Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University

About Us

 

I.   Primary user groups of the Nanotech facility are:

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green technologies, 

quantum information technologies, biomedical devices 

 

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II.  Nanotech is a shared instrumentation facility for the WFU community and it enables excellence in R&D through the resource development of four CORE labs:

 

• Materials synthesis and processing,

• Cleanroom and microfabrication,

• Analytical electron microscopy, x-ray and Auger analysis,

• Optical testing.

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III. Outreach programs such as workshops, seminars, and classes enhance NANOTECH's engagement with users and cross-seeds new ideas and techniques within the community.

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Fee Structure

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The facilities are supported by user fees. However, the University supplements operations for reduced fee access for its faculty, staff, and students. In some circumstances fees may be waved altogether. Thus, research financing should never impede access to good scientific tools.  

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Governance

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The Nanotech Center does not have members in the usual sense. Its users are Center members. Operations of the Center are governed by an oversight Board consisting of faculty (representatives of different user groups), outside scientists, the director, a grad student representative. This group is intended to represent the interests of all stakeholders: users, administrators, staff, students.

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