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National Nanotechnology

Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

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NNCI Goals

• Provide open access to state-of-

the-art nano-fabrication &

characterization facilities and

their tools across US and staff

expertise

• Support education & outreach

(E&O) as well as societal &

ethical implications (SEI) in/of

nanotechnology

• Successor to National

Nanotechnology Infrastructure

Network (NNIN): 2004 – 2015

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National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

Arizona State Universityw/ Maricopa County Community College and Science Foundation Arizona

Stanford University

University of Washingtonw/ Oregon State University

Montana State Universityw/ Carlton College

University of Nebraska -Lincoln

Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Citiesw/ North Dakota State University

University of Texas, Austin

Northwestern Universityw/ University of Chicago

University of Louisvillew/ University of Kentucky

Georgia Institute of Technology,w/ North Carolina A&T State University and University of North Carolina, Greensboro

North Carolina State Universityw/ Duke University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

University of Pennsylvania,w/ Community College of Philadelphia

Cornell University

Harvard University

University of California, San Diego

16 NNCI Sites

12 Partners

18 States

67 Facilities

>2000 Tools

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NNCI Facts & Figures

• 16 sites, 28 locations in 18 states, 67 facilities with >2,000 tools

• Initial award period: Sept. 15, 2015 – August 31, 2020

• Total NSF Funding: $81M over 5 years

– Annual Site Award Funding: $500k - $1.6M /year

– Coordinating Office for NNCI @ Georgia Tech

(awarded April 1, 2016)

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NNCI Year 1 (10/2015-09/2016) User Data

• 10,671 unique users of NNCI facilities

• 2,557 unique external users (24.4%)

1,410 from industry; 1,147 from academia/government

• 4,427 average monthly users

• 4,116 new users trained

• >900,000 tool hours (approx. 85 hours/user & 450 hours/tool)

ChemistryElectronicsEducational Lab UseGeology/Earth SciencesLife SciencesMaterialsMedicineMEMS/Mechanical EngOpticsOther Research

Note: approx. 32,000

annual PhD in

science/engineering

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How are these Facilities used today?

• Top-down (lithography defined) and

bottom-up (material synthesis) nanofabrication

• Nanoscale imaging and metrology

• Range from materials & processes to complex devices,

systems & their applications

• Large variety of disciplines: nanomaterials,

nanoelectronics; MEMS/NEMS; sensors; energy; life

sciences & health care; environmental & geo-sciences;

food & water; IoT; defense; …

• Education, training, workforce development & outreach

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Damage Mechanisms in MEMS-

Based Memory and Logic Devices

• Fabrication of MEMS devices, such as resonators, to

study impact of x-ray and proton radiation

• Fabrication at U Louisville and radiation testing at

Vanderbilt U

• NNCI Site: Kentucky Multi-scale Manufacturing and

Nano Integration Node (KY MMNIN)

• Reference: B. Alphenaar, K. Walsh, S. McNamara, M.

Alles, J. Davidson, R. Schrimpf, R. Reed, R. Weller,

“Exploration of Damage Mechanisms in MEMS Based

Memory and Logic Devices,” 41st Annual

GOMACTech Conference, March 14-17, 2016,

Orlando, FL

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Plasmonic Resonators Embedded

in Silicon Nanowires

• Growth of Si nanowires with phosphorous-doped regions

• Buffered oxide etch (BOE) treatment to determine doped

segment geometry (scale bar in SEM images is 100 nm)

• Investigation of localized surface plasmon resonance

(LSPR) behavior as a function of separation of doped

regions

• Applications: engineering plasmon-based chemical

sensors, catalysts & waveguides

• NNCI Site: Southeastern

Nanotechnology Infrastructure

Corridor (SENIC)

• Reference: Boyuk, D.S., Chou, L.-W., Filler, M.A.

ACS Photonics, vol. 3, pp. 184-189, 2016.

