For sample requests that involve standard samples from the 2DCC currently available samples in Thin Films or Bulk Crystals, the following verbiage is included in the sample request portal that the submitting PI agrees to at the time of proposal submission.
The sample is being provided to you and your institution/employer for use in accordance with your Proposal. Costs for producing and shipping the sample for U.S. academic and U.S. government institutions are fully covered by NSF cooperative agreement DMR-2039351, and the sample is provided at no charge to you and your institution/employer. You agree to acknowledge the 2DCC-MIP (NSF DMR-2039351) as the source of the sample in any publications.
The Recipient agrees to use the Materials in compliance with all appliable laws and regulation, including any applicable export laws.
You acknowledge that the sample is experimental in nature, may have hazardous properties, and are expressly provided “AS IS.” PSU MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND EXTENDS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSEOR THAT THE USE OF THE MATERIALS WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT OR OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHT OF ANY THIRD PARTY. You assume all liability for damages which may arise from its use, storage or disposal of the Materials. The 2DCC or Penn State will not be liable to you or your institution/employer for any loss, claim or demand made by you, or made against you by any other party, due to or arising from your use of the Sample.
By submitting this sample request, I agree to these terms of transfer
For sample requests of more experimental samples that the 2DCC is making in the in-house research program but are not currently listed as available samples in the standard sample catalog the following applies:
If Penn State non-standard samples are being sent to a user at an external institution/company, then execution of Penn State's Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA) is required. The 2DCC team will contact the Penn State Office of Technology Management (OTM) with the necessary information for preparing the MTA. OTM will prepare and forward the agreement to the user’s institution/company for signature and notify 2DCC personnel when the agreement is fully executed so arrangements can be made by 2DCC staff to send the subject materials to user at their institution/company.