MMC Goals

To extend, improve and mold the electronic laboratory environments already in place at each of these Centers into a single cohesive virtual laboratory, accessible from anywhere on the Internet.
To use the extended capabilities of the virtual Collaboratory to address materials sciences research problems related to interfaces and surfaces in economically important materials of interest to DOE programs.
To develop a functional, interactive electronic collaboratory having the necessary tools for operation by the microanalysis community; leading to a truly new paradigm in scientific research.