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| Quantum Transport Measurement | Investigate complex physical behaviors in systems including strongly correlated materials, low-dimensional solid-state structures, 2D materials, nanoscale quantum systems, and other nano-structured materials and functional devices through electronic measurements at cryogenic temperatures. | Tzu-Ming Lu Wei Pan Priscila Rosa |
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| UV Micro Photoluminescence | This system offers photoluminescence from 365 nm to 500 nm. Available excitation sources are pulsed 266 nm and CW 325 nm. The UV microscope objective available is a 50x Mitutoyo with numerical aperture of 0.4 and a working distance of 12 mm. | Chloe Doiron | |
| Variable Angle Spectral Ellipsometer (IR and UV Visible) | Two instruments are available: V-VASE and IR-VASE. | Chloe Doiron | |
| Simultaneous TGA/DSC Analyzer | Use thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry techniques to investigate a material’s response to different temperatures — mass change (e.g., decomposition or sublimation temperatures) and thermal changes often unaccompanied by the mass change as a function of temperature | Sergei Ivanov | |
| Variable-Temperature Measurements of Nanostructure Transport Properties | Use assembling techniques such as dielectrophoresis and nanomanipulation to position individual nanowires or tubes on Transport Discovery Platforms, which permit temperature-dependent measurements of electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and Seebeck coefficient. | Tom Harris | |
| Quantum Information Tranduction Network | Investigate complex physical behaviors in systems including, but not limited to, strongly correlated materials, plasmonic response, and wave propagation in 2D materials, nano-wires and carbon nanotubes, resonances in metamaterials, and other nano-structured materials and functional photonic devices. | Matt Eichenfield | |
| Quantum Electronics Transport Laboratory | Characterize low dimensional electron systems, quantum materials and qubit systems. | Mike Lilly | |
| Quantum Diamond Magnetometry Microscope | Utilize the long quantum coherence of nitrogen vacancies in diamond — the same property that makes them a potential qubit platform — to detect small magnetic fields in a widefield mode. | Andy Mounce | |
| Scanning Optoelectronic Characterization for Perovskite Materials and Devices | A temporal and spatial resolved optical spectroscopy system used to probe emission and photoconductivity simultaneously from a perovskite device. | Jinkyoung Yoo | |
| Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS, Quantum Design) | Available measurement options include all required hardware and electronics to immediately begin collecting publication-quality data and the system is also easily adapted to custom user experiments. | Aiping Chen | |
| Optical Spectroscopies and Quantum Optics Experiments of Individual Semiconductor Nanostructures and Quantum Defects | Characterize fundamental and quantum optical properties including colloidal nanocrystals, quantum dots, nanowires, carbon nanotubes, 2D materials, and solitary quantum defects in wide variety of solid state hosts. | Han Htoon | |
| Optical Imaging of Soft/Biomolecular Nanomaterials | Capabilities include software and hardware for automated image acquisition including time-lapse imaging, multi-channel image acquisition, and multi-field of view stitching. Control over temperature ranging from ambient to ~60°C can be achieved. | George Bachand | |
| NanoSight Pro Nanoparticle Analyzer | The latest in nanoparticle tracking analysis. With machine learning-enabled NS Xplorer software, measurements are fully automated, removing subjectivity and ensuring high-quality size and concentration data for both light scatter and fluorescence analysis. | Jennifer Hollingsworth | |
| Multi-Photon Laser Scanning Confocal and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscope 30 Transmission Electron Microscope | This instrument consists of Multi-Photon Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope (Olympus FV1000) with a Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Attachment (Becker & Hickl). It is among the most advanced, commercially-available optical imaging systems, and offers a world-class capability for optical characterization of any array of biological, synthetic, and hybrid nanomaterials. | George Bachand | |
| Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy | An invaluable and robust tool for quick characterization of a variety of precursors. Sensitive to 30 different nuclei, the 90 MHz Anasazi multinuclear FT NMR spectrometer instrument is an invaluable and robust tool for quick characterization of a variety of organic, inorganic, and organometallic precursors used in our laboratories. |
