Nanotech Intro

8/6/2019 Nanotech Intro

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Franois BaneyxActing Director, Center for Nanotechnology

Departments of Chemical Engineering & BioengineeringUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WA 98195

[email protected]

A (Brief) Introduction to Nanotechnology

Part of nature

Cosmic dust

Butterfly wings

Mollusk shells

Nanohistory


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Part of human history

Ceramics

Make up

Stained glass

Nanohistory

(DOE-BES)

Lengthscales


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As this

So this

Exploring and exploiting unique phenomena occurring at the atomic, molecularand supra-molecular scale to create materials, devices and systems with newproperties and function

Scale: 1-100 nm

Highly interdisciplinary

Potentially disruptive technology

What is Nanotechnology?

Quantum confinement (optical/imaging applications)

(Science2000)

Scale-Dependent Effects


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Ballistic effects (smaller, faster electronics)

(T. Hiramoto, Tokyo)


Field enhancement and single molecule effects(characterization)

(D. Ginger, UW)



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Mechanical/nanostructure effects (materials)

(Newscientist)


High surface area (catalysis)(Y. Xia, UW)



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Commodity products (paints, sunscreen, clothing, coatings)

Medicine (drug delivery, medical imaging, artificial organs)

High sensitivity sensors (biomedical, environmental, sentinel)

Nanostructured and hybrid materials (strong, self-healing, multifunctional)

Nanoelectronics and nanodevices (opto-electronic and magnetic properties,quantum confinement effects, integrated biological components, reconfigurable)

$ 70 B/yearAerospace

$100 B/year

$180 B/year

$300 B/year

$340 B/year

Catalysis

Biopharma

Electronics

Manufacturing

Nanotech marketby 2020

(http://www.nano.gov/)

Applications and Market

(HarperCollins)

(Nature)

Public Perception Issues


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Founded in 1997 through the University Initiative Fund, the CNT involves 80 faculties fromthe College of Engineering, the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine

Acting Director: Franois Baneyx; Associate Director: Dong Qin; http://www.nano.washington.edu

Ten participating departments: Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Chemistry, ChemicalEngineering, Electrical Engineering, Genome Sciences, Materials Sciences andEngineering, Microbiology, Physiology & Biophysics and Physics

Mission

To foster transforming collaborative researchin nanoscale science and technology

To educate the next generation of academicand industrial leaders

To make available state-of-the-art instrumentfor fabrication and characterization at the

nanoscale to universities and companies

WorkforceDevelopmentNSF-IGERT

ToolsNanoTech

User Facility

NationalInfrastructure

NNIN

JointInstitutes

PNNL

The UW Center for Nanotechnology

Provide a forum and incentives for collaborative research between faculties andstudents from different fields but with common interests

Student fellowships

Laboratory rotations

Seminar series and Workshops

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Student Association (NaNSA)

Provide access to equipment and expertise

Nanotech User Facility

EMSL facility at PNNL

Establish UW as a Center of Excellence in nanoscience and nanotechnology

Help individual investigators secure grants

Help faculty teams secure Center Grants (success in FY05 MRSEC competitionled to the UW-GEMSEC $7M over 6 years)

Partner with industry, national laboratories, and overseas laboratories & centers

Educate the new generation of Nanotechnology leaders

Fellowships, curriculum, rotations, dual PhD degree

CNT Vision


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Agency 2003 2004 2005

(est)

2006

(req.)

% Change

(01-05)

NSF 221 256 338 344 129%

DOD 403 394 407 230 84%

DOE 134 202 210 207 135%

NIH/HHS 78 108 146 148 268%

NIST 64 77 75 75 127%

NASA 36 47 45 32 59%

USDA 0 2 3 8 N/A

EPA 5 5 5 5 0%DOJ 1 2 2 2 100%

TSA 1 1 1 1 N/A

Total 943 1,094 1,230 1,230 127%

(http://www.nano.gov/html/about/nnibudget.html)

Initiated in 2001 to:

(i) realize the potential of nanotechnology through R&D (ii) develop the needed workforce and supporting infrastructure (iii) understand societal and ethical implications of the discipline (iv) facilitate the transfer of new technologies into commercial products

The National Nanotechnology Initiative

Staffed facility operated as cost center and open to academic & industrial users

NWNode of the NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) dedicated tobuilding the interface between nanotechnology, biology and medicine, and to address thesocietal implications of nanotechnology

$5M over 5 years (2004-2009)

Major equipment:- SPMsfor 3D topograph, force-distance measurements in air & liquid and STM- Scanning electron microscopewith EDAX elementary mapping- Confocal Raman microscope- Electron beam writing systemfor fabrication of structures as small as 20 nm- Confocal microscope/SPM combination

https://depts.washington.edu/ntuf/Site Director: Franois Baneyx

Infrastructure: Nanotech User Facility (NTUF)


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Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program (NSF)

2000-2005: NSF-IGERT in Nanotechnology ($2.7M)

Dual Ph.D. degree in Nanotechnology (19 earned/46 ongoing)

45+ nanotechnology-related courses

Graduate Fellowships

Early Bird Fellowships

Mentoring Program

2005-2010: NSF-IGERT Building Leadership for the Nanotechnology Workforceof Tomorrow (funded via NIH-NCI; $3.2M)

Create tracks (academia/national labs/industry/entrepreneurship)

Local and Global Partnering (FHCRC, National Labs, Overseas Centers &Universities [England, Japan, Korea, Germany], and Industry)

Bias Fellowships towards highly interdisciplinary/multi-institutiton projects Improve recruitment of under-represented groups

Director: Marjorie Olmstead

Education: The CNT IGERT Program

Bio-inspired and Functional Materials:

Biomimetic and hybrid materials Biological nanosystems Nanostructured materials and composites

Engineered catalysts Photonic and magnetic materials

Nanoscale Devices:

Organic and molecular electronics Spintronics NEMS Quantum structures

DNA and protein arrays

Biology and Medicine:

Biomaterials and tissue engineering Cell signaling and cellular organelles Disease diagnostics and treatment Nanoscale signal transduction

CNT Faculty Research

50 m

2 m

100 nm

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