On Mar. 8, 2018, an editorial published in Nature Catalysis, expounded the history of catalysis science, forecasted the future trend of catalysis research, and specified especially the important role vacuum interconnected nanotech workstation (NANO-X) played in catalytic research in the near future.
Focusing on the basic research and industrial application of nanoscience, NANO-X was jointly established by Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of CAS and Tsinghua University. It will become an advanced and open platform for nanomaterial research and device fabrication through integrating multiple techniques for material synthesis, device fabrication and characterization.
This editorial pointed out that NANO-X is a promising example to illustrate the advantage of integrated or interconnected analytical instruments in catalysis research. Taking advantage of an array of characterization systems interconnected by ultra-high vacuum pipes, it can perform multiple characterization on a single sample excluding the contamination step through air.
In its first construction stage, NANO-X has took part in several to-be-verified projects including III-V semiconductor materials and manufacturing technology, basic research and new device development of low-dimensional high-temperature superconducting materials, research and application of nano catalysis and new energy materials, new materials for lithium battery storage.
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