Interdisciplinary research community

in nanotechnology

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Plasma asher operating inside the cleanroom, actively cleaning a silicon wafer with oxygen plasma to remove organic residues before lithography
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Silicon wafer in the lithography bay with a droplet of photoresist deposited at the center, about to undergo spin coating to form a uniform thin film

The CNI represents an interdisciplinary community within Columbia University dedicated to the support and development of research efforts in Nanoscale Science and Engineering. 

  • CNI provides the faculty-based intellectual basis and support for the development of new research concepts, directions, and programs.

  • CNI provides an administrative and business infrastructure for the development of new research program concepts, for developing research proposals, and for administration of research programs, with special emphasis on large scale interdisciplinary research centers.

  • CNI develops, manages, operates, and maintains a set of user shared lab facilities to support research activities and makes these available to the entire Columbia community and external users at modest cost.

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