About the Facilities
The Columbia Nano Initiative Shared Lab Facilities are open to student and faculty researchers, as well as those from government, start-ups, and industry. The Clean Room offers a comprehensive set of tools for microfabrication and nanofabrication. The Materials Characterization Laboratory and the Electron Microscopy Laboratory offer state-of-the-art instruments for chemical and structural characterization of materials. The shared facilities stimulates the development of new major research centers.
CNI: Nanofabrication
CNI NANOFABRICATION CLEAN ROOM
A ,5000 sqft facility with class 10,000 to 1,000 labs. It is dedicated to providing the processing tools, instrumentation, technical expertise, and team-teaching environment to support and stimulate collaborative research in nanoscale science and engineering. The facility supports the creation and evaluation of devices and materials with state-of-theart fabrication and characterization equipment. Applications include nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices, micro and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), flexible electronics, bio-electronics, nano-bio interfaces, and more. This laboratory supports multidisciplinary research across many academic departments and disciplines within Columbia University and welcomes researchers from other academic institutions, government laboratories, and industrial organizations ranging from start-ups to large companies. The research bridges the physical, chemical, biological, and medical sciences.
SMCL: Characterization
SHARED MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LAB
The SMCL provides materials researchers with access to state-of-the-art microscopy, spectroscopy, and diffractometry instrumentation. It supports research across many different departments within Columbia University and welcomes researchers from other academic institutions, government laboratories, and industrial users.
EM: Microscopy
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
The advanced CNI Electron Microscopy facility includes a Transmission Electron Microscope, two Scanning Electron Microscopes (both located in CEPSR building, one inside the clean room), and a suite of sample preparation instruments. The mission of the facility is to train students and researchers in theory and practice of scanning and transmission electron microscopy and to provide research and education services to the Columbia and greater New York communities. This laboratory supports research across many different departments within Columbia University and welcomes researchers from other academic institutions, government laboratories, and industrial users ranging from start-ups to large companies.