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Hub Overview
Albuquerque pairs a major research university with two national laboratories, and its nanotechnology runs through that federal connection. The standout asset is the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, a Department of Energy user facility jointly run by Sandia and Los Alamos national labs, with its core building in Albuquerque and free access for open science. The University of New Mexico adds its Center for High Technology Materials, focused on photonics, microelectronics, and nanoscale devices. The mix gives the region a distinct tilt toward microsystems, optics, and defense-related advanced technology.
Activity clusters around the University of New Mexico campus and the Sandia Science and Technology Park, where the nanotechnologies center and Sandia's microsystems work sit close together. The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies is the practical draw for outside researchers, since it accepts proposals from anywhere and charges nothing for work that will be published. The hub is best understood as an applied microelectronics, photonics, and microsystems cluster serving university, federal lab, and industry users.
Research Map
Locations of nanotechnology research labs and companies across the Albuquerque NM area. Click any marker for the institution’s profile and to find hotels nearby.
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Key Institutions
University of New Mexico
8 nano groups
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
1 nano group
Sandia National Laboratories
1 nano group
Research Labs & Groups
The following nanotechnology research groups and labs are based in the Albuquerque NM area.
Lab
Albuquerque
CINT is a Department of Energy/Office of Science Nanoscale Science Research Center (NSRC) operating as a national user facility devoted to establishing the scientific principles that govern the design, performance, and integration of nanoscale materials.
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Lab
Albuquerque
Sandia National Laboratories microsystems and nanofabrication complex spanning silicon and compound-semiconductor cleanrooms for the design, fabrication, integration and qualification of microsystems, microelectronics and nanodevices; co-manages the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies.
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University
Albuquerque
The nanostructures research group of C. Jeffrey Brinker developing the synthesis, processing and integration of porous, composite and complex nanostructured materials, including mesoporous silica nanoparticles and protocells for targeted drug delivery and nanomedicine.
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University
Albuquerque
CHTM's mission is one of research and education at the boundaries of two disciplines. The first, optoelectonics, unites optics and electronics, and is found in CHTM's emphasis on semiconductor laser sources, optical modulators, detectors and optical fibers. The second, microelectronics, applies semiconductor technology to the fabrication of electronic and optoelectronic devices for information and control applications.
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University
Albuquerque
A University of New Mexico materials research center focused on micro- and nanoscale materials, including self-assembly of nanoscale materials, nanostructured electrochemical ceramics, catalysis and sensor technologies, developed in close collaboration with Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories.
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University
Albuquerque
This exciting program bridges the distinct properties of the nanoscale to microsystem functionality. The integrated academic and research activities highlight our capabilities and unique breadth in materials synthesis and self-assembly, nanolithography, interrogative platforms, and functional micro/macrosystems.
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University
Albuquerque
An NSF-IGERT Ph.D. Fellowship Program. A Training Program to Prepare Graduate Students for Emerging Nanotechnology Fields.
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University
Albuquerque
This exciting program bridges the distinct properties of the nanoscale to microsystem functionality. The integrated academic and research activities highlight our capabilities and unique breadth in materials synthesis and self-assembly, nanolithography, interrogative platforms, and functional micro/macrosystems.
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University
Albuquerque
A University of New Mexico shared user facility providing electron microscopy and nanoscale materials characterization, including aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and focused ion beam instrumentation.
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University
Albuquerque
Nanoscience at the University of New Mexico is a member of NNIN
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Nanotech Companies
Commercial nanotechnology companies based in the Albuquerque NM area.
Products
Albuquerque
Advanced Optical Technologies is committed to world-class research and development in a variety of areas in physical optics such as design and characterization of nanostructured optical coatings and polymer films.
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Biomedical
Albuquerque
Develops point-of-care diagnostic systems built on a silicon-nanowire biosensor platform that measures protein biomarkers from a small blood or saliva sample in minutes, with a lead test for traumatic brain injury.
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Products
Albuquerque
A materials science-based technology development and manufacturing company whose Capacitance Products Division is developing advanced capacitance materials such as nano-size ceramic dielectric powders.
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