Sergei Ivanov | |
| Microelectronics Quantum Information Science | III-V Compound Semiconductor Epitaxial Growth Systems | Explore leading-edge epitaxial growth technologies — CINT offers two epitaxial growth technologies for III-V semiconductors: Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) and Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD). | Sadhvikas Addamane |
| Microelectronics | IV Semiconductor Chemical Vapor Deposition | A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor, dedicated to growth of high-quality and electrically doped Si/Ge nanowire heterostructures with controlled interfaces. Features of the CVD system for Si/Ge nanowire heterostructures guarantee precise control of electrical doping concentration and interfacial widths of heterostructure, uniformity in a substrate, and reproducible growth of sophisticated nanowire heterostructures. | Jinkyoung Yoo |
| Microelectronics | 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition | Enabling the growth of complex nanostructures based on the III-V and III-nitride (AlGaInN) semiconductor materials systems, including nanowires (NWs) and quantum dots (QDs) Wafer-scale continuous two-dimensional materials synthesis capability provides materials platforms for defect engineering, emerging materials-based electronic/photonic device studies, and basic sciences/applications of 2D materials. | Jinkyoung Yoo |
| Atomic Layer Deposition System | ALD offers a unique means for the conformal deposition of dielectric and metallic films on 3D nanostructures with single atomic layer control Housed in our Integration Lab,this state-of-the-art atomic layer deposition (ALD) system, utilizes precursor gases with single atomic layer control to enable conformal coating for nanoscale structure integration. |
John Nogan | |
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Quantum Information Science Microelectronics |
Crystal Growth of Strongly Correlated Materials | Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) enables the growth of complex nanostructures based on the III-V and III-nitride (AlGaInN) semiconductor materials systems, including nanowires (NWs) and quantum dots (QDs). | Priscila Rosa |
| DC Sputtering/Thermal Evaporation System for Metal Film Growth: Sequential Depositions and Uniform, Thick Films | The AJA International, Inc. ATC Orion Series Combination DC Sputtering/Thermal Evaporation System provides ease-of-use and operating flexibility. The magnetron sputtering sources feature a modular magnet array that allow operations in a variety of modes depending on the particular application for a specific film deposition run. | Jennifer Hollingsworth | |
| Design, Engineering, and Synthesis of Biomolecular Building Blocks | Produce, modify, and integrate a range of structural and functional biomolecules with nanoscale synthetic materials and systems. Because native biological molecules are, in general, poorly suited for use in synthetic systems, this capability is focused on developing building blocks motors with enhanced stability and providing strategies for bridging living and non-living components through a common interface and functional material or system. | George Bachand | |
| Electrochemical Deposition and Surface Modification | Electroplating, electroforming, anodizing, electropolishing, and electrolytic etching and corrosion, for any commonly plated metal on nearly any substrate. | Dan Hooks | |
| Epitaxial and Nano-Composite Metal-Oxide Films | Synthesize a variety of functional oxide thin films, investigate the effects of strain, defects and interface on the functionalities, and study emergent quantum phenomena and applications in electronic devices. | Aiping Chen | |
| Fully Automated Batch Reactor System (FABRS): Computer-Controlled Multi-Step Synthesis and Real-Time In-Situ Diagnostics | A versatile and powerful tool for controlled, quasi-combinatorial solution-phase synthesis of simple and complex nanostructures, especially heterostructured nanoparticles like thick-shell ("giant") core/shell quantum dots and multicomponent/multifunctional nanoparticles, as well as an option for scaling-up optimized reactions. | Jennifer Hollingsworth | |
| In-Situ Physical Vapor Deposition System for Novel Materials Synthesis | Monitor physical properties during the growth of metal and oxide thin films. With four DC magnetron sputtering guns (two capable of RF sputtering), a heated substrate holder, and a biased stage, we can deposit a number of novel materials including complex oxides, high entropy alloys, and thick epitaxial films. The laser curvature tool and surface acoustic wave (SAW) monitoring system, measure internal stress and modulus of films as they are being growth. | Benjamin Derby | |
