In addition to the CNMS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory operates a number of other National User Facilities for use by the broader research community. In particular, the facilities listed on this page offer a variety of capabilities for materials characterization and computational nanoscience that may enhance the research projects of CNMS users. The CNMS has established cooperative agreements with these ORNL facilities to coordinate proposal review and scheduling for users needing access to multiple facilities. Prospective CNMS users are encouraged to take advantage of these related user facilities during planning, proposing, and conducting research at the CNMS. Details about the capabilities of each of these user facilities can be found on their individual web-sites using the links provided below.

• Shared Research Equipment (SHaRE) User Facility
  The Shared Research Equipment (SHaRE) User Facility provides microanalytical facilities for studies within the materials sciences. Most SHaRE projects seek correlations at the microscopic or atomic scale between structure and properties in a wide range of metallic, ceramic, and other structural materials. CNMS users can request access to SHaRE facilities in their CNMS proposal by inserting a one-page appendix. The SHaRE user program also facilitates access in this way to microanalysis capabilities that are housed in the Materials Analysis User Center at the High Temperature Materials Laboratory.
  
  
• Neutron Scattering at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
  Neutron scattering techniques provide exceptional tools for studying the structure and dynamics of materials at the molecular level. With the High Flux Isotope Reactor—the highest flux reactor-based neutron source for condensed matter research in the United States—and the Spallation Neutron Source—the world's most intense pulsed accelerator-based neutron source—ORNL provides neutron scattering capabilities unavailable anywhere else in the world. CNMS staff members can assist CNMS users to identify the appropriate neutron scattering resources and develop competitive beamtime proposals for submission to either SNS or HFIR.
  
  
• National Center for Computational Sciences
  The National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) provides the most powerful computing resources in the world for open scientific research. It is one of the world’s premier science facilities—an unparalleled research environment that supports dramatic advances in understanding how the physical world works and using that knowledge to address our most pressing national and international concerns. CNMS users who require high performance computing are able to obtain access to NCCS computers and receive assistance in running codes on them through submission of a CNMS user proposal.
  
  
• The High Temperature Materials Laboratory
  The High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML) helps solve materials problems that limit the efficiency and reliability of advanced systems for power generation and energy conversion, distribution and use. Instruments available at the six HTML user centers have extensive capabilities for characterizing the structural, chemical, physical, and mechanical properties of materials at the nano- and micro-scales and over a wide range of temperatures. Please contact the HTML directly to inquire about their facilities and learn whether it may be appropriate to request access to the HTML as part of your CNMS user project.