The Neurotechnology Center is part of the Brain Science Program, which builds on Brown's strength in brain science research by promoting interdisciplinary research and training. Neurotechnology resources include a 3T MRI facility, housed in the new 168,000-sq. ft. Sidney Frank Hall for Life Sciences; a clean-room-housed microelectronics facility with lithography, etching, and other capabilities for processing of materials; a Materials Synthesis Facility for electrochemical and chemical fabrication and analysis of nanochannel alumina templates, metal/semiconductor nanodots and nanowire arrays; an Advanced Thin Film Growth and Monitoring Facility consisting of a UHV electron beam evaporation system with unique capabilities for monitoring film microstructure and properties during growth; and testing and analysis facilities, including an X-ray diffraction facility, a Mechanical Testing and Materials Processing Facility, and a Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility. In addition, members of the Neurotechnology Center work in cooperation with researchers at the Providence Veterans Administration Hospital's Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine.