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Center for Functional Nanomaterials

January 01, 1970


The Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) is a science laboratory specializing in nanoscale research. It is located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York, United States.

Overview edit

The CFN provides capabilities for the fabrication and study of nanoscale materials, with an emphasis on atomic-level tailoring to achieve desired properties and functions. The CFN is a science-based user facility, simultaneously developing scientific programs while offering access to its capabilities and collaboration through an active user program.[1]

The CFN is operated for and funded by the US Department of Energy's Office of Science.[2]

Scientific themes edit

The science at the CFN is organized around these scientific themes:[3]

Scientific highlights within these themes can be found at the CFN Research Highlights Archive.

Research facilities edit

The CFN is housed in a building consisting of offices and laboratories, located next to the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS). The facility contains five groups of laboratories called Laboratory Facilities, a Theory and Computational Center, and a set of advanced endstations on beamlines at the NSLS.

The Laboratory Facilities include capabilities in nanopatterning, transmission electron microscopy, nanomaterials synthesis, ultrafast laser sources, and powerful probes to image atomic and molecular structure, together with clean rooms and other support instrumentation. Access is also offered to the Laser Electron Accelerator Facility (LEAF).

User program edit

The CFN is operated as a national user facility, accessible to researchers at universities, and industrial and national laboratories through peer-reviewed proposals. The user program provides access to laboratory facilities staffed by scientists and technical support personnel who are active in nanoscience research.

Modes of Access edit

General Users are researchers or research group that use the CFN's facilities for non-proprietary research, after the submission of a proposal and its positive evaluation by an external Proposal Review Panel (PRP).

Partner Users are General users who also enhance the facility capabilities or contribute to the Center operation. They typically help develop instrumentation in some manner, either by bringing external financial or intellectual capital into the development of the facility. These contributions must be made available to the General Users and, therefore, benefit the overall User Program as well as the facility. Partner Users are provided negotiated access to one or more capabilities over a period of several years.

Rapid Access: Users who feel that the timeliness of their research may be negatively affected by the length of the whole proposal-review process can request Rapid Access. Proposals submitted for rapid access are reviewed and approved by the CFN Director, technically assisted, if necessary, by pertinent group or facility leaders. Besides being feasible at the CFN and scientifically important, proposals being considered for Rapid Access must include a justification of the time-sensitive nature of the project.

Proposal submission and review process edit

Prior to submitting a proposal, prospective users are encouraged to identify the appropriate CFN scientists and capabilities needed for their research project, and contact the CFN staff to confirm feasibility. Although not required, early discussion with CFN scientist(s) can help the prospective user understand the capabilities available, feasibility, safety & training issues, and level of effort required. There are three work cycles per year: January–April, May–August, and September–December.

All user proposals undergo a feasibility/safety review by CFN staff. The prospective user is advised of any concerns/issues and offered the opportunity to revise the proposal, if appropriate, to resolve those issues/concerns. After the initial review, the proposals are sent to an external Proposal Review Panels (PRP). Each proposal is assigned to the most relevant panel, reviewed and scored by at least three panel members. Rapid access proposals are reviewed by the CFN Director. The PRP scores and comments are used by the Facility Leaders or designees to prioritize access to CFN. Prospective users are notified of the decision (accept/decline) and given the feedback comments from the PRP.

Once the proposal has been accepted, a User Agreement is executed (if none is in place). The prospective user schedules the facility time with the Facility Leader or designee, and conducts work. The user is expected to publish the results in the peer-reviewed literature. At the conclusion of the project, the user completes an End-of-Experiment Survey and reports related publications/presentations to the CFN. If the user needs to continue his project after the proposal expires in two years, he/she is required to submit a final project report before the new proposal is accepted.

CFN users may conduct either non-proprietary (pre-competitive research to be published) or proprietary research. Prospective users must designate if any/all of their user proposal involves proprietary information and if any of the user project, if accepted, would be proprietary work. For proprietary work at the CFN, full-cost recovery is required and a proprietary research agreement (.pdf) must be in place prior to starting work. BNL makes efforts to secure appropriate intellectual property control so that proprietary-research users can exploit their experimental results.

Upon acceptance of a user proposal for non-proprietary research, the user's institution is required to execute a nonproprietary user agreement. In addition to defining the terms & conditions for intellectual property created during the user project, the agreement confirms that the user will publish the results in the open technical literature in return for no-fee access to the CFN.

References edit

  1. ^ . Brookhaven National Laboratory. Archived from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  2. ^ . Brookhaven National Laboratory. November 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  3. ^ . US Department of Energy. 2020-04-27. Archived from the original on 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2020-10-04.

External links edit

  • CFN Website
  • CFN Staff List

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This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources February 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message The Center for Functional Nanomaterials CFN is a science laboratory specializing in nanoscale research It is located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island New York United States Contents 1 Overview 2 Scientific themes 3 Research facilities 4 User program 4 1 Modes of Access 5 Proposal submission and review process 6 References 7 External linksOverview editThe CFN provides capabilities for the fabrication and study of nanoscale materials with an emphasis on atomic level tailoring to achieve desired properties and functions The CFN is a science based user facility simultaneously developing scientific programs while offering access to its capabilities and collaboration through an active user program 1 The CFN is operated for and funded by the US Department of Energy s Office of Science 2 Scientific themes editThe science at the CFN is organized around these scientific themes 3 Electronic Nanomaterials Interface Science and Catalysis Electron Microscopy Soft and Biological Materials Theory and Computation Scientific highlights within these themes can be found at the CFN Research Highlights Archive Research facilities editThe CFN is housed in a building consisting of offices and laboratories located next to the National Synchrotron Light Source NSLS The facility contains five groups of laboratories called Laboratory Facilities a Theory and Computational Center and a set of advanced endstations on beamlines at the NSLS The Laboratory Facilities include capabilities in nanopatterning transmission electron microscopy nanomaterials synthesis ultrafast laser sources and powerful probes to image atomic and molecular structure together with clean rooms and other support instrumentation Access is also offered to the Laser Electron Accelerator Facility LEAF User program editThe CFN is operated as a national user facility accessible to researchers at universities and industrial and national laboratories through peer reviewed proposals The user program provides access to laboratory facilities staffed by scientists and technical support personnel who are active in nanoscience research Modes of Access edit General Users are researchers or research group that use the CFN s facilities for non proprietary research after the submission of a proposal and its positive evaluation by an external Proposal Review Panel PRP Partner Users are General users who also enhance the facility capabilities or contribute to the Center operation They typically help develop instrumentation in some manner either by bringing external financial or intellectual capital into the development of the facility These contributions must be made available to the General Users and therefore benefit the overall User Program as well as the facility Partner Users are provided negotiated access to one or more capabilities over a period of several years Rapid Access Users who feel that the timeliness of their research may be negatively affected by the length of the whole proposal review process can request Rapid Access Proposals submitted for rapid access are reviewed and approved by the CFN Director technically assisted if necessary by pertinent group or facility leaders Besides being feasible at the CFN and scientifically important proposals being considered for Rapid Access must include a justification of the time sensitive nature of the project Proposal submission and review process editPrior to submitting a proposal prospective users are encouraged to identify the appropriate CFN scientists and capabilities needed for their research project and contact the CFN staff to confirm feasibility Although not required early discussion with CFN scientist s can help the prospective user understand the capabilities available feasibility safety amp training issues and level of effort required There are three work cycles per year January April May August and September December All user proposals undergo a feasibility safety review by CFN staff The prospective user is advised of any concerns issues and offered the opportunity to revise the proposal if appropriate to resolve those issues concerns After the initial review the proposals are sent to an external Proposal Review Panels PRP Each proposal is assigned to the most relevant panel reviewed and scored by at least three panel members Rapid access proposals are reviewed by the CFN Director The PRP scores and comments are used by the Facility Leaders or designees to prioritize access to CFN Prospective users are notified of the decision accept decline and given the feedback comments from the PRP Once the proposal has been accepted a User Agreement is executed if none is in place The prospective user schedules the facility time with the Facility Leader or designee and conducts work The user is expected to publish the results in the peer reviewed literature At the conclusion of the project the user completes an End of Experiment Survey and reports related publications presentations to the CFN If the user needs to continue his project after the proposal expires in two years he she is required to submit a final project report before the new proposal is accepted CFN users may conduct either non proprietary pre competitive research to be published or proprietary research Prospective users must designate if any all of their user proposal involves proprietary information and if any of the user project if accepted would be proprietary work For proprietary work at the CFN full cost recovery is required and a proprietary research agreement pdf must be in place prior to starting work BNL makes efforts to secure appropriate intellectual property control so that proprietary research users can exploit their experimental results Upon acceptance of a user proposal for non proprietary research the user s institution is required to execute a nonproprietary user agreement In addition to defining the terms amp conditions for intellectual property created during the user project the agreement confirms that the user will publish the results in the open technical literature in return for no fee access to the CFN References edit Center for Functional Nanomaterials CFN Brookhaven National Laboratory Archived from the original on 2020 09 25 Retrieved 2020 10 04 CFN Five year Strategic Plan Brookhaven National Laboratory November 2019 Archived from the original on 2020 10 04 Retrieved 2020 10 04 Center for Functional Nanomaterials Description US Department of Energy 2020 04 27 Archived from the original on 2020 10 04 Retrieved 2020 10 04 External links editCFN Website CFN Staff List Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Center for Functional 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