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Equipment
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The Maryland nano community served by Maryland NanoCenter benefits from a broad and diverse spectrum of experimental equipment and instrumentation, which can be regarded in several different dimensions.
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Fabrication and synthesis equipment enables materials and structures to be made with particular properties at the nano scale. Such equipment ranges from highly specialized instruments for manipulating nano objects (e.g., optical tweezers) and growing nano objects (e.g., carbon nanotubes) to commercially available materials processing equipment for deposition, patterning, etching, and planarization as typically accomplished in microfabrication clean room. Accordingly, fabrication and synthesis equipment can be found across the campus, from the FabLab cleanroom user facility to diverse research laboratories in different departments and buildings.
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Characterization and measurement equipment is essential to identify properties and behavior of nanomaterials, nanostructures, and nanosystems. In the nano era, atomic- and nano-scale imaging, measurement, and manipulation are critical. High resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning nanoprobe instruments play a particularly critical role, complemented by secondary electron and optical microscopy, chemical, compositional, and structural characterization techniques. Dimensional metrology and electrical/mechanical testing of micro- and nano-structures are also part of this picture. Again, Maryland NanoCenter capabilities range from shared user facilities (e.g., for TEM and others) to highly custom research instruments.
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Equipment and instrumentation available in the Maryland NanoCenter community includes both shared user facilities and individual research equipment. A description at the laboratory level is given in the Laboratories page. Individual pieces of equipment in shared user laboratories are generally available to those who complete the appropriate training for them. Instruments in individual research laboratories may be available on a case-by-case basis through contact with the laboratory director or owner of the equipment.
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Maryland NanoCenter maintains an extensive equipment and instrumentation database, including items used in shared user facilities and in individual research laboratories. This database is available on the Maryland NanoCenter intranet with extensive detail on each component. Maryland NanoCenter users may use this database to access documentation (e.g., specification and instruction manuals, standard operating procedures, safety information, photographs), to schedule time for using the equipment, and to view and maintain usage and maintenance records.
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