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2 The Nanofabrication Facility
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... 4 National Research Council (NRC) , An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology: Fiscal Year 2011, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2011.
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... ALIGNMENT WITH MISSION Consistent with the observation in the 2011 NRC assessment, the NanoFab operation, with its excellent facility and staff, is well aligned with the mission to serve as a national user facility. The presentations provided during the review showcased how these facilities were leveraged to support NIST research projects and industry and, through collaborations, academia.
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... Overall, the user fee income is increasing by about 10 percent per year; however, this was heavily influenced by a large spike in CNST usage in FY2015. Ignoring that spike, total user fee income has been nearly flat since the NRC assessment in 2011.5 5 NRC, An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology: Fiscal Year 2011, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2011.
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... , and a significant number of companies, all of which have little or no capabilities in nanoscale fabrication and characterization, makes the CNST NanoFab a tremendous potential asset for economic development and training of nanoscale researchers in the region. Furthermore, given its level of support and access to the process research team, it could become a national resource for research fabrication facilities.
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... An effort to make the CNST process detail readily available for publication in the NIST research journal is an excellent idea, as is the lithography toolbox developed by a project leader in the NRG. Still, distribution mechanisms need to be developed if the work is to have any impact.
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