Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility

The Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility (CNF) is a national user facility that supports a broad range of nanoscale science and technology projects by providing state-of-the-art resources coupled with expert staff support. 2007 marks our 30th year in operation (30th Anniversary Celebration). Research at CNF encompasses physical sciences, engineering, and life sciences, and has a strong inter-disciplinary emphasis. Over 700 users per year (50% of whom come from outside Cornell) use the fabrication, synthesis, computation, characterization, and integration resources of CNF to build structures, devices, and systems from atomic to complex length-scales.

Every week, several new users coming from academia, industry, and government laboratories learn to use the tools available in the facility to carry out their research projects. CNF is open 24 hours a day, and provides the interactive and exciting learning and practicing environment critical to successful cutting-edge research. External users typically spend a week to two at CNF to complete their work with strong staff support. Many projects can also be accomplished remotely.

A video tour of the facility is available for viewing over the web. This 10 minute video will give you a brief introduction to what types of equipment and processes are available at the facility.

We invite you to explore the web-site and our facility. The research accomplishments will give you a short introduction to the research, the equipment index more on the detailed capabilities, and the nanocourse a practical introduction to the technology. Other links and the search engine will lead you to a variety of information related to nanoscale science and technology. Click on the “getting started” tab above to find out what CNF can do for you!

The CNF is supported by the National Science Foundation,
New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research,
Cornell University, industry & our users. The CNF is a member of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network.

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