Brookhaven National Laboratory Unveils $81 Million Center for Functional Nanomaterials

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Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Construction has been completed on an $81 million nanoscale research center on Long Island in Upton, New York. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) first unveiled plans for the project in 2002 as reported in the Pharmaceutical Tracker - Online Database as one of five to be built across the country. Developed by the agency’s office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), the purpose of the project is to expand the research and development of nanotechnologies for a variety of reasons beneficial to the country, including bio-terror detection and fuel cells that could help reduce dependence on foreign oil.

Located on the grounds of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the 94,500 square-foot research building is formally known as the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN). The center contains six laboratory clusters and will provide access to beamlines at the National Synchrotron Light Source, which is also located at Brookhaven. Its scientific program will be organized into five scientific thrust areas, aligned along specific functional materials, with a sixth thrust area in applications of these materials.

HDR Architecture, Incorporated (Alexandria, Virginia) designed the CFN, which is located on a nine-acre site. The building has a metal and glass exterior and is filled with over $25 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment, including both electron microscopy and lithography-based fabrication facilities. Clean-room capacity in the center varies from Class 10 to 10,000. Capable of housing up to 150 people, the CFN was designed as a "green," or energy efficient and environmentally friendly building, based on the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating system. The E. W. Howell Company of Woodbury, New York served as the construction manager for the project.

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