Nanotechnology Research – Universities

Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) is an approach which can help to find relationships between structure properties of studied compounds and target property or biological activity. Quantitative structure?activity relationships (QSAR) offer the possibility for screening a large number of chemicals in a short time and with low cost. The QSAR establish a statistical relationship between biological activity or environmental behavior of the chemicals of interest and their structural properties. Using QSAR, one can obtain an estimate of the activity of a chemical from its molecular structure only.

The nanotechnology laboratory is working on development, understanding and application of one of the most important surface investigation technique: Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) in UHV, and on application Molecular Beam Evaporation (MBE) for insulator/semoconductor and metal/insulator thin films.

Nanoscience and nanotechnology research at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

Research activities include synthesis and characterization of a variety of nanoobjects-tubes, wires and particles of different materials, their chemical modification and organization as well as thin films and powders of transition metal oxides showing interesting physical properties.

The research area of the laboratory covers basic research of inorganic synthesis chemistry, development of synthetic routes and preparation techniques, molecular engineering & design and high-pressure synthesis chemistry and nanomaterials.

The group's approach to exploring new properties arising in nanostructured materials is to integrate their research starting from the production of particles, their characterization and assembly to designed structures, the physical investigation of such structures and the modeling and understanding of the results.

Professor Bowen's research interests are centered around clusters and nanoparticles. A major objective of Dr. Bowen's research is to provide a molecule's eye view of many-body, condensed phase interactions. The study of size-specific and composition-specific clusters provides an incisive means of addressing this fundamental and longstanding problem in physical chemistry.

The Institute for Nanobiotechnology has been established at Hopkins to bring together expertise from the fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, biology, medicine, and engineering to enable the creation of new knowledge and new technologies.

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU), one of 26 MRSECs funded by the National Science Foundation, is composed of scientists at JHU, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Research in the Center focuses on the science and engineering of magnetoelectronics. Research focuses on magnetic nanostructures.

The School's Engineering Programs for Professionals offers the Nanotechnology Option with the Master of Materials Science and Engineering program. Within the option, students can pursue a concentration in nanomaterials or biotechnology.

Research in the Searson group at Johns Hopkins involves the synthesis and fabrication of nanomaterials with novel properties.