| Low-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition | A low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) / diffusion furnace located in the CORE Integration Lab. Mechanical support allows for high-density films (e.g. low imperfections) without significant stresses. For micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS), the ability to tailor the stress is key as stress and stress gradients are dominant, device failure-inducing mechanisms. | John Nogan | |
| Magnetic and Metallic Nanoparticle Synthesis | Prepare high-quality metal nanocrystals with a target functionality in mind. Exploit or develop new methods that afford control over particle size-dispersity, crystallinity, stability, and magnetic properties, e.g., plasmonic, catalytic, and low-melting compositions as growth fluxes for nanowire growth. | Sergei Ivanov | |
| Non-Blinking Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Applications | Non-blinking nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) that emit in the visible and the near-infrared — developed by exploring effects of shell thickness, core size, core/shell electronic structure, and internal nanoscale interface properties. These NQDs are also characterized by strongly suppressed Auger recombination and are essentially non-photobleaching. Their characteristic large effective Stokes shift affords minimized self-reabsorption. | Jennifer Hollingsworth | |
| Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite and Electronic Device Integration | High quality perovskite single crystal and thin film deposition techniques for opto-electronic device integrations. | TBD | |
| Polymeric Monolayer Systems | Monolayer synthesis allows researchers to tailor surface properties utilizing small molecule organic synthesis and polymerization techniques. Surface properties are critical in many nanosystems, and the control of surface properties such as wetting, adhesion, and friction are of primary concern. Either in-situ or ex-situ syntheses can be performed where appropriate. Multilayers or gels may be produced using similar techniques. | Dale Huber | |
| Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cell Culture Facilities | Grow and maintain prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Explore a wide variety of nanoengineered substrates, nano-probes (e.g., quantum dots), and nanoscale imaging techniques for the study of physiological cell behaviors. CINT has the capabilities to grow and maintain prokaryotic (i.e., bacterial) and eukaryotic (e.g., fungal) cells and mammalian cell lines, as well as tissues. |
Lisa Phipps Dean Morales |
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| Semiconductor Nanocrystal Synthesis: Optical Nanomaterials by Design | Preparation of high-quality semiconductor nanocrystals — quantum dots and quantum rods — while exploiting or developing new methods that afford control over particle size-dispersity, crystallinity, stability and optical/electronic properties. | Jennifer Hollingsworth | |
| Semiconductor Nanowires: Solution-Phase Synthesis and Novel Flow-Solution-Liquid-Solid Growth | Synthesize high-quality, single-crystalline semiconductor nanowires for a range of compositions using a solution-phase catalyzed growth process known as solution-liquid-solid (SLS) growth. | Jennifer Hollingsworth | |
| Quantum Information Science | Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials Stacking | Fabricate heterostructures composed of 2D materials and freestanding membranes with controls of translational and rotational movements in high resolutions | Jinkyoung Yoo |
| DC Sputtering for Deposition and Co-Deposition of Pure Metals, Dielectric and Ceramic Materials | Utilize precursor gases with single atomic layer control. Housed in our Integration Lab, this state-of-the-art atomic layer deposition (ALD) system utilizes precursor gases with single atomic layer control to enable conformal coating for nanoscale structure integration. The unique isolation chimney prevents cross-contamination of target materials and allows deposition profiles to be fine-tuned, affording sequential deposition of a series of metals (2–4) in single runs (without breaking vacuum). | John Nogan | |
| Atomic Precision Advanced Manufacturing | Atomic-Precision Advanced Manufacturing (APAM) Si Nanoelectronics Capability. This instrument, in association with etch and deposition capabilities, provides powerful nanofabrication of a wide variety of materials and applications. | Ezra Bussmann | |
| Electron Beam Lithography | The JEOL JBX-6300FS electron beam lithography system, in association with etch and deposition capabilities, provides powerful nanofabrication of a wide variety of materials and applications. | Anthony James | |
