NNCI: Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS)

NNCI：纳米系统中心 (CNS)

• 批准号: 2025158
• 负责人: Robert Westervelt
• 金额: $ 500万
• 依托单位: Harvard 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=2025158&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NNCI; Center; Nanoscale; Systems; CNS

Non-Technical Description:The Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) at Harvard University was created with a clear vision to provide a collaborative multi-disciplinary research environment to support world-class nanoscience and technical expertise, for the community of researchers from academia and industry. The goals of CNS are: Facilitating leading-edge research and education in the fabrication, imaging, and characterization of nanoscale structures across the disciplines of applied physics, biology, chemistry, electrical engineering, geology, materials science, medicine and physics; Creating a collabortive nanotechnology community by providing shared instrumentation facilities and infrastructure, expert staff, synergistic meeting places, and educational opportunities conducive to productive scientific engagement. As the New England hub of the NSF National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI), the focus of the technical team is to develop specialized tools, processes, instrumentation, and expertise to help design, characterize, and fabricate novel materials, nanostructures, devices, and systems, that go beyond conventional approaches. CNS pushes the envelope of Quantum Science and Engineering. CNS offers tools for nanofabrication, electron microscopy, and characterization of nanoscale systems, with technical expertise and assistance provided by its staff. CNS is one of the most active nanofabrication and imaging facilities in the world. With its diverse user base, well-established infrastructure, and outstanding facilities, CNS is well placed to continue as a technology leader. In addition, CNS plays a key role training the nation's next generation of scientists and engineers. It has an established Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, as well as an annual summer nanotechnology seminar series. A CNS Scholars Program will bring in underrepresented researchers, and an internship program will train U.S. veterans in nanotechnology. Technical Description:Since its creation in 2001, CNS has become a key nanotechnology resource for the nation. CNS has developed diverse and versatile facilities including multi-length-scale optical and electron-beam lithography, focused ion beam (FIB) and reactive ion etch (RIE) systems to shape structures quantum devices and photonic structures, and soft lithography expertise to enable fabrication of a wide variety of microfluidic systems and devices for translational bioscience. These tools allow users to push the frontiers of quantum engineering, nanoscale electronics and photonics using nontraditional materials, and they enable the development of sensor systems for biomedicine. CNS researchers pursue advanced topics including quantum science, plasmonics, diamond photonics, nanoscale sensors, and atomic-layer devices. CNS has an outstanding suite of imaging and characterization tools including an aberration-corrected STEM, a high resolution TEM, a CryoTEM, and an Atom Probe for 3D tomography, as well as scanned probe microscopes, and linear and non-linear optical microscopes. Its characterization tools permit detailed analysis and assessment of materials, components, and systems, providing researchers with a comprehensive platform for quantum technology and nanotechnology research. CNS focuses on advancing world-class nanotechnology research, fostering the transfer of new technologies into products for commercial and public benefit, developing and sustaining educational resources to develop a skilled nanotechnology workforce, and supporting the evolving infrastructure and advanced tools needed to support excellence in quantum science and nanotechnology research and development.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：哈佛大学的纳米级系统中心（CNS）的创建具有清晰的愿景，可为来自学术界和工业的研究人员社区提供协作的多学科研究环境，以支持世界一流的纳米科学和技术专长。中枢神经系统的目标是：促进在应用物理学，生物学，化学，电气工程，地质，材料科学，医学和物理学的纳米级结构的制造，成像和表征方面的领先研究和教育；通过提供共享的仪器设施和基础设施，专家员工，协同的会议场所以及有利于生产性科学参与的教育机会来创建一个协作纳米技术社区。 作为NSF国家纳米技术协调基础设施（NNCI）的新英格兰枢纽，技术团队的重点是开发专业的工具，过程，工具，仪器和专业知识，以帮助设计，表征和制造新颖的材料，纳米结构，设备和系统，超越传统方法。中枢神经系统推动了量子科学与工程的信封。 中枢神经系统提供纳米制作，电子显微镜和纳米级系统表征的工具，并提供了其工作人员提供的技术专业知识和帮助。中枢神经系统是世界上最活跃的纳米制作和成像设施之一。 CNS凭借其多样化的用户群，建立了良好的基础设施以及出色的设施，可以继续担任技术领导者。此外，CNS扮演着关键角色，培训该国下一代科学家和工程师。它具有本科生（REU）计划的既定研究经验，以及年度夏季纳米技术研讨会系列。 CNS学者计划将带来代表性不足的研究人员，实习计划将培训纳米技术的美国退伍军人。技术描述：自2001年创建以来，中枢神经系统已成为国家的关键纳米技术资源。 CNS开发了多样化和多功能的设施，包括多长度尺度的光学和电子光线光刻，聚焦离子光束（FIB）和反应性离子蚀刻（RIE）系统来塑造结构量子设备和光子结构，以及软光电结构，以启用各种微型荧光系统和设备的工具，以构成各种翻译的化合物。这些工具允许用户使用非传统材料推动量子工程，纳米级电子和光子学的前沿，并且可以开发生物医学传感器系统。中枢神经系统的研究人员探讨了量子科学，等级科学，钻石光子学，纳米级传感器和原子层设备，包括量子科学。中枢神经系统具有出色的成像和表征工具套件，包括经过像差的茎，高分辨率TEM，冷冻物和3D断层扫描以及扫描的探针显微镜以及线性和非线性光学显微镜的原子探针。它的表征工具允许对材料，组件和系统的详细分析和评估，为研究人员提供量子技术和纳米技术研究的全面平台。 CNS着重于推进世界一流的纳米技术研究，促进新技术将新技术转移到商业和公共利益的产品中，开发和维持教育资源，以发展熟练的纳米技术劳动力，并支持不断发展的基础架构以及支持Quantum Science和Nanotechnology的卓越研究所需的基础设施，以表现出nsfory的奖励。使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响评估标准进行评估。