子束蒸发金属、邮票印刷量子点以及溅射沉积的半导体和绝缘介质。科学家们将研究物理现象、材料结构和化学，并展示超出当前最先进科学和技术的实用纳米结构设备。翻新设施的计量部分将包含一套设备，用于表征纳米结构光伏、燃料电池、电池和固态照明结构的光学和电学特性。拟建的NANOMAT实验室可以在校园内提供一套集中的研究设施，旨在实现纳米结构材料的生长和计量，预计将促进麻省理工学院九个研究小组之间的合作互动。预计上述研究小组的70多名研究生和博士后研究员以及5至10名相关本科生将使用该设施。此外，该设施还将供高中教师和学生使用。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award will provide support for the renovation of laboratory space for the establishment of the Nanostructured Materials Growth and Metrology Laboratories (MIT NanoMat Labs) that will be housed within the NSF Center for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE) at MIT. The renovated 2,900 square foot MIT NanoMat Labs will be part of the 200,000 square foot NSF CMSE. The renovated space will support a MIT-wide shared facility for processing and analysis facilities, which include wet lab, cleanroom, specialized instruments and research space. The materials growth portion of the facility is expected to support a unique multi-chamber integrated materials growth system for the deposition of multi-nanostructured thin films, spun-cast polymers, e-beam evaporated metals, stamp-printed quantum dots and sputter deposited semiconducting and insulating dielectrics. Scientists will be studying physical phenomena, materials structures and chemistries, and demonstrations of practical nanostructured devices that exceed the current state-of-the-art science and technologies. The metrology portion of the renovated facility will contain a suite of equipment to characterize optical and electrical properties of nanostructured photovoltaics, fuel cells, batteries, and solid-state lighting structures. The proposed NanoMat Labs could provide a centralized set of research facilities in the campus aimed at enabling growth and metrology of nanostructured materials, and is expected to foster collaborative interactions among nine research groups at MIT. It is expected that the facility would be used by over 70 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from the above research groups, and 5 to 10 associated undergraduates. Additionally, the facility will also be used by high-school teachers and students.