CHESS users may also access related facilities at PARADIM, fabrication facilities in the Cornell Nanoscale Facility and related characterization facilities in the Cornell Center for Materials Research.
Users should request time and access as part of the original CHESS proposal. Successful proposals will be allocated “credits” for use of these facilities. Charges may apply depending on the facility.

The Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials (PARADIM) helps users design and create new interface materials—materials that do not exist in nature—with unprecedented properties for the next generation of electronic devices.
PARADIM facilities are exclusively for the growth and characterization of novel electronic materials and interfaces. Furthermore, the PARADIM is a materials-by-design platform. Successful user proposals are expected to make full use of the iterative design loops involving the three aspects of PARADIM resources–Growth, Characterization, and Simulation–to develop and understand new interface electronic materials.
As related to characterization and processing of samples grown within PARADIM, these can be accomplished at no cost to the user. Users requiring expanded access to PARADIM resources for broader research purposes can apply for broader access via the PARADIM User Program. https://paradim.cornell.edu

Support for PARADIM is funded by NSF under DMR-1539918 as part of the Materials Innovation Platform program. PARADIM is a separate facility and consists of multiple laboratories; additional training and safety orientation may be required.

The Cornell NanoScale Facility (CNF) offers a broad range of hands-on nanofabrication resources to users, including some of the most advanced lithography resources in the country. Examples of appropriate tasks under the PARADIM affiliation would include fabrication of Hall bars, TLM or van de Pauw structures, simple diodes and tunneling structures via simple lithography and thin film processing, and materials and surface characterization via SEM, AFM, EDS, and standard electrical testing. These can be accomplished at no cost to the user (i.e. fees are paid by PARADIM to CNF). Users requiring expanded access to CNF resources for broader research purposes can apply for broader access via the CNF User Program on a fee for service basis). www.cnf.cornell.edu

CNF is supported by NSF under ECCS-1542081 as part of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure. CNF is a separate facility and laboratory; additional training and safety orientation may be required.

The Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) offers a broad range of materials processing and materials characterization resources in support of its research program and user program. Examples of resources that would be appropriate under the PARADIM affiliation would include, for example, x-ray diffraction, SEM, EDS, AFM, FIB, and other TEM resources not included above. As related to characterization and processing of samples grown within PARADIM, these can be accomplished at no cost to the user (i.e. fees are paid by PARADIM to CCMR). Users requiring expanded access to CCMR resources for broader research purposes can apply for broader access via the CNF User Program on a fee for service basis). www.ccmr.cornell.edu
CCMR is funded by NSF under DMR-1120296 as part of the MRSEC program. CCMR is a separate facility and consists of www.chess.cornell.edu multiple laboratories; additional training and safety orientation may be required.