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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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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