U.S. Department of Energy Nanotechnology Research Centers

• Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Research
• Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Sandia National Laboratories
• Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory

CNM Partners

• The Center for Microanalysis of Materials (CMM) at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a partner DOE-funded national user facility. Qualified users can access the CMM through the existing CMM proposal mechanism in cases where this would benefit research in a CNM early-access proposal. Through this channel, materials researchers can access 30 major instruments in the areas of electron microscopy, scanning probes, X-ray diffraction, and back-scattering spectroscopies. Of special interest is a comprehensive suite of surface analysis techniques, including dynamic and static secondary ion mass spectrometry, X-ray and photoelectron spectroscopies, and scanning Auger spectroscopy. Many of the CMM instruments are equipped with in situ science capabilities.

Other Related Links

• lightsources.org: The result of a collaboration among communicators from light-source facilities around the world, this site serves as a clearinghouse for light-source-related news, educational material, and user-related information.
• Report on the Mini-Workshop on Scanning Probe Microscopies in the DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers, Boston, Massachusetts, December 2, 2004 (ORNL Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences)
• National User Facility Organization