In support of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), this Division is supporting the development and future operation of five new Nanoscale Science Research Centers (NSRCs) to support the synthesis, processing, fabrication, and analysis of materials at the nanoscale.  These five centers are: 

•      Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at BNL

•      Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) at SNL and LANL 

•      Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at ORNL 

•      Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at ANL

•      Molecular Foundry (Foundry) at LBNL

These facilities are designed to be the Nation’s premier user centers for interdisciplinary research at the nanoscale, serving as the basis for a national program that encompasses new science, new tools, and new computing capabilities. Together, the Centers provide a gateway to existing major BES user facilities for X-ray, neutron, or electron scattering. Each will contain clean rooms; laboratories for nanofabrication; one-of-a-kind signature instruments; and other instruments (e.g., nanopatterning tools and research-grade probe microscopes). 

For more information about of the five DOE Nanoscale Science Research, please contact Dr. Altaf H. Carim.

Click here for more information on all of the facilities described above and on other BES-supported facilities.