CNM Scientific Themes | Argonne National Laboratory

Research at the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) is consolidated under three crosscutting and interdependent scientific themes. Collectively, they aim at the discovery and integration of materials across different length scales at the extremes of temporal, spatial and energy resolutions.

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Theme I – Quantum materials and sensing

The goal of this theme is to combine CNM’s expertise in synthesis, fabrication, characterization and theory on nanometer length scales to discover fundamental mechanisms and materials for quantum information and sensing.

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Theme II – Manipulating nanoscale interactions

The goal of this theme is to study the mechanical forces and the electromagnetic interactions between nanoscale constituents at length scales that vary from the atomic to the sub-micron.

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Theme III - Nanoscale dynamics

The goal of this theme is to study excitation-driven energy flow and structural transitions in nanoscale materials on femtosecond to millisecond timescales over angstrom to macroscopic length scales.