Nanotechnology Research – Laboratories

Namlab, a joint venture of Qimonda Dresden GmbH and the Technical University of Dresden provides industry oriented materials science and research concentrating on new and promising nano-electronic materials for semiconductor applications of tomorrow.

The Nano Science and Technology Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences is composed of the research institutes of CAS engaging in nano science and technology study and development.

A joint nanotechnology research institute founded by the Technical University Graz and Joanneum Research.

The Nanobioengineering Research Laboratory, a collaboration between the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), is a multidisciplinary centre belonging to the Catalan Bioengineering Institute (IBEC) in which joint research on the applications of nanotecnology to biology and biomedicine is carried out.

A group of conceiving inventing and utilizing optical microscopes with resolution at the nanometer scale to advance life sciences.

The Nanofab assists local business in the Veneto area with nanotechnology based innovation and product development.

Nanofactory specializes in the application of nanoscale engineering to high-volume consumer products. They sign-post and showcase world-leading expertise, capabilities and facilities in micro- and nanotechnologies across the Yorkshire universities.

NanoMaterials Design & Commercialization Center at Alliance is a consortium of leading Aerospace, Defense and Advanced Manufacturing (ADAM) companies, research universities, community colleges and the State of Texas. Their mission is to identify and address technical challenges in materials design, insertion and fabrication commonly faced by ADAM sector firms.

A cooperative effort of 8 institutions, the nanomedicine development center focuses on a model nucleoprotein machine that carries out non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) of DNA double strand breaks. This machine has a simple structure and significant clinical relevance.

The goal of the Nanomotor Drug Delivery Center is to construct a synthetic modified motor with artificial components for use in a variety of nanodevices and nanomedical applications. The center is to create liposomes and nano-structured arrays with embedded and active modified phi29 DNA-packaging motors for both passive and active transport of DNA and drugs.

The main subjects of the scientific activity of the Centre comprise the complex study of unique photocatalytic properties of nanocrystalline photoactive materials (mostly titanium dioxide) and research of their practical utilisation in the field of self-cleaning, anti-bacterial coatings, photocatalytic purification of water, air and contaminated soil, organic synthesis and solar energy conversion.

A nonprofit scientific research and education foundation chartered to conceive, establish, and conduct cutting-edge technology, research, and development in the areas of aerospace, education, energy, life sciences, shipping and transportation.

The Nanotechnology Platform at the Parc Científic de Barcelona provides researchers with the facilities required for Nanotechnology research projects, particularly in Nanobioengineering. The platform is a 10000 /100 class cleanroom appropriately equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment for the manufacture of micro and nanostructures and their subsequent study and characterization.

NTRC is a unit of the Industrial Technology Research Center and is the center of INTRI's overall nanotechnology activities.

JILA is an institute for interdisciplinary research and graduate education in the physical sciences, operated jointly by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado at Boulder, and involving NIST Quantum Physics Division 848 researchers. These NIST scientists participate in a variety of nanotechnology activities, several of which are summarized here

(site in Spanish) Nanoscience and nanotechnology in the Catalonia area of Spain.

The research work focuses on experimental research and development in nano and bio technologies as well as on a strong complementary modeling and simulation effort that includes computational nanotechnology, computational nanoelectronics, computational optoelectronics, and computational modeling of processes encountered in nanofabrication.

Research projects in the bionanotechnology area include Nanoscale Quantum Dot Arrays and Protein-Templated Nanoparticle Array.

NAST is a multidisciplinary research and training centre designed to promote research programs among engineers, materials and medical scientists at the farefront of Italian (bio-) nanotechnology.

The NCL serves as a national resource and knowledge base for all cancer researchers to facilitate the regulatory review of nanotechnologies intended for cancer therapies and diagnostics.

The center is based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Partner institutions include Yale University, University of Southern California, University of Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, Argonne National Laboratory, Oxford University, Wabash College, University of California, Davis, nanoHUB at Purdue University, and the University of New Mexico.

The research focus of the Center is on design, modelling and synthesis of nanomaterials with specific properties and various possible applications. Initial focus is on carbon nanotubes, silicon nanoparticles and nanolayer deposition techniques.

NCNT in Sofia is a national centre for excellence in nanoscience and nanotechnology for both the academic community and manufacturing industries. The activities are essentially multi- disciplinary and cover a wide spectrum of application in nanotechnology and precision measurements, involving the study of unconventional materials and manufacturing methods

A highly interdisciplinary programme for investigating the synthesis, assembly, properties and commercial application of nanomaterials.

NCC is using its quick commercialization and manufacturing acceleration capabilities to help bring nanocomposite products to market.