The official account of the Molecular Foundry, a nanoscale science user facility at Berkeley Lab. Researchers from around the world submit proposals to get free access to our experts, state of the art tools, and innovative capability development
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#FoundryFriday The World Cup kicks off this week — and nature's been making soccer balls for billions of years. Bacterial protein shells use the same geometry, and our users can now build them outside living cells in under an hour. ⚽🔬 #Foundryat20 #nanoscience #WorldCup2026 https://bit.ly/49YgmTI
We're hosting Dr. Jie Xu @argonnenationallab/ @uchicago for a joint seminar with the Advanced Light Source on her self-driving laboratory, Polybot an AI-guided platform that autonomously designs, synthesizes, and characterizes advanced polymers.Tues., Jun 9 at 11:00 AM PT
Can we build the ultimate water electrolyzer? Find out at our next seminar with Shannon Boettcher from UC Berkeley, whose lab designs materials and devices for clean hydrogen production, CO₂ capture, and electrochemical energy conversion. Tues., May 26 at 11:00 AM PT #CO2capture In person or Zoom.
Can we fabricate at the atomic scale & make it practical? Find out at our next seminar with Tito Busani from UNM, whose lab pushes the boundaries of nanolithography using GaN nanowire probes to achieve sub-7 nm resolution patterning for photonics and quantum technologies. Tues., Jun 2 at 11:00 AM PT
Join us for a seminar with William Borders of NIST! His talk "CMOS-Integrated Novel Device Technologies for Next-Gen Computing" explores hardware that could power the next generation of AI, using novel devices like stochastic magnetic tunnel junctions. Tues., Jun 16 at 11:00 AM PT. Link in bio.
Can a 2D material power quantum technologies? Dr. Sanjay Behura (SDSU) joins us to explore spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride for quantum sensing & communication. Tues. May 19th 11 AM PT In person & Zoom. #nanoscience #BerkeleyLab https://bit.ly/4euhcut
Our 2026 User Meeting (Aug 20–21) morning sessions cover critical metals, soft matter, photonic quantum tech & an MBXAS workshop — hands-on X-ray spectroscopy simulation developed at the Foundry! 🔬⚛️
Register: usermeeting2026.foundry.lbl.gov
#nanoscience #MFAUM26
Our 2026 User Meeting (Aug 20–21) afternoon sessions: bio-inspired critical materials recovery, core-level spectroscopy (PICKLES), superconducting qubit materials & an AI agents workshop with hands-on DFT tutorial 🤖🧲
Register: usermeeting2026.foundry.lbl.gov
#nanoscience #MFAUM26
✨ #FoundryFriday — on the eve of the International Day of Light, explore 20 years of luminescent nanoparticle science at the Molecular Foundry. From single-protein imaging to avalanching nanoparticles. 🌟
#Foundryat20 #nanoscience
🔗 https://bit.ly/42q5Bp0
⏰ Abstract deadline: May 15!
Molecular Foundry users — submit your abstract for a contributed talk at our Annual User Meeting. Each symposium includes at least 2 contributed talks, and unselected abstracts are invited to the poster session: https://bit.ly/4nqRaut
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