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The Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at Argonne is a DOE Office of Science user facility providing researchers from across the globe with world-class expertise and instrumentation for multidisciplinary nanoscience and nanotechnology research.

Academic, industrial and international researchers can access CNM through our user program for both nonproprietary and proprietary research. Access is provided at no cost to users for research that is in the public domain and intended for publication.

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Research Highlights

Study reveals magneto-mechanical device potential of van der Waals magnets

In a Nano Letters paper, ultrafast electron microscopy unveiled the intricate dynamics of spin-mediated coherent acoustic phonons in a thin-film cavity of a van der Waals antiferromagnet, FePS3.

Synthesis of borophene nanoribbons with attractive quantum-confined electronic properties

In an ACS Nano paper, researchers achieved the bottom-up synthesis of borophene nanoribbons through atomic boron deposition on vicinal Ag(977) substrates, overcoming challenges associated with limited boron precursors and complex bonding structures.

Long-lived, bright biexcitons demonstrated in CdZnSe/CdS quantum dots

In a Nano Letters paper, researchers contribute to our understanding of multiexciton photophysics and highlight the practical applications in technologies requiring radiative multiexcitonic emission.

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