I hope everyone is having a productive summer and has carved out some time to relax and escape the summer heat. The VINSE team remains hard at work as we just wrapped up another round of professional development short courses and workshops with full enrollments in our electron microscopy, microfabrication, atomic force microscopy, and microfluidics courses, and a diverse audience filling the room in the quantum computing workshop we hosted with the QRISE Center at MTSU.
We also finished the installation of a new Elionix ELS-BODEN 50 electron-beam lithography system, which is now open to users. This tool provides a significant upgrade to our nanofabrication capabilities, enabling patterning of features down to 10 nm with high precision and high throughput for next-generation device development.
Finally, I encourage you to submit images to our Summer 2026 VINSE Image Competition. The remarkable images produced through nanoscale research not only showcase scientific achievements but also highlight the beauty and creativity that emerge from discovery. We would love to feature your most eye-catching images around our facility and in our 2027 calendar.
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Elionix ELS-BODEN 50 Electron Beam
Lithography System Installed
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VINSE has enhanced nanofabrication capabilities with the installation of the Elionix ELS-BODEN 50 electron-beam lithography (EBL) system. The new tool combines high-resolution patterning with dramatically increased throughput, enabling researchers to fabricate features as small as 10 nanometers while significantly reducing write times.
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VINSE Successfully Concludes June's Professional Development Programs
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VINSE wrapped up a successful month of June, bringing together more than 90 participants for hands-on training and a collaborative quantum computing workshop. From advanced microscopy and microfabrication to quantum programming, these programs expanded access to cutting-edge research skills while fostering collaboration across academia, industry, K-12 education, and the broader community.
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Four Graduate Students Join VINSE NanoGuides Program
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From nanoparticle synthesis to brain-computer interfaces, VINSE's newest NanoGuides represent a wide range of cutting-edge research areas. Get to know the four graduate students who will help showcase nanoscale science through tours, outreach, and educational programs.
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Submit Your Entries: Summer 2026 Image Competition Now Open
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Researchers, students, and facility users are invited to submit images of materials or devices fabricated or characterized with VINSE equipment. Selected images will be displayed across our facilities and featured in the 2027 VINSE calendar.
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VINSE Researcher Highlights
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VINSE Technical Highlights
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The Cary 5000 UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer with the Universal Measurement Accessory provides quantitative measurements of optical properties of materials, enabling automated multi-angle measurements of reflectance, transmission, absorptance, and scattering.
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The Solar Test Bed has recently been upgraded with new lamps and a coding overhaul. The system lets you take light- and dark-current-voltage measurements using an easy-to-use Python script while ensuring your solar cells are illuminated at 1 Sun.
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