| High-Speed Nanomanufacturing | R&D scale capabilities for patterning materials and topographies using digital and roll/sheet-based technologies. | Bryan Kaehr | |
| CINT INTEGRATION LAB — GENERAL LAB CAPABILITIES | 9000 square foot class 1000/10,000 Temperature maintained at 70°F (+/– 1°F) relative humidity 40% (+/- 10%) Operating hours: 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., seven days a week. |
John Nogan | |
| CINT INTEGRATION LAB — BEOL/ASSEMBLY | John Nogan | ||
| CINT INTEGRATION LAB — DEPOSITION/ANNEAL | John Nogan | ||
| CINT INTEGRATION LAB — DRY ETCH EQUIPMMENT | John Nogan | ||
| CINT INTEGRATION LAB — LITHOGRAPHY | John Nogan | ||
| CINT INTEGRATION LAB — METROLOGY | John Nogan | ||
| CINT INTEGRATION LAB — WET PROCESSING | John Nogan | ||
| Nanoimplantation at the CORE Ion Beam Laboratory | The Ion Beam Materials Laboratory (IBML) — Devoted to the characterization and modification of surfaces through the use of ion beams. | Michael Titze | |
| Microelectronics | Metamaterials and Plasmonic Nanofabrication | Extensive capabilities for nanofabrication of plasmonic and metamaterial samples, on both passive, dielectric substrates (glass or undoped semiconductors) and active, semiconductor heterostructure substrates. | Igal Brener |
| Micro-Nano Fabrication | Utilize distinctive platforms for investigating standard or hybrid materials. Our 100 mm facility has an exceptional tool set, which accommodates a wide range of substrates, films, and chemicals. We work closely with other centers and laboratories to integrate unique materials or processes into prototype micro/nano systems. | John Nogan | |
| Multiphoton Lithography | Ultra-high-resolution 3D printing. | Bryan Kaehr | |
| Two-Photon Grayscale Lithography | Grayscale Lithography using Two-photon-enabled Laser Scanning System. | Bryan Kaehr Chun-Chieh Chang |
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| Biomolecular Recognition and Phage Display | Create recognition molecules through biological means. Create recognition molecules through biological means (phage display). These ligands can be used for recognition ligands in biosensors or for the hierarchical assembly. | Lisa Phipps | |
| Dip-Pen Nanolithography (DPN) Nanoink 5000 System: Nano-Mesoscale Materials Integration/Single-Photon-Source Fabrication/Hybrid-Materials Creation | A state-of-the-art commercial direct-write, AFM tip-based lithography technique capable of multi-component deposition of a wide range of materials with nanoscale registry | Jennifer Hollingsworth | |
| Mesenchymal Stem Cell Fate and Differentiation | Culture and differentiate adult-derived mesenchymal stem cells for the study of their interaction and altered cell-fate with polymers, nanostructured substrates (hard and soft materials of varied tensile strength and patterning), and radiation of varied frequencies. | Lisa Phipps | |
| Microelectronics Advanced Manufacturing Biosecurity |
Polymer Pen Lithography for Rapid Replica Generation of Patterned Soft Materials | A lithographic patterning tool for soft nanomaterials including polymers, nanoparticles, DNAs, proteins, and virus particles. | Kyungtae Kim |
| Soft Material Fossilization and Nano-Replication | Shape-preserved replication of biological cells, tissues and organisms for cellular (re)engineering, specimen preservation and enhanced functions. Using sol-gel approaches, lithographically defined biopolymers, gels, and single cells can be replicated into both hard (silica, glassy carbon, etc.,) and soft synthetic (e.g., PEG) materials. | Bryan Kaehr | |
| 2D and 3D Single Molecule and Particle Tracking | Custom 3D tracking microscope via confocal feedback and conventional 2D single molecule tracking via fluorescence microscopy with an EM-CCD camera. Unique in-house developed capabilities in active feedback for time-resolved 3D tracking of single nanoparticles, organic dyes, and fluorescent proteins. | Jim Werner Dean Morales |
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| Advanced Manufacturing, Energy Innovation, Microelectronics, Other | 4D Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (4D STEM) | 4D scanning transmission electron microscopy enabled by detector advances and post-experiment computational algorithms. 4D-STEM is capable of wide field-of-view (FOV) nano structural characterization with a spatial resolution on the order of 1 nm, giving users both strain and orientation information at the nanoscale in addition to whole-pattern diffraction analysis. | Stephen House (Core) Matthew Schneider (Gateway) Michael Pettes (Gateway) |
