Nanotechnology Research – Universities

The group is involved in modeling structure and dynamics of doped and undoped carbon cluster solids, fullerene solids, carbon nanotubes and nanoparticales, simple and organic molecular crystals. Experimental activities involve irradiation of thin film samples to heavy and swift ions and characterizing them, working on methods to produce carbon nanotubes.

The group is involved in areas of research like modeling structure and dynamics of doped and undoped carbon cluster solids, fullerene solids, carbon nanotubes and nanoparticales, simple and organic molecular crystals.

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Polymers, materials and nanomotor research.

PennState's Center for Nanoscale Science was established as an NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center to carry out interdiciplinary and eductaional outreach in the areas of Molecular nanofabrication, Biomolecular Motors, and Collective Phenomena in Restricted Geometries

CNEU is the home of the Pennsylvania Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Partnership and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Center for Nanofabrication Manufacturing Education

The Penn State Nanofab offers expertise in 'top-down' (e.g. deposition, etching) and 'bottom up' (e.g. self-assembling films) nanofabrication.

Professor of Polymer Science and Chemistry at PennState University

The Penn State BioNEMS group, led by Prof. Tony Jun Huang, is a multidisciplinary research team that explores nanoscience and nanotechnology at the interface of physics, materials, engineering and biology (Fig.1). Their mission is to 1) understand the physical laws that govern material properties as they scale from molecular to nano to micro to meso to macro, 2) explore hierarchical nanomanufacturing techniques for the generation of micro/nano structures with controllable molecular architectures and functionality, and 3) develop micro/nano devices to benefit medical diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

The Mallouk group at PennState takes a building block or 'Lego' approach to the synthesis of interesting inorganic materials from the bottom up. Some of this research is very fundamental in nature and is designed to learn the rules of assembly of objects on the nanometer and micron length scales.

Nanomaterial physics research group at PennState.

The Center works in the field of semiconductor nanorods and nanodevices as one of the National Creative Research Initiatives programs in South Korea.

The CSS was established in 1997 to develop new supramolecular assemblies with desired structures, properties and functions by utilizing the principles of molecular recognition and self assembly. Emphasis is placed on the supramolecular systems that can provide the operating principles of molecular switch, molecular memory, and sensor.

Research on the development of new and facile synthetic routes for the formation of functional nanostructures and their applications.

The group studies the characterization of nano-structured materials and makes self-assembled nano-patterned templates.

The Department of Soft Condensed Matter deals with research topics such as Hydrogen Storage in Nanoporous Materials, photonic crystals or self-assenbling systems.

The Group has a well established experience in growth, characterization and processing of semiconductors and insulating materials.

The Center's function is to facilitate research and education in nanoscale science and technology by developing particle-beam methods for fabricating and examining small structures.

Research includes organic conducting nanolayers, e.g. PANI films. Applications: sensors, FET, nanowiring, nano- and molecular electronics.

PRISM is a multidisciplinary research center at Princeton University in the general field of materials science through photonics with a special emphasis on the hard material - soft material interface.

The mission of NanoStructures Laboratory (NSL) is to explore and develop 1) New nanotechnologies that will fabricate structures substantially smaller, better, and cheaper than current technology permits. and 2) Innovative nanoscale electronic, optoelectronic, and magnetic devices by combining cutting-edge nanotechnology with frontier knowledge from different disciplines.

The projects at Purdue reach across the categories of nanomaterials, nanodevices, nano/bio interfaces, nanomanufacturing, computational nanotechnology, and nanometrology/characterization.

Gerhard Klimeck is the Technical Director of the NCN (National Science Foundation Network for Computational Nanotechnology) and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. His research interest is the modeling of nanoelectronic devices, genetic algorithm based optimization, and image processing.

LIBNA is focused on research in BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology, in the areas of interface between micro, nanoengineering and life sciences.

nanoHUB is a web-based initiative spearheaded by the NSF- Network for Computational Nanotechnology. Its mission is to serve as a resource for research and education in the areas of nano-electronics, NEMS, and their application to nano-biosystems and to be the place where experiment, theory and simulation meet and move nanoscience to nanotechnology. The Nanohub provides online simulation services as well as courses, tutorials, seminars, debates, and facilities for collaboration.