Nanotechnology Research – Laboratories

Major research centre with multidisciplinary approach including materials, nanobio, electronics, microrobotics.

The California Institute of Nanotechnology's mission is to conduct research and development and provide professional education and training in the frontier of nanotechnology to meet the needs of the emerging industry for the benefit of the society. The institute conducts advanced and applied research in nanotechnology to help solve major problems facing mankind such as diseases, shortage of energy and global environmental issues.

CIFAR selects research areas that tackle fundamental questions challenging our understanding of the natural world and of human society. Its Nanoelectronics program focuses both on fundamental science of how materials behave at the nanometer scale, and engineering issues such as creating new nanomaterials used for both research and applications.

CANMET-MTL has nanotechnology projects in the areas of hydrogen storage and noxious gas sensors.

CCNE goal is to design and fabricate novel and innovative, multifunctional nanodevices and then test their in vivo performance using sophisticated mouse models of human cancer.

The SiNaPS laboratory is committed to basic research on the optical and physical properties of low-dimensional semiconductor structures and their applications to nano optics and nano electronics.

(Website in French) One of the largest applied research laboratories in Micro and Nanotechnologies in Europe, it focuses on microelectronics and microsystems on silicon, systems for biology and health, and optoelectronic and components.

The lab's goal is to understand the fundamental design principles of cellular control systems and to apply these principles to engineer cells or cell-like devices with novel, 'smart' therapeutic functions.

The CEMES goals are for one part to establish links between the atomic architecture and the physical and chemical properties of a material or a nano-material and for another part to design, synthesise and study the first prototypes of molecular nano-machines, studied one at a time.

Cenamps is an entrepreneurial, not-for-profit company established in the North East of England, with the aim of strengthening the region's economic foundation, R&D capabilities and performance through the creation of high-tech jobs and new business opportunities. Various nanotechnology projects are part of Cenamps' efforts.

The Center for Cell Control is working to first utilize systems control, with therapeutic intent, to determine the parameters for guiding the cell to a directed phenotype/genotype which will then be followed by in depth study, using nanoscale modalities, of the path by which this desired state is achieved. This approach will enable engineering systems that can be applied towards the regulation of a spectrum of cellular functions, such as cancer eradication, controlling viral infection onset, and stem cell differentiation.

CINT is a Department of Energy/Office of Science Nanoscale Science Research Center (NSRC) operating as a national user facility devoted to establishing the scientific principles that govern the design, performance, and integration of nanoscale materials.

Nanomaterials (electronic, magnetic and optical) fabrication and analysis.

The Centre for Materials Discovery (CMD) is championing the use of High Throughput (HT) technologies across multiple industrial sectors within Merseyside and the Northwest of England. Competencies include materials synthesis for organic materials, polymers, porous materials, nanomaterials.

CNMM is a joint venture between the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Its mission is to advance the science and technology of manufacturing and realization of products based on the use of the unique properties achieved at the nanoscale.

CNER is an Army funded center and exists at four university sites, with the University of Minnesota as the lead institution.Its mission includes developing new methods for nanoparticle growth and surface passivation and developing new Sol-Gel methods for generation of nanostructured materials with emphasis on energy release.

The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a collaborative nanoscience user research facility for the synthesis, characterization, theory, modeling, simulation, and design of nanoscale materials. It is one of five Nanoscale Science Research Centers currently being established by the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy.

The Center consists of a Research Program and the Nanofab, a shared-use facility providing economical access to state-of-the-art nanofabrication and nano-measurement tools.

FENA aims to create and investigate new nano-engineered functional materials and devices, and novel structural and computational architectures for new information processing systems beyond the limits of conventional CMOS technology.

Centexbel is a Belgian textile research centre that offers activities around Research & Development and Services (testing included) throughout its regional offices. It's nanotechnology activities focuss on nanoscale modifications of textile surfaces by means of atmospheric plasma treatment; nano coatings; and the incorporation of nano additives in fibres and coatings; and electro-spinning for the production of nano fibres

Preparation, characterization and test for application of nanomaterials in the form of particles, fibers, tubes and thin films by various methods and techniques such as sol-gel, co-precipitation, hydrothermal, solvothermal, microemulsion, CVD, PVD, and electrodeposition.

The Centre CIN2 wants to be a relevant actor in nanoscience and nanotechnology research in the international arena. Investigation in CIN2 are carried out by different groups specialist in knowledge areas like electronic transport modelling, scanning tunnelling microscopy, synthesis of nanoparticles, surface nanostructuring, nanoestructured hybrid materials, nanoionics, nanooptics, nanomagnetism, low temperature transport in nanoentities (carbon nanotubes and graphenes) , nano-bio-sensoring and nanotechnology for energy, instrumentation and toxicity.

The main activity of the department Science and Analysis of Materials is the investigation of the all range of materials up to the nanometre scale using state-of-the-art instrumentation.

The ongoing research programmes at the CCMB are in three major categories - high quality basic research in the frontier areas of modern biology, research relevant to societal needs, and application-oriented research towards commercialisation.

The specific thematic objectives of the Centre are enhancement of the research potential in the field of advanced structural and functional materials and development of highly specialized techniques of investigation to obtain information on properties of materials and their behavior in service conditions.