Greater Los AngelesNanotechnology Hub & Visitor Guide

The group works at the intersection of physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science. They use a multidisciplinary approach to design, synthesize, and characterize biologically inspired materials for applications in unconventional electronic devices.

The HIER Lab researches thermal solutions for emerging areas of nanotechnology where heat transfer is critical to performance and reliability, with expertise in thermal transport in microdevices and nanomaterials.

The mission of INRF is to develop and promote engineered nanoscale systems through research, education and outreach.

The Patterson Lab explores soft matter chemistry and electron microscopy, including polymers, coacervates, colloids, lipids, emulsions and MOFs, with emphasis on imaging and quantitative analysis of soft materials.

The University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Santa Barbara have joined to build the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), which will facilitate a multidisciplinary approach to develop the information, biomedical, and manufacturing technologies that will dominate science and the economy in the 21st century

The Duan Research Group works on hetero-integrated nanostructures and nanodevices, including two-dimensional layered materials, nanoscale hetero-integration, energy harvesting and nanoscale systems for biological interfaces.

The Nano Transport Research Group works on transport processes involving electrons, phonons, photons and fluids, with applications in energy transport, conversion and storage, aerospace, micro/nanoelectronics, sensors, advanced materials and manufacturing.

The Nanoelectronics Research Facility is part of the Elecetrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The Paul S. Weiss Group is an interdisciplinary group of scientists, engineers and clinicians researching the ultimate limits of miniaturization to develop new chemical understanding of the physical and biological world.

Research in the group focuses around two intertwined goals. These are first, to create complex materials with nanoscale periodicity using self-organization, and second, to produce new physical properties because of that nanoscale architecture.

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The Center of Excellence in NanoBiophysics supports faculty and students in the study of molecular nano-assembly, structures and functions, serving research programs in structural biology, nanotechnology, nanomedicine, molecular biology, biochemistry and materials sciences.

The Core Center of Excellence in Nano Imaging provides research tools for imaging, visualization and analysis of nano-scale features and structures, including electron microscopy, light microscopy and microanalysis resources.

The John O’Brien Nanofabrication Laboratory is a core USC research facility open to USC researchers and external users. Its instrumentation supports work ranging from quantum transport studies to nano/bioconvergent research.

The NAMI group focuses on nanoscale materials and electronics, including synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials and structures and the development of novel devices with low power consumption, enhanced performance, versatile functionality and high integration density.

The Nano Lab at USC, led by Professor Chongwu Zhou, conducts research covering spiking neural networks and neuromorphic computing, carbon nanotubes, two-dimensional materials, lithium and sodium ion batteries, and bio nanotechnology.

The Madhukar Group's research has revolved around electronic response (electrical and optical) of synthesized materials and structures in reduced (two, one, and zero) dimensions and their potential use in electronic and optoelectronic devices for information sensing, processing, imaging and computing technologies. The emphasis for some time has been on three dimensionally confined (i.e. zero dimensional) nanostructures called quantum dots and the scope in recent years has expanded to include biochemical materials (peptides, proteins) and hybrid semiconductor-biomolecular nanostructures for biomedical applications, particularly neural prostheses.

The Atwater research group at Caltech is engaged in interdisciplinary materials and device research, spanning photonics and electronics and with applications in Si-based photonics, plasmonics, renewable energy and mechanically active thin film devices.

The Gao Research Group at Caltech develops versatile bioelectronic devices for fundamental and applied biomedical studies, including wearable and portable biosensors and medical micro/nanorobots.

The Greer Group at Caltech works in biomedical materials, mechanics of hierarchical architectures, material synthesis and additive manufacturing, including nano-architected hierarchical materials.

Research covers nanobiotechnology, nanophotonics and large-scale integration of nanosystems.

The objectives of the MSC are to develop methods required for first principles multiscale multi-paradigm based predictions of the structures and properties of proteins, DNA, polymers, ceramics, metal alloys, semiconductors, organometallics and to apply these methods to design new materials for pharma, catalysis, microelectronics, nanotechnology, and superconductors.

In the Molecular Programming Project (MPP) at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Washington, scientists will develop new computer science principles for programming information-bearing molecules like DNA and RNA to create artificial biomolecular programs of similar complexity.

The group is primarily interested in the design, fabrication and characterization nano-scale photonic and fluidic devices and systems.

Motivated by the goal of encoding arbitrary mechanical function into nucleic acid sequences, the lab is working to develop computational algorithms for the analysis and design of equilibrium and kinetic properties of nucleic acid systems. In the laboratory, we are focused on constructing molecular sensors, transducers and motors for therapeutic, bioimaging, and transport applications.

The research activities of Michael Roukes' group at Caltech are currently focused upon developing and using of nanodevices in the exploration of single-quantum and single-molecule phenomena.

One of the research areas at the Vahala group at Caltech is Planar Nanocrystal Quantum Dot Lasers.

David Kisailus' lab is involved in the structure-function relationships in biomineralized tissues and the biologically inspired and mimetic synthesis of nano-scaled materials for energy-based applications.

The Yin Group researches the synthesis and functionalization of nanostructured materials, including colloidal inorganic nanostructures, self-assembly, functional composite nanomaterials and nanostructured materials for catalysis, environmental remediation, electronics, photonics, energy devices and biomedical applications.

The group is developing the science base for the production, characterization and modeling of nanoparticles as well as their environmental impact and their assembly into functional nanostructures.

Mission: Using microfluidic technologies, electrokinetics, and spectroscopy to develop tools for chemical detection, cellular discovery, and electronics cooling applications.

The Cleland group pursues research in two distinct areas: 1) Quantum-limited behavior of electronic and mechanical systems, and 2) Developing tools for biophysical and biomedical applications.

The UCSB Nanofabrication Facility offers expertise in compound semiconductor-based device fabrication providing a full range of processes to the scientific and research communities.

Developer of perovskite solar technology designed to improve the performance and cost-effectiveness of crystalline silicon solar modules.

Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTi) is an innovative leader in processing liquids, fluidic mixtures, emulsions and suspended solids. The Company has commercialized its patent-pending CTi Nano Neutralization process, offering the refiners of edible oils and fats significant yield improvements, substantial cost savings and environmental benefits. As an add-on to existing neutralization systems, the Company's patented Nano Reactor allows refiners to significantly reduce the processing costs, increase the yield and perfect the oil's quality.

Specialty materials company manufacturing conductive inks, pastes, coatings and adhesives for printed electronics, aerospace, medical, mobility and advanced manufacturing applications.

Developer of patented nanobubble technology systems for gas-to-liquid transfer, sustainable food production, water treatment, aquaculture, mining and natural resource recovery applications.

A commercial analytical laboratory specializing in solving production and failure analysis problems through chemical analysis and materials characterization.

As a manufacturer of nanoliter dispensing equipment, BioDot has had extensive experience with the development BioDot is the leading supplier of system tools for the research, development and commercialization of diagnostic tests. As a manufacturer of nanoliter dispensing equipment, BioDot has had extensive experience with the development of manufacturing processes for the protein array industry.

The company's coating process works at nanoscale levels, approximately 30 nanometers. The change of the molecular composition of the silica-based surface created by bonding nanoparticles enables the full efficiency of the coating process at an atomic scale.

EP Laboratories, Inc. is a dedicated independent testing laboratory that specializes in material/mechanical testing at the nano and micro levels.

Kebaili Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of instruments based on its MEMS/NEMS sensor technologies. These instruments are used for research and development, in industrial, medical, automotive, military, and consumer applications.

Provider of liquid