Welcome!

The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) is a Department of Energy/Office of Science Nanoscale Science Research Center (NSRC) operating as a national user facility devoted to establishing the scientific principles that govern the design, performance, and integration of nanoscale materials. Through its Core Facility in Albuquerque and Gateway to Los Alamos Facility, CINT provides open access to tools and expertise needed to explore the continuum from scientific discovery to the integration of nanostructures into the micro- and macro world. [download CINT Fact Sheet]

Save the date!
Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories announce the 2009 Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) User Conference to be held September 29th and 30th in Santa Fe, NM.
As part of the Conference there will be two special workshops. This year the topics are:

• Nanoplasmonics: Fundamentals, Applications and Integration
• Interfacial Phenomena in Nanoscience Integration

We hope that you will be able to join us.

Along with the conference, we will be offering an optional tour of the CINT Gateway to Los Alamos Facility on the afternoon of September 30th, 2009. In order to comply with DOE requirements, we must process non-US citizen visitor information well in advance of the actual tour. If you would like to attend the tour of the CINT Gateway Facility, and you are not a US citizen, please contact Antonya Sanders (antonya@lanl.gov) by June 29th, 2009.

More details and a website for registration will be forthcoming.

There will be other events happening in conjunction with the CINT Users conference in Santa Fe.

• A satellite NSF-sponsored workshop for faculty interested in promoting nanoscience education will be held on Monday September 28. Some support to attend the workshop and the CINT meeting will be available. Check the NMNEI website for details. http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/nmnei/workshops.html
• On September 27-29 there will be a workshop titled New Frontiers in Casimir Force Control, http://cnls.lanl.gov/casimir/
• The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) is planning to have their Users Conference during the week of September 27-October 1. http://lansce.lanl.gov/

CINT News..

CINT searching for Co-Director
CINT is currently searching for a LANL Co-Director to replace Toni Taylor, who has become LANL's Materials Physics and Applications Division Leader. Details of the job posting can be found here and by following our job opportunities link. John Sarrao (sarrao@lanl.gov) and Julie Phillips (jmphill@sandia.gov) are co-chairing the search committee and would welcome inquiries from potentially interested applicants.

CINT Director named APS Fellow
Bob Hwang has been elected a 2008 Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is recognized for pioneering experiments on metal-on-metal epitaxy leading to fundamental advances in the understanding the structure of thin metal films, and for his exceptional service in the advocacy of nanoscience in the United States. 

Rapid Access to CINT
Prospective users seeking rapid access to CINT for limited, time-critical research before the Fall 2009 proposal cycle are asked to contact the CINT User Program Manager, Neal Shinn (ndshinn@sandia.gov, 505-844-5457). Users who are approved for rapid access must submit a regular User Proposal in the next available regular cycle (Fall 2009) in order to have continued access to CINT.