Nanotechnology Research – Initiatives, Networks & Associations

The Center of Excellence in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (CE NS and NT) is the response of Slovenian researchers and industry to meet the challenges of new technology. The CE NS and NT project encompasses top-level facilities that enable researchers to achieve significant results.

A high-competence materials engineering cluster and R&D service provider.

CMU-RC is a not-for-profit organization established to facilitate innovative research and development opportunities between the university and high technology companies. CMU-RC is dedicated to establishing and operating a national center of excellence in the research fields of business intelligence and nanoscale sciences.

The Centre de Compétences Nanosciences Nord Ouest (C’nano Nord Ouest) gathers laboratories from Nord-Pas de Calais, Picardie, Basse-Normandie, Haute-Normandie, Bretagne, Pays de la Loire and Poitou-Charentes regions.

CENS is a collaboration between the University of Durham and CENAMPS, the North East's Centre of Excellence in nano, microelectronic and photonic systems.

The Centre for Quantum Computer Technology is an Australian multi-university collaboration undertaking research on the fundamental physics and technology of building, at the atomic level, a solid state quantum computer in silicon together with other high potential implementations.

(Spanish/Portugese language site) An Argentinian-Brazilian nanotechnology network.

Charged Particle Nanotech is an Integrated Project in the European Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), research priority NMP ('Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences, knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials, and new Production Processes and Devices'). CHARPAN is driven by industrial needs for new efficient production technologies for the fabrication of complex 2D and 3D surface structures necessary in numerous nanotechnology devices such as templates for nanoimprint applications.

chem2biz is a joint initiative by the TechnologieZentrum Ludwigshafen am Rhein GmbH (TZL) and BASF Aktiengesellschaft. Company founders and companies from the chemistry-based sectors of chemistry, nanotechnology, new materials, bio-technology and process and analytical technology can call on a modularly-structured full-service offering during the start-up and growth phases of their business.

Goal of the activities is to define nanomaterials/nanotechnology R&D priorities for the chemical and material processing industry to help guide government funding

The Chesapeake Nanotech Initiative is a collaborative effort by Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia to accelerate the development of innovative nanotechnology products and entrepreneurial businesses in the region.

A Marie Research Training Network which apporoaches the general goal of probing, understanding and using chiral molecular and supramolecular interactions at the nanoscale.

The EU FP6 project Circles of Light is expected to increase the European competitiveness in Nanophotonics by providing new solutions to overcome technological gaps and to make silicon a leading material base also in photonics.

(Site in German) Main objective of the Cluster Nanotechnology is the set-up of a competence network in order to support the efficient transfer of the results of latest research and development into the industry. Activities of the Cluster Nanotechnology focus primarily on enterprises with application potential for nanotechnologies with special regard to small and medium-sized enterprises.

A non-for-profit corporation with a broad-based Board of Directors that will lead, coordinate and enable partner organizations to complete the action steps necessary to improve Colorado's competitive position in five target areas: leadership, business growth, research and technology transfer, workforce development and public education and societal change.

Responsible for developing Australia's National Nanotechnology Strategy. Houses a National Research Flagship for Niche Manufacturing that includes nanomanufacturing.

A website linking together 350 Competence Research Centres from across Europe has been launched by the EU-funded COMPERA (National and Regional Programmes and Initiatives dedicated to the creation and support of Competence Research Centres) project.

(Site in German) The Center of Competence in Nano-Scale Analysis is a nationwide network created to link core competences in the fields of particle and surface analysis in order to develop improved mechanisms for transferring basic research into products, manufacturing processes and services.

The CRNCPM links several research groups engaged in the research of nanostructured and crosslinked polymeric materials in the Czech Republic.

CORONA is a European project of nine partners all along the value chain in micro and nanotechnologies (MNT). CORONA attempts to accelerate the businesses of European companies.

CSIR is one of the leading scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisations in Africa. CSIR Materials Science and Manufacturing through its Science Initiatives and Industry Themes investigates and develops nanomaterials and nanostructures.

A joint effort between CSIRO and 9 Australian universities, the cluster researchers carbon nanotube membranes and nanocomposite electrodialysis for desalination membranes.

The Czech Nanotechnology Cluster aims to build a strong group of closely cooperating nanoproduct suppliers, businesses using nanotechnologies in their products and research and educational institutes operating in this sphere.

The NanoOffice is part of the Center for Interdisciplinary Technology Studies (ZIT) at Darmstadt Technical University. It serves as a platform for interdisciplinary discussions, the development of joint initiatives and the pursuit of various research and outreach projects.

The materials investigated include metals, amorphous and crystalline alloys, semiconductors, oxide, nitride and carbide ceramics in the form of clusters, thin films, multilayers and bulk nanocrystalline materials. All synthesis techniques are based on vapor phase processes such as Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and DC- and RF- Magnetron Sputtering for thin films and multilayers and Chemical Vapor Synthesis (CVS) and Inert Gas Condensation (IGC) for clusters and nanocrystalline materials.