| Atomic Force Microscopy | Utilize multiple Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) systems to perform a variety of sample imaging modalities. | Andy Jones Dan Hooks |
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| Atomic Force Microscopy-based Modulated NanoIndentation (MoNI) | Measure the mechanical properties of 1D and 2D materials. | Remi Dingreville | |
| Biosecurity/Medical, Energy Innovation | Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) Suite | The Cryo-EM Lab houses instruments for imaging of soft matter, nanomaterials, and beam sensitive materials in their native, hydrated state. | John Watt |
| CEM Microwave Reactor | CEM Microwave Reactor containing a single-mode cavity operates in both pressurized and open vessel modes. | Darrick Williams | |
| Deep Ultraviolet (DUV) Raman and Photoluminescence | The Deep Ultraviolet (DUV) Raman and Photoluminescence laboratory is comprised of an advanced deep ultraviolet confocal Raman and photoluminescence imaging and micro-spectroscopy system (244, 488, 532, and 633 nm excitation) including a suite of precision electronics and polarization optics, and a variable temperature cryostat (2.7–500 K) for complex in-situ characterization of materials emitting in the 200-1100 nm spectral window. | Michael Pettes | |
| High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope, Focused Ion Beam, and Electron Beam Lithography | Two FEI field-emission source SEMs — The Nova NanoSEM 450 includes a Nabity electron beam lithography (EBL) patterning capability and the Nova 600 Nanolab from FEI Company combines ultrahigh resolution SEM with FIB capabilities in one system for sample analysis, 2D and 3D machining, and prototyping. The system also includes a Nabity EBL patterning capability. | Doug Pete | |
| High-Resolution X-Ray Diffraction System with Small Angle Scattering | A high-precision XRD platform with small-angle x-ray scattering, 2D area detector (HyPix 3000) and variable temperature thin-film, and microdiffraction accessories. | Sergei Ivanov Sadhvikas Addamane |
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| Ion Beam Materials Laboratory — Gateway | The Ion Beam Materials Laboratory at LANL is a pioneer accelerator lab devoted to the characterization and modification of surfaces through the use of ion beams. The 6,000 sq. ft. facility hosts several accelerators and sample preparation lab space. | Yongqiang Wang | |
| Magellan Scanning Electron Microscope | The ideal tool for investigating nanotubes, nanowires, nanocomposites, and other materials when workhorse SEMs lack the low-voltage resolution required for sensitive surface imaging. The FEI Magellan 400 SEM provides sub-nanometer spatial resolution from 1kV to 30 kV. | Darrick Williams | |
| Optical Microscopy and Single Molecule Spectroscopy | Advanced spectroscopic techniques can be combined with optical microscopy to provide a suite of tools for characterizing spatially dependent properties of nanoscale materials | Jim Werner Dean Morales |
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| Rigaku SmartLab XRD System | The new industry standard for multipurpose X-ray diffractometers. A highly versatile automated X-ray diffraction (XRD) system, this newest addition to the SmartLab series of high-resolution X-ray diff raction analyzers is engineered to provide the best performance in all X-ray diffraction or scattering applications by offering not only breakthrough hardware, but also advanced “User Guidance” functionality within the new SmartLab Studio II software. | Darrick Williams Aiping Chen |
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| Scios 2 Lo-Vac Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope | Focused ion beam scanning electron microscope for ultra-high resolution, high-quality sample preparation and 3D characterization. The Scios 2 LoVac Dual Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) produces fast and high resolution images from a variety of different conductive and non-conductive samples through electron beam imaging in high/low vacuum environments. | Darrick Williams | |
| Microelectronics Quantum Information Science Advanced Manufacturing Energy Innovation |
Small-Angle / Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering | A state-of-the-art tool for characterizing size and structure of nanomaterials ranging 1–1000 nm. The versatile Xenocs Xeuss 3.0 supports wide q-range and covers USAXS, SAXS, and WAXS (0.0001–4.0 Å−1) to characterize a wide range of nanomaterials including polymers, biomacromolecules, and inorganic/metallic nanoparticles and films. | Kyungtae Kim |
| Specialized Sample Prep Tools | For demanding electron-beam and optical microscopy and nanomechanics characterization. More demanding electron-beam and optical microscopy and nanomechanics characterization studies may require specialized sample preparation for optimal results. | Brad Boyce | |