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Conductive Textiles via ALD

• Flexible, nonwoven polypropylene

fiber mat

• Thin aluminum oxide (Al2O3) base layer

(~20 nm)

• Conductive zinc oxide (ZnO) layer (~100 nm)

• Applications: sensors, energy storage,

biomedical devices

• NNCI Site: Research Triangle

Nanotechnology Network (RTNN)

• Reference: Sweet, W.J., Jur, J.S., &

Parsons, G.N. Journal of Applied Physics,

vol. 113, p. 194303, 2013.

Textiles industry in the U.S.

employs 500,000 workers.

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Antiwear Tribofilm Formation from Automotive

Lubricant Additives

• Zinc dialkyldithiophosphates (ZDDPs) used as

additives in automotive lubricants form antiwear

tribofilms at sliding interfaces

• Using AFM in ZDDP-containing lubricant base

stock at elevated temperatures, the growth and

properties of the tribofilms were in-situ monitored in

well-defined single-asperity sliding nanocontacts

• NNCI Site: Mid-Atlantic Nano

Technology Hub (MANTH)

• Users: U Penn, Exxon Mobil

• Reference: N. N. Gosvami, J. A. Bares, F.

Mangolini, A. R. Konicek, D. G. Yablon, and R. W.

Carpick. Science, vol. 348, pp. 102-106, 2015.

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Analysis of Nano-Coated Dry-Erase Surfaces

• Material analysis (layer thicknesses; material composition; particle

sizes; surface roughness) of nano-coated dry-erase surfaces using

FIB/SEM

• NNCI Site: Soft & Hybrid

Nanotechnology

Experimental (SHyNE)

• User: ACCO

Brands

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http://www.nnci.net

• Roll out of new webpage: Late December 2016

• Including site information & tool/expert database & new user gateway

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NNCI Education & Outreach

• Wide variety of activities: school visits, open houses &

science festivals; REU and RET programs; internships &

training for community college students; graduate student

training; seminars, webinars, on-line & short courses

• NNCI working groups have been established

– REU; K-12 Students & community; K-12 teachers

& RET; workforce development; evaluation &

assessment

• REU programs at 10 of 16 sites

– Joint program information on NNCI.net

– Convocation to be held at GT August 6-8, 2017

• K-16 curriculum materials

– Transferring from NNIN to NNCI

– Uploading to NanoHub

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Goldschmidt 2017 Workshop

• Nanoscience in the Earth and Environmental

Sciences - Research and Teaching Opportunities

– Organized by David Mogk (MSU),

Mike Hochella (VT), Nancy Healy (GT)

• International conference on geochemistry and

related subjects, organized by the European

Association of Geochemistry and the

Geochemical Society

• One day workshop will introduce fundamental

principles of nanoscience, with an emphasis on

the instrumentation and facilities

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NNCI Computing

• Mission: Coordinate modeling and simulation capabilities

within NNCI sites and identify the strategic areas for growth

in modeling and simulation

• Compile inventory of all available modeling and simulation

resources within NNCI

• >65 commercial simulation tools

>40 internally developed simulation tools

available for internal and/or external users

(with and without fee)

• 8 supercomputers or major computing clusters

• Host/access inventory through nanoHub.org

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Summary

• Look at the NNCI site posters

• Make use of these incredible resources

– Staff expertise

– Tools & capabilities (on-site or remote)

– Computational resources

– Education & SEI

Think about your broader impact sections!

– Outreach: Get involved!

• Thanks to NSF for funding

• Thanks to NNCI sites for collaborative 1st year

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Thank You!

http://www.nnci.net

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NNCI CO Key Personnel

From Left to Right:

• Dr. David Gottfried, GT-IEN, Deputy Director

• Dr. Nancy Healy, GT-IEN, Assoc. Director Education

• Dr. Jameson (Jamey) Wetmore, ASU, Assoc. Director SEI

• Dr. Azad Naeemi, GT-IEN, Assoc. Director Computation

• Ms. Amy Duke, GT-IEN, Program Manager

• Dr. Oliver Brand, GT-IEN, PI, Director