NNIN at Penn State - Research Nuggets
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) capabiilities span the full spectrum of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology. NNIN actively supports projects in Physics, Optics, Materials, Life Sciences, MEMS, Electronics, and Chemistry. Each of the thirteen network sites is different, offering a specialized set of technologies and services to the network.
NNIN at Penn State Research Nuggets:
- Advances in Chemical Patterning
- Examples of Complex Oxide Device Integration
- SAM contacts and Nanoscale Junctions
- Artifical "Spin Ice"
- Wide-bandgap Tunable RF and Detection Devices
- Micron-scale Ceramic Instruments
- Pyroelectric Materials for Thermal Imaging
- Micromachined Piezoelectrics for High Frequency Ultrasound
- PZT Nanopillar Arrays
- Porous OSG Films by PECVD
- Performance Grading SystemTM
- Lateral Collection Nanostructured Solar Cell
- Piezoelectric Microcantilever Sensor
- Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Sectioning of Frozen Samples
- Graphene Field Effect Transistors
- Long-range proximity effect of Co nanwires with FIB deposited superconducting W-electrodes
- Microfluidics for Cellular Bioassays
- Three Degrees of Freedom Atomic Force Microscope