| Super Resolution Optical Imaging | Image static cellular structure or selected nanomaterials. A super-resolution microscope based upon single molecule detection and localization (e.g. PALM, STORM, or d-STORM), including both acquisition and analysis software. | Jim Werner Dean Morales |
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| Advanced Manufacturing, Energy Innovation, Microelectronics, Other | Tecnai G2 F30 S-TWIN Microscope | A multi-purpose, multi-user tool with TEM, EFTEM & STEM operating modes. The Tecnai G2 F30 S-TWIN microscope provides optimal balance between contrast at high inclination angles and excellent resolution. With a dedicated tomography holder, even larger tilt angles are possible, allowing high-resolution tomography on the system. | Stephen House Winson Kuo |
| Advanced Manufacturing, Energy Innovation, Microelectronics, Other, Biosecurity/Medical | Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy | Obtain dynamic information on inorganic catalysts and nanomaterials under relevant reaction conditions and features. A state-of-the-art image-corrected monochromated Titan Environmental Transmission Electron microscope (ETEM), 300 kV, provides the capability to resolve reactions between materials and gaseous environments during atomic-resolution (1 Å) imaging. | Stephen House |
| Chemistry of Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials | Nanocrystals (from 0D nanosize particles and1D nanorods to 2D nanosheets) are prepared with a target functionality in mind and by working closely with physicists who provide feedback on the desired targeted properties to guide the synthetic work. | Sergei Ivanov | |
| Electron Beam/Thermal Physical Vapor Deposition of Multilayer, Pure Metal Thin Films | Accommodates multiple wafers, small pieces through 200mm each. Horizontal stage, face down; samples are typically secured with metal clips or Kapton tape to a 100mm carrier. Ebeam materials: Ag, Al, Au, Co, Cr, Ge, Mo, Ni, Pd, Pt, Ti, W. Thermal boat materials: Al, Cr, Au. Thermal boats are limited to 500-1000Å (without stage rotation), depending on material. | John Nogan | |
| Nanostructured Thin Film Design | Deposit novel materials including complex oxides, strain engineered multilayers, graded high entropy alloys, and thick epitaxial films. Heated and biased stages allow for intimate control over several microstructural features such as texture, density, chemistry, and grain size. | Ben Derby | |
| Biosecurity/Health Energy Innovation | Polymer Synthesis and Characterization | Prepare and characterize controlled-dispersity polymers with various architecture and end-group chemistry. | Mihee Kim |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Hybrid Materials | Design, synthesize, and characterize advanced porous materials, focusing on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent-organic frameworks (COFs). | TBD | |
| Microelectronics Quantum Information Science Advanced Manufacturing Energy Innovation. | FemtoScribe | Use femtosecond optical pulses shorter in duration than a substrate’s electron-phonon thermalization time. The system can ablate material with very little unwanted heat damage, allowing for the machining of features down to the nanoscale. | Chris Sheehan |
| Nanonics Imaging Ltd. MultiView 4000 Multiprobe | A multiprobe system combining scanning probe microscopy, near-field scanning optical microscopy, confocal microscopy, and chemical nanolithography in a unified system. It supports as many as four probes operating simultaneously and independently, with each probe having its own feedback and scanning capabilities. | Jennifer Hollingsworth | |
| Biosecurity/Health Energy Innovation | Column-Free Size Characterization | Characterize the size distribution of materials using column-free seeparation methods. | Mihee Kim |
| MicroRaman/Photoluminescence Spectrometer — Confocal Raman/PL Microscope | Utilize Raman spectroscopy to gain insight about chemical/molecular structures or micro-photoluminescence to study the optical and electronic properties of nanostructures. | Andy Jones | |
| Scios 2 Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope for Materials Characterization and TEM Sample Preparation | The Scios 2 LoVac dual-beam focused ion beam (FIB) scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a versatile tool for high-resolution imaging, 2D & 3D analysis, and high-quality sample preparation. A variety of conductive and non-conductive samples can be examined with the electron beam in high/low vacuum environments. | Winson Kuo | |
