Nanotechnology Research – Universities

The Centre was established to carry out research on cutting-edge technologies in two of the most crucial sectors in the world - Healthcare and Energy. The Centre aims to develop products based on nanomaterials that could be commercialized in the near future.

The STS Initiative's Nanoscience and Society Research Group at the University of Massachusetts Amherst brings together faculty from five research centers and seven degree-granting departments and programs within SBS engaged with several dimensions of the societal implications of nanotechnology.

Research on nano-scale hybrid systems comprised of solid state devices and organic materials.

The institute integrates innovative research on nanosystems with far-reaching interdisciplinary education.

Site of the Korea-Sweden Carbon Based Nanostructure Research Center (KSCNR).

The research fields at NNML are: Inorganic-Inorganic Layered Nanohybrid; Inorganic-Porous Layered Nanohybrid; Inorganic-Bio layered Nanohybrid; Exfoliation of Layered Oxide & LDH Materials; Exfoliation of Layered Superconductors.

Founded in 2005 INN intends to be the hub of Nanotechnology in the country and has the mission of promoting Nanotechnology in the university and in the country by providing a network of researchers from various disciplines and supporting activities that are related to Nanotechnology.

The Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Center (NNRC), aims at actively creating and nurturing a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of different perspectives, life experiences, and scientific backgrounds will pursue their academic goals and enhance Shaw University’s capacity and academic values.

The Nanotechnology Centre for PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) Research is involved in the processing, characterisation and use of advanced nanostructural materials, including advanced nanostructural functional and decorative PVD coatings for applications in various industries such as: aerospace, automotive, textile, hydraulic, cutting tools.

The Nano-Imaging Facility is part of the Pacific Centre for Advanced Materials and Microstructures (PCAMM) and provides investigators at SFU and the surrounding community with access to high resolution instruments for the nanoscopic characterization of materials.

The group seeks to understand how molecules and nanoparticles assemble spontaneously at the nano-micro scales. The work gives insights into the design and function of biomolecular structures. Moreover, they develop rules for the design of new types of fluids and materials that could be useful in consumer products, oil recovery, drug delivery and nanotechnology.

The ultimate goal of Choi's Group is to develop a biochip which can be used as a new generation electronic devices. In order to achieve those things, Choi's Group has studied the fundamental and advanced techniques involved in the development of the bio memory.

The primary research objective of CAAN is to conduct research in nanotechnology with a strong potential for commercialization. The research to be conducted will be focused in areas of current expertise, namely, nanoparticles and associated aspects of nanosensors.

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the University of Southampton.

The center is focused on the areas of advanced photonics, including Fundamental Photonics, Information Photonics, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics.

The research activities in the laboratory focus on the fabrication of biomaterials and biodevices, acquisition and sensing of bio-information, and application of bio-information systems.

(site in Chinese only) Set up at the National Cheng-Kung University

The Stanford Nanocharacterization Laboratory (SNL), housed within the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials , is being set up to provide modern facilities for the characterization of material

The Stanford Nanoelectronics Group was founded in September 2004 by Professor H.-S. Philip Wong. The group's research interests are in nanoscale science and technology, semiconductor technology, solid state devices, and electronic imaging. The group is interested in exploring new materials, novel fabrication techniques, and novel device concepts for future nanoelectronic systems.

The goal of the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility is to provide researchers with effective and efficient access to advanced nanofabrication equipment and expertise

The research at Bao's laboratory at Stanford's Department of Chemical Engineering are centered on using chemical and chemical engineering approaches towards the formation of functional nano- and microstructures with novel electronic and photonic properties.

The research of the Dai Laboratory at Stanford interfaces with chemistry, physics, materials science and biophysics. Ongoing projects include developing new synthetic routes to ordered nanomaterial architectures; electrical, mechanical, electromechanical and electrochemical characterizations at the nanoscale; and probing the real-space structures and functions of biological molecules.

The group is interested in the theoretical and computational research of photonic crystals, micro-photonic and nano-photonic structures, as well as solid state devices.

The group's research is at the intersection of experimental condensed matter physics and nanoscale science and technology. Their efforts involve local probes, nanoassembly, collective phenomena, spin/charge manipulation, reduced-dimensional systems, and single quanta physics.