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

非技术摘要：许多学科不断增长的研究需求要求新的图案和制造技术延伸到第三维度。Nanoscribe光子专业GT系统满足了这些需求，它充当了一种3D打印机，分辨率高达人类头发直径的500倍。该工具将是德克萨斯州的第一个此类工具，将使各种科学和工程领域的变革性研究成为可能，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将被纳入赖斯卓越中学科学教学(RESST)计划，该计划影响到德克萨斯州最大的学区和全国第七大学区的教师和学生，该学区有88%的西班牙裔和非裔美国学生。此外，该工具将影响单独资助的教师研究体验(RET)和本科生研究体验(REU)校园项目。最后，这种纳米制造工具还将在莱斯大学已经提供的20门与纳米技术有关的课程中用于实践教学。Nanoscribe将成为三维纳米制造的地区性枢纽，也是培训下一代多样化技术力量的组成部分。技术摘要：通过MRI计划获得的Nanoscribe光子专业GT系统既可以作为3D附加制造系统，也可以作为具有150 nm特征尺寸和3D定位的直写、无掩模、双光子光调制工具。该工具将是德克萨斯州的第一个此类工具，将使各种科学和工程领域的变革性研究成为可能，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将通过赖斯以教师为中心的方法进行监督，共享研究基础设施目前管理着几个设施。这种管理确保了最佳的用户培训做法、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将成为纳米制造进入第三维度的区域枢纽。

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.