| Titan G2 80-200 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (ChemiSTEM) | Aberration-corrected STEM with EDS and EELS allows us to both image and perform microanalysis of materials in the same experiment connecting structure and chemistry at nanometer and sub-nanometer length scales. Examples of materials analyzed include nanoparticles (e.g., core shell), epitaxial semiconductors and oxides, metals and alloys, battery materials, etc. |
Paul Kotula Ping Lu |
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| Apertureless Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy (Nano-FTIR) | Investigate complex physical behaviors in systems including strongly correlated materials, plasmonic response and wave propagation in 2D materials, nano-wires and carbon nanotubes, resonances in metamaterials, and other nano-structured materials and functional photonic devices. |
Hou-Tong Chen Andy Jones |
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| Electronic Device Characterization | Characterization equipment for electronic devices in controlled environments and temperature (light pulse, gas flow, temperature, etc.) allows users to investigate electronic devices for different functional applications, including memory storage and neuromorphic computing. | Aiping Chen | |
| Electron Beam Induced Current Microscopy — Upgrades Underway | Investigate electrical properties of single nanostructures and nanodevices with the spatial resolution of sub-50 nm. Morphological and functional characteristics can be concurrently investigated in an extreme high-resolution Magellan scanning electron microscope. | Jinkyoung Yoo | |
| Holographic Optical Trapping and Force Measurement System | The Arryx BioRyx 200 optical trapping system, also known as laser tweezers, is capable of capturing an manipulating microscopic particles. Ideal for measuring viscoelastic measurements of soft and biological materials as well as provide insights in motive mechanisms of biomolecular motors. |
Dean Morales Jim Werner |
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| Mechanical Response at the Nano-to-Micro Scale | Nanoscale mechanical testing methods, including indentation, tension, compression, and scratching, — developed to probe various mechanical responses of materials at depths of tens of nanometers over regions with dimensions of hundreds of nanometers. |
Nan Li Brad Boyce |
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| Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Optically Active Nanostructures | A variety of spectroscopic capabilities for characterization of both ensemble and individual optically active nanoparticles. | Andy Jones | |
| Computational Modeling of Nonlinear Optical Responses |
Investigate first-principles simulations of frequency-dependent optical polarizabilities such as two-photon absorption, second and third harmonic generations, organic and organo-metallic chromophores, Nonlinear response functions in time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). |
Sergei Tretiak | |
| Computational Models for Complex Fluids, Polymer Melts, Networks, and Nanoparticle Self-Assembly | Techniques include Molecular dynamics, Shear and Elongational Flow, Monte Carlo simulations. | Gary Grest | |
| FDTD and MODE Simulations | Model E&M field propagation using Finite Difference Time Domain commercial codes and modes of optical cavities, waveguides, etc., using separate software for mode calculations. The software packages run in a cluster of high-end workstations. | Igal Brener | |
| First-Principles Quantum Many-Body Theory to Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems | Capabilities include First-principles simulations of electronic magnetic, optical properties in complex metal oxides; Dynamical mean-field theory in combination with density functional theory in local density approximation for bulk d-electron and f-electron materials; First-principles quantum many-body simulations of quantum impurity embedded in metallic host; Construction of low-energy models based on the Wannier functions. | Jian-Xin Zhu | |
| Large-Scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator (LAMMPS) | LAMMPS is a classical molecular dynamics code with a focus on materials modeling. |
Mark Stevens Amailie Frischknecht Gary Grest |
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AI/ML Other |
Machine Learning for Chemical Properties and Materials | Utilize state-of-the-art neural network models (HIPNN, ANI, etc.) for interatomic potentials for performing large-scale molecular dynamics in molecular and solid systems; Active Learning protocol for automatic generation of training dataset in the regions of large uncertainties; PyTorch Semiempirical Quantum Mechanics (PySeQM) for training reduced quantum-mechanical models. | Sergei Tretiak |
