Center for Nanoscale Materials nano.anl.gov
The Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at Argonne National Laboratory is a national user facility that provides capabilities explicitly tailored to the creation and characterization of new functional materials on the nanoscale. The CNM mission includes supporting basic research and advanced instrumentation development, including a hard x-ray nanoprobe beamline at the Advanced Photon Source. The facility supports a user program that is open to the academic, industrial, government, and international communities.
FACILITIES AND CAPABILITIES • Materials Synthesis: Synthetic techniques include, for example, hierarchical assembly using bottom up polymeric and bio-templating, core-shell colloidal nanoparticle synthesis, peptide/DNA biosynthesis methods, complex oxide molecular beam epitaxy, and PECVD nanocrystalline diamond. • Nanofabrication Research: Controlled synthesis and directed assembly of nanomaterials; lithographically assisted patterning of hybrid structures; chemical and biological functionalization of nanoscale materials; electron beam lithography, focused ion beams, and nanoimprint patterning methods. • Proximal Probes: An array of scanning probe tunneling and atomic force microscopy capabilities for advanced surface, interface, and magnetic analysis; near-field scanning optical microscopy. • Dedicated Hard X-Ray Beamline at the APS: The nanoprobe beamline provides fluorescence, diffraction, and transmission imaging with a spatial resolution of 30 nm or better over a spectral range of 3-30 keV. • Computational Nanoscience: Theory and multiscale computer simulations provide the interpretive and predictive framework for understanding fundamental studies and to aid in the design of new nanoscale functional systems. A state-of-the art Beowulf-class supercomputer accommodating highly parallel compute-intensive applications has a compute capacity of approximately 10 TFlops. Facilitation to other Argonne User Facilities: -- The Advanced Photon Source -- The Electron Microscopy Center
USER PROGRAMS
CNM Hard X-ray Nanoprobe Beamline at APS Sector 26
The CNM user program provides access to equipment and technical expertise and is open to academia, industry, government agencies and research institutes worldwide. Access is obtained via brief peer-reviewed proposals with no charge for users who intend to publish their results. Access is also available on a cost-recovery basis for proprietary research that is not intended for publication. Prospective users are encouraged to contact CNM staff members to learn more about the science and capabilities at the CNM. More information about specific capabilities and the proposal system are provided at http://nano.anl.gov. Contact: cnm_useroffice@anl.gov
Center for Nanoscale Materials nano.anl.gov
AREAS OF EXPERTISE Electronic & Magnetic Materials & Devices Discovers, understands, and uses new electron- and spin-based materials and phenomena in constrained geometries for reduced power dissipation, new medical imaging methods, improved efficiency of data storage by spin current and electrical field-assisted writing, and enhanced energy conversion in photovoltaic devices. Group Leader: Matthias Bode (mbode@anl.gov) Nanobio Interfaces Develops functionally integrated biomolecule-inorganic hybrid conjugates and their assemblies that are not found in nature but are guided by its principles, for energy and information transduction, advanced medical therapies, biosensors, and novel electronic devices. Group Leader: Tijana Rajh (rajh@anl.gov) Nanofabrication Fabricates new nanostructured materials, nanodevices, and nanosystems by advancing the state-of-the-art techniques in nanopatterning that incorporate both top-down and bottom-up approaches. Group Leader: Derrick Mancini (mancini@anl.gov) Nanophotonics Controls optical energy and its conversion on the nanoscale by combining metal, organic, semi-conducting, and dielectric materials properties to create strongly coupled states of light and matter for chemical and catalytic reactivity, photonic circuits, sensors, and optical non-linearities. Group Leader: Gary Wiederrecht (wiederrecht@anl.gov) Theory & Modeling Develops the theory, modeling, and computational capabilities to establish a Virtual Fab Lab for nanoscience, with the ultimate goal of designing novel nanoscale materials with user-defined properties. Group Leader: Larry Curtiss (curtiss@anl.gov) X-ray Microscopy Creates images of new materials and novel phenomena at the nanoscale, both static and dynamic, in real and reciprocal space with a particular emphasis on implementation of a hard x-ray nanoprobe beamline at the Advanced Photon Source. Group Leader: Jorg Maser (maser@anl.gov)