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| Brookhaven Center for Functional Nanomaterials | |
|---|---|
| Name | Center for Functional Nanomaterials |
| Caption | Nanoscience laboratories and clean rooms |
| Established | 2006 |
| Location | Upton, New York |
| Type | National Laboratory user facility |
| Parent | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
Brookhaven Center for Functional Nanomaterials is a United States Department of Energy user facility located at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. The center provides access to specialized instruments, expertise, and collaborative programs for researchers from Columbia University, Stony Brook University, New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other institutions. It operates as part of the national network of user facilities alongside centers such as Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The center is organized to support interdisciplinary research at the intersection of materials science, chemistry, physics, and engineering with an emphasis on nanoscale phenomena. It houses clean rooms, synthesis labs, and characterization suites used by staff scientists and external users from institutions including Harvard University, Stanford University, Princeton University, California Institute of Technology, and Yale University. The facility complements programs at national laboratories such as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories and contributes to major initiatives like the National Nanotechnology Initiative.
Planning and construction were undertaken during the early 2000s as part of strategic investments by the United States Department of Energy and the Office of Science. The center opened in 2006 within the campus of Brookhaven National Laboratory and expanded capabilities through partnerships with universities such as Rutgers University and Cornell University. Over time, instrumentation acquisitions were supported by awards from sources such as the National Science Foundation and collaborations with industry partners including IBM and Intel. The center has evolved alongside developments at facilities like the National Synchrotron Light Source II and in coordination with initiatives at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.
Facilities include class 10–1000 clean rooms, molecular beam epitaxy systems, atomic layer deposition tools, and transmission electron microscopes comparable to those at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Major instruments include aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope systems, scanning probe microscopes, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instruments, and ultrafast laser spectroscopy setups. The center leverages beamlines and techniques associated with National Synchrotron Light Source II and collaborates with staff from Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies and Advanced Photon Source. Equipment acquisitions have been funded in part by awards from the Department of Energy and partnerships with companies such as Thermo Fisher Scientific and JEOL.
Research themes span nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, energy conversion and storage, catalysis, and quantum materials. Projects address topics relevant to Batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, and thermoelectrics as studied by teams from Columbia University, Brookhaven Lab divisions, and consortia including the Energy Frontier Research Centers. Investigations into two-dimensional materials draw on expertise linked to Graphene research and collaborations with groups at University of Manchester and University of California, Berkeley. Research on topological materials and correlated electron systems engages scientists associated with Princeton University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The center maintains formal user programs and research partnerships with academic institutions such as Stony Brook University, SUNY, Queens College, and CUNY as well as industry collaborators including Google, Microsoft, and Samsung. It participates in consortia with national laboratories like Argonne National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and contributes to federal initiatives involving the National Institutes of Health for biomedical applications and the Department of Defense for advanced materials. International collaborations include exchanges with Max Planck Society, CERN, and universities in Japan and Germany.
The center operates a peer-reviewed user access system modeled after practices at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, enabling scientists from Yale University and other institutions to propose experiments. It runs internship and training programs for students from Queens College and Suffolk County Community College and hosts workshops with societies such as the American Chemical Society and the Materials Research Society. Outreach includes public lectures connected to events at Brookhaven National Laboratory and joint educational programs with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Work at the center has contributed to high-impact publications in journals affiliated with organizations like the American Physical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Notable achievements include advances in nanocatalysis relevant to fuel cell technology, fabrication methods influencing quantum computing device research, and fundamental studies of two-dimensional materials that intersect with discoveries recognized by prizes such as the Nobel Prize in Physics. Collaborations involving the center have supported grants from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and private foundations, and have fostered technology transfer interactions with companies including IBM Research and Intel Labs.
Category:Brookhaven National Laboratory Category:Nanotechnology research centers Category:Research institutes in New York (state)