| Local Electronic and Bulk Properties in Inhomogenous Superconductors |
Capabilities include local electron density of states around local impurities/defects, as well as vortex cores in the mixed state of superconductors, providing a theoretical underpinning for scanning tunneling microscopy; providing the description of bulk properties like superfluid density, nuclear relaxation rate (NMR). |
Jian-Xin Zhu | |
| MEsoscale Multi-Phyisics PHase Field Simulator (MEMPHIS) | A user-friendly, multi-physics, phase-field simulation tool for both modelers and experimentalists alike to study the dynamic evolution of microstructures and their associalted properties. | Remi Dingreville | |
| Nanomechanics Virtual Laboratory | Simulate experimental microscopy and diffraction based on molecular dynamic simulations of nanostructured materials. | Remi Dingreville | |
| Numerical Simulations and Modeling of Quantum Criticality and Local Electronic Structure in Strongly Collelated Electronic Systems | Perform the modeling study of quantum phase transition and criticality in f-electron heavy-fermion systems, and the local electronic structure around Kondo impurities and Kondo holes. |
Jian-Xin Zhu |
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AI/ML Other |
Photoinduced, Non-Adiabatic Excited State Molecular Dynamics in Organic Chromophores | A comprehensive suite of on-the-fly, non-adiabatic excited state molecular dynamics capabilities including Surface Hopping or ab initio multiple cloning with multiconfigurational Ehrenfest algorithm, solvent effects, analytic gradients and non-adiabatic couplings and many more. | Sergei Tretiak |
| Simulations using Atomistic or Coarse-Grained Models for Studying Nanoparticles, Biomolecules, and Polymers | Use simulations to determine structure and interactions on the nanoscale. Simulation data provides unique insights into the molecular mechanisms of nanoscale phenomena. | Mark Stevens | |
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Electronic and Optical Properties of Low-Dimensional Nanostructures |
Capabilities include first principles simulations of carbon nanotubes, semiconductor quantum dots, and hybrid perovskites; band structure, electronic excitations, and interactions with light; electron-phonon coupling and ab initio molecular dynamics; commercial, open source, and codes created inhouse. |
Sergei Tretiak |
| Theory and Simulation of Complex Fluids including Polymers, Plymer Nanocomposites, and Inhomogeneous Charged Fluids |
Techniques include molecular theory including classical density functional theory for fluids; Polymer Reference Interaction Site Model (PRISM) theory; molecular dynamics simulations. |
Amailie Frischknecht | |
| Theory of Electrical and Thermal Transport through Unconventional Junctions out of Equilibrium |
Analytical Techniques include Keldysh non-equilibrium Green's function;scattering theory based on transfer matrix; Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwij theory. |
Jian-Xin Zhu | |
| Theory of Quantum Dynamics and Ultrafast Optical Probes of Correlated Systems | Investigate complex physical behaviors in systems, including strongly correlated materials, plasmonic respons and wave propagation in 2D materials, nanowires and carbon nanotubes, resonances in metamaterials, and other nano-structured materials and functional photonic devices. | Jian-Xin Zhu | |
| Tramanto | A parallel, classical density functional theory code for inhomogeneous atomic and polymeric fluids. | Amalie Frischknecht | |
| Single Nanostructure Magneto-Optical Spectroscopies | Investigate nanoscale materials including quantum dots, quantum wire, colloidal nanocrystals, carbon nanotubes, 2D layered semiconductors, and individual defects/dopants implanted in those nano materials under high magnetic field and low temperature. |
Han Htoon | |
| Ultrafast Broadband Optical Spectroscopy | A suite of ultrafast excitation and diagnostic capabilities spanning wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the far-infrared are available for dynamic nanoscale characterization. |
Hou-Tong Chen Prashant Padmanabhan |
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| Time-Resolved Photoluminescence | A fundamental technique for uncovering fundamental physical properties of nanomaterials and their coupling to the environment. |
Prashant Padmanabhan |
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| Terahertz Spectroscopy | Broadband terahertz time-domain (THz-TDS) spectroscopy provides simultaneous amplitude and phase information, and becomes a powerful tool for the characterization of materials and devices including semiconductors, complex metal oxides, multiferroics, metamaterials, and fingerprints in many chemicals and biological tissues. |
Hou-Tong Chen |