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The foundry includes these seven facilities: | The foundry includes these seven facilities: | ||
* '''Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures''', led by Facility Director Alex Weber-Bargioni and founded by Miquel Salmeron. | * '''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. | * '''[[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 [[Electronics|electronic]], [[magnetic]] and [[photonic]] devices. | |||
* '''Theory of Nanostructured Materials''', led by Facility Director David Prendergast and founded by [[Steven Gwon Sheng Louie|Steven Louie]]. | * '''Theory of Nanostructured Materials''', led by Facility Director David Prendergast and founded by [[Steven Gwon Sheng Louie|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]]. | * '''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 [[Carbon nanotube|nanotubes]]—and study of their electronic applications. | |||
* '''Biological Nanostructures''', led by Facility Director Corie Ralston and founded by [[Carolyn R. Bertozzi]]. | * '''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]]. | * '''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. | * '''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 == | == User program == | ||