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MIPs are national user facilities dedicated to accelerating advances in materials research. Each MIP is equipped with state-of-the-art experimental and computation tools and technologies focused on a specific area of materials research. What makes MIPs unique is that their tools and technologies, scientific expertise, data, and research samples are open to the community — creating an unparalleled environment for strong scientific research. In addition to serving external users from across the nation (and outside the U.S. for a fee), each MIP also has an in-house research program, data-enabled science efforts, and education/outreach activities, to support their community of researchers.

There are currently four MIPs:

GlycoMIP

With user facilities located at Virginia Tech and the University of Georgia, GlycoMIP focuses on automating the synthesis of rationally designed glycomaterials — materials containing complex chains of sugars called glycans. GlycoMIP provides access to state-of-the-art instrumentation and services for glycomaterials synthesis, characterization, and modeling.

BioPACIFIC MIP

2DCrystalConsortium (2DCC)

The 2DCC-MIP, located at Penn State University, is focused on the development of two dimensional (2D) chalcogenides for applications in next generation devices. These materials include 2D transition metal dichalcogenides that are only a few atoms thick, topological insulator chalcogenides that only conduct on the 2D surface, multilayers of dissimilar chalcogenides whose properties are dominated by 2D interfaces.

PARADIM

The PARADIM platform is located at Cornell and Johns Hopkins Universities and helps users design, create, and characterize new inorganic interface materials — materials that do not exist in nature—with unprecedented properties for the next generation of electronic devices.