Molecular Foundry

Molecular Foundry Type: Research and Development Agencies Parent organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Top organization: U.S. Department of Energy Employees: Executive: Director Budget: Address: 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720 Website: https://foundry.lbl.gov Creation Legislation: Wikipedia: Molecular Foundry

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Mission The Molecular Foundry's mission is to provide researchers with the tools and expertise needed to drive breakthroughs in nanoscience and nanotechnology. It emphasizes the synthesis, characterization, and theoretical understanding of materials at the nanoscale to advance knowledge in energy, information technology, and health.

Services Nanomaterial synthesis; Characterization; Nanofabrication; Electron microscopy; Theoretical nanoscience; User facility access

Regulations

The Molecular Foundry is a nanoscience user facility located at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, and is one of five Nanoscale Science Research Centers sponsored by the United States Department of Energy. The Molecular Foundry was founded in 2003. The building was completed on March 24, 2006.

Users of the Molecular Foundry are provided with free access to instruments, techniques and collaborators for nanoscience research that is in the public domain and intended for open publication. Proposals for user projects are aimed to promote interdisciplinary collaboration in the areas of materials science, physics, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, biology and chemistry.

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Mission

The Molecular Foundry's mission is to enable cutting-edge research in nanoscience by providing an environment where scientists can synthesize, characterize, and model materials at the nanoscale. Its work aims to bridge the gap between basic research and applied technology, particularly in energy, electronics, and biomedical fields"About the Molecular Foundry". Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. https://foundry.lbl.gov/about/. .

Parent organization

The Molecular Foundry is part of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy. This affiliation integrates the Foundry into a broader network of scientific research facilities.

Legislation

The Molecular Foundry was established through the DOE's initiative to expand nanoscale research capabilities, without specific legislative action but as part of the DOE's strategic focus on materials science.

Partners

• Academic institutions for collaborative research
• Industry partners for technology transfer and commercialization
• Other DOE facilities for shared research initiatives

Number of employees

The number of employees directly associated with the Molecular Foundry isn't publicly detailed, but it includes scientists, engineers, and support staff.

Organization structure

The Foundry is structured around several key facilities:

• **Synthesis Facilities**: For creating new nanomaterials.
• **Characterization Facilities**: To analyze materials at the nanoscale.
• **Theory Facility**: For computational modeling and simulation.

Leader

The Molecular Foundry is led by a [Director].

Divisions

- Inorganic Nanostructures - Biological Nanostructures - Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures - Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis - Nanofabrication - Theory of Nanostructured Materials"Facilities at the Molecular Foundry". Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. https://foundry.lbl.gov/facilities/. 

List of programs

• User Program for access to facilities
• Collaborative research projects
• Educational and training workshops

Last total enacted budget

Specific budget details for the Molecular Foundry are not publicly itemized as part of LBNL's overall budget.

Staff

The staff at the Molecular Foundry includes researchers, technical support, and administrative personnel, facilitating both internal and user-driven research.

Funding

Funding for the Molecular Foundry comes from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, which supports its operations and research initiatives.

Services provided

The Molecular Foundry provides services including the synthesis of novel materials, advanced characterization methods like electron microscopy, nanofabrication capabilities, and theoretical modeling to predict material properties and behaviors.

Regulations overseen

The Molecular Foundry does not oversee regulations but conducts its operations within the framework of DOE policies for scientific research.

Headquarters address

1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720

History

The Molecular Foundry was established in 2006 to serve as a national user facility for nanoscience, bringing together scientists from various disciplines to innovate in materials science. Its contributions include significant advances in solar energy conversion, electronic materials, and nanomedical applications.

External links

• Official Molecular Foundry Website
• wikipedia:Molecular Foundry

Facilities

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The Molecular Foundry and surrounding buildings

The foundry includes these seven facilities:

• Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures, led by Facility Director Alex Weber-Bargioni and founded by Miquel Salmeron.

Characterization and manipulation of nanostructures—from "hard" to very "soft" matter—combining electron microscopy, optical microscopy and scanning probe microscopy.

• Nanofabrication, led by Facility Director Adam Schwartzberg and founded by Jeff Bokor.

Advanced lithography and thin-film processing emphasizing integration with chemical and biological nanosystems and the development of nanoscale electronic, magnetic and photonic devices.

• Theory of Nanostructured Materials, led by Facility Director David Prendergast and founded by Steven Louie.

Theoretical support to guide understanding of new principles, behavior and experiments—including electrical transport in nanoscale molecular junctions, self-assembly of biological nanostructures and computation of spectroscopy at hybrid nanoscale interfaces.

• Inorganic Nanostructures, led by Facility Director Jeff Urban and founded by A. Paul Alivisatos.

The science of semiconductor, carbon and hybrid nanostructures—including design and synthesis of nanocrystals, nanowires and nanotubes—and study of their electronic applications.

• Biological Nanostructures, led by Facility Director Corie Ralston and founded by Carolyn R. Bertozzi.

New materials based on the self-assembly of biopolymers and bio-inspired polymers, new probes for bio-imaging and synthetic biology techniques to re-engineer organisms and create hybrid biomolecules to interface with devices.

• Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis, led by Facility Director Yi Liu and founded by Jean Fréchet.

Studies of "soft" materials — including synthesis of organic molecules, macromolecules, polymers and their assemblies, with access to functional systems, photoactive, organic-inorganic hybrid and porous materials.

• National Center for Electron Microscopy, led by Facility Director Andy Minor. NCEM was founded in 1983 as an independent DOE user facility and merged with the Molecular Foundry in 2014.

Use and development of an array of electron microscopes, offering capabilities for materials characterization at high resolution.

User program

The Molecular Foundry has a user program that gives access to the center's staff and equipment to external researchers who intend to publish their results.Template:Third-party inline The program is open to scientists from academia, industry, and research institutes. The application process for the user program involves submitting a peer-reviewed proposal.