center for nanostructures
DESCRIPTION
FPO Partners and Sponsors •John&SusanOcampo •NASA •DepartmentofDefense •Hitachi •RadianceTechnologies •NationalUniversityofSingapore •UniversityofCalifornia •StanfordNanofabricationFacility •ZhejiangUniversity For further information, contact: www.scu.edu/cns Drazen Fabris,AssociateDirector [email protected] Cary Y. Yang,Director [email protected] CenterforNanostructures SantaClaraUniversity 500ElCaminoReal SantaClara,CA95053 408-551-1712TRANSCRIPT
S a n ta C l a r a U n i v e r s i t y
The Jesuit University in Silicon Valley
Partners and Sponsors• John&SusanOcampo
• NASA
• DepartmentofDefense
• Hitachi
• RadianceTechnologies
• NationalUniversityofSingapore
• UniversityofCalifornia
• StanfordNanofabricationFacility
• ZhejiangUniversity
center for
Nanostructures
SCUOMC-7957A
5/101,500
For further information, contact:Cary Y. Yang,[email protected]
Drazen Fabris,[email protected]
CenterforNanostructuresSantaClaraUniversity500ElCaminoRealSantaClara,CA95053408-551-1712
www.scu.edu/cns
“ The CenTer for
nanosTruCTures
is a great place to
expose students to
cutting-edge science,
to educate them on how
the science develops
into new technologies,
and to sharpen their
analytical and hands-on
skills in the process.”
Cary yang, DireCTor
FPO
Center for Nanostructures TheCenterforNanostructures(CNS)pursuesinterdisciplinaryresearchandeducationthroughpartnershipswithotheruniversities,industry,andgovernment.TheseeffortsallowCNStopositionSantaClaraUniversityasanationalcenterofinnovationinnanostructuresresearch.CNSbringstogetherengineeringandsciencefacultyandstudentstocollaborateoninnovativeresearch.
ResearchTheCenterforNanostructureshasreceivedapproximately$5millioninfundingfromgovernmentandindustrysponsorsforseveralresearchprojects,withtheobjectiveofimprovingreliabilityandperformanceofelectricalcomponentsinintegratedcircuits.Projectsfocusonthermalinterfacematerialsforbetterheatdissipationandnovelelectricalinterconnectmaterialsforenhancedperformance.UndergraduateandgraduatestudentsinCNScarryoutexperimentsonmaterialssynthesis,devicefabrication,electricalcharacterization,andnanostructuralanalysis.TheCNSresearchenvironmentallowscontinuousinteractionamongstudents,faculty,andvisitingresearchers.
TheCNSfacilityconsistsoftheNanoelectronicsLaboratoryoncampusandtheNanostructureFabricationandCharacterizationFacilityatnearbyNASAAmesResearchCenter.TheNanoelectronicsLaboratoryhousesstate-of-the-artinstrumentationinaclass100cleanroom.
Majorequipmentinthesetwolabsincludesahigh-resolutionscanningelectronmicroscopeequippedwithananomanipulatorsystem,anelectricalmeasurementsystemconsistingofawaferprobestationandparameterandnetworkanalyzers,aplasma-enhancedchemicalvapordepositionsystem,asputteringsystem,athermalresistancemeasurementsystem,andanatomicforcemicroscope.
Center for Nanostructures
Advancements at the NanoscaleNanoscalescienceandtechnologyisanewfrontierinengineeringdealingwiththecreationoffunctionalmaterials,devices,andsystemsatalengthscaleoflessthanonehundrednanometeroroneten-thousandthofamillimeter,oraboutonethousandtimesthinnerthanahumanhair.
Researchinthisrapidlygrowingfieldfocusesonhowthenovelproperties—physical,chemical,biological,electrical,magnetic,mechanical,andoptical—ofvariousnanomaterialscanbeexploitedforawidevarietyofapplications.Demandforenhancedperformanceandincreasedreliabilityinelectronicsystemsandadvancementsinbioengineeringarefuelingtheenormousgrowthinthishighlycompetitivefield.
Education and OutreachNanoscalescienceandtechnologyisahighlyinterdisciplinaryfieldincorporatingallbiologicalandphysicalsciencesandengineering.TheCenteriscontinuallydevelopingeducationprogramsandcurriculaatbothundergraduateandgraduatelevelstocomplementitsresearchactivities,wherebypedagogyandknowledgecreationarewellintegrated.
TheSchoolofEngineeringofferscoursesinnanoscalescienceandtechnology,nanomaterials,andnanoelectronicstosupporttheCNSandotherrelatedprograms.
Recognizingandaddressingthecriticalneedforcultivatingthenextgenerationofengineers,CNSalsosponsorssummerfellowshipsforhighschoolteachersundertheIndustryInitiativesforScienceandMathEducation(IISME)Program.TheCenterforNanostructuresregularlyhostslocalmiddleandhighschoolstudentsparticipatinginvariousscienceandtechnology-relatedprogramsinSiliconValley,introducingthemtonanoscienceandtheexcitingopportunitiesavailableinthisfield.CNSalsoregularlyhostsseminarsthatattractindividualsfromindustryandacademia.
Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor
deposition system
Carbon-based nanostructures for next-generation
computer chip technology