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A Message from Chuck Black

CFN Director Chuck Black reflects on the deeper meanings of the challenges faced over the last year.
A Message from Abram Ledbetter

Abram Ledbetter, chair of the CFN Users’ Executive Committee, describes an opportunity to contribute to a special collection for Nanotechnology highlighting the science of staff and users at the CFN and other DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers.
Updates for the User Community

Grace Webster, CFN user program administrator and outreach coordinator, discusses the steps for users to return to the CFN, the upcoming user proposal deadline, and a new instrument ready to accept users.
News and Notes

Recent news, research highlights, awards and honors, and personnel changes at the CFN are reported.
Coatings Choose All Sides for a Biomedical Imaging Win

Harvard Medical School users and CFN staff developed a new method for coating three-dimensional (3D) laser microdiscs and other nanoparticles with ultrathin metal oxides.
Leveraging DNA to Create Advanced, Usable Materials with Jason Kahn

The CFN staff scientist is conducting research in DNA-based assembly and building a one-of-a-kind automated platform to explore self-assembly processes.
Capturing the Chemistry of Light-Activated Cancer Drugs with Ruomei Gao

The associate professor at SUNY College at Old Westbury has been using CFN facilities to investigate two primary processes of photosensitization.
Safety Update

CFN ES&H Coordinator Wai-Lin Ng describes upcoming changes to the face covering policy for those fully vaccinated and provides important safety reminders for staff and users returning to the CFN.

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