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Hub Overview
Atlanta's nanotechnology is anchored by Georgia Tech and its Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, which operates one of the largest open cleanroom complexes in the southeastern United States from the Marcus Nanotechnology Building. The institute is a National Science Foundation site, open to outside academic and industrial users, with strength in semiconductors, micro- and nanofabrication, MEMS, electronics, and biomedical engineering. Georgia Tech's engineering scale, combined with a growing startup and advanced manufacturing environment, gives the city real weight in applied nanotechnology.
Activity is concentrated around Georgia Tech's Midtown campus and the Marcus Nanotechnology Building, with links to Emory University, the regional medical research base, and Georgia's broader technology economy. The open cleanroom is the practical draw for outside users, and Georgia Tech's role in semiconductor workforce development gives the hub an applied, industry-facing character. Atlanta is strongest in electronics, semiconductor research, nanoscale systems, MEMS, and translational engineering.
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Locations of nanotechnology research labs and companies across the Atlanta area. Click any marker for the institution’s profile and to find hotels nearby.
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Key Institutions
Georgia Institute of Technology
11 nano groups
Emory University
3 nano groups
Georgia State University
1 nano group
Research Labs & Groups
The following nanotechnology research groups and labs are based in the Atlanta area.
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Atlanta
The Ke Lab in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech uses structural DNA nanotechnology, including DNA origami and DNA bricks, to build programmable nanostructures and nanodevices for biophysics, biosensing, and drug delivery.
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Atlanta
The Salaita Lab in the Department of Chemistry at Emory University develops DNA nanotechnology and DNA mechanotechnology, including molecular tension sensors and synthetic DNA motors that measure and apply piconewton forces in living cells.
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Atlanta
The Surgical Oncology Nanomedicine Research Lab led by Lily Yang at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University develops theranostic nanoparticles and receptor-targeted nanoparticle agents for image-guided drug delivery and treatment of pancreatic and breast cancer.
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University
Atlanta
The CNCF in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, is a multi-user facility. Its mission is to provide the Georgia Tech campus with state-of-the-art tools for performing advanced research on a variety of nanoscale materials.
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University
Atlanta
COPE is a premier national research and educational resource center that creates flexible organic photonic and electronic materials and devices that serve the information technology, telecommunications, energy, and defense sectors. COPE creates the opportunity for disruptive technologies by developing new materials with emergent properties and by providing new paradigms for device design and fabrication.
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University
Atlanta
Since 2001 and the invention of graphene electronics the Georgia Tech epitaxial graphene research team led by Walt de Heer and its collaborators are developing the new field of epitaxial graphene electronics.
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University
Atlanta
Dr. Filler's research group works at the interface of chemical engineering and materials science, emphasizing the atomic-level engineering of nanoscale semiconductors for applications in energy conversion, electronics, and photonics.
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University
Atlanta
The Institute for Matter and Systems is one of Georgia Tech's Interdisciplinary Research Institutes. Matter and systems refer to the transformational technological and societal systems that arise from the convergence of innovative materials, devices, and processes. The Institute for Matter and Systems leverages Georgia Tech's researchers, state-of-the-art facilities, and world class educational programs to facilitate the creation of the systems of tomorrow and their enabling components.
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University
Atlanta
The mission of the group is to advance the science and engineering of organic and hybrid nanostructured materials and enable technological innovations for applications in communications, sensing, displays, energy efficient solid-state lighting, and power generation.
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Atlanta
The Laboratory for Synthetic Immunity led by Gabe Kwong in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech develops nanomedicine and nanosensor technologies, including iron oxide nanoparticle biosensors and lipid nanoparticle delivery of synthetic antigens for cancer diagnosis and immunotherapy.
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University
Atlanta
The Liu Research Group led by Meilin Liu in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech develops nanostructured electrode and electrolyte materials for solid oxide fuel cells, batteries, and other electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices.
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University
Atlanta
The mission of Prof. Gleb Yushin's group is to develop innovative nanotechnology-driven solutions that would facilitate a cleaner environment, decreased energy consumption, safer and healthier lives for people around the globe, and other benefits to society. The group's current focus is directed towards the synthesis of innovative nanostructured materials for supercapacitors, fuel cells and batteries.
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Atlanta
The SEMA Lab led by Vladimir Tsukruk in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech studies bioinspired and hybrid nanomaterials, including MXene nanosheets, cellulose nanocrystals, and plasmonic nanostructures for sensing, photonics, and coatings.
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University
Atlanta
The Thomas Laboratory led by Susan Thomas at Georgia Tech engineers lymphatic-targeting nanoparticles and polyplex micelles for drug delivery and cancer immunotherapy, integrating biomaterials, transport, and immunology.
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University
Atlanta
The Gangli Wang Research Group in the Department of Chemistry at Georgia State University studies nanoelectrochemistry, including charge transport in metal nanoclusters and ion transport through single nanopores and nanopipettes for energy and sensing applications.
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Nanotech Companies
Commercial nanotechnology companies based in the Atlanta area.
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Atlanta
Carbice develops innovative materials solutions that produce substantial value in electronic device markets including LEDs, high power computers, mobile devices, aerospace, and defense.
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Atlanta
Migra Therapeutics is an Emory University spinout developing receptor-targeted, stroma-penetrating hyaluronic acid nanoparticles to deliver chemotherapy and other payloads into drug-resistant solid tumors such as pancreatic and breast cancer.
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Atlanta
TCPoly develops Ice9 thermally conductive polymer composites and 3D printing filaments and pellets that use carbon and ceramic fillers to manage heat in electronics, aerospace, and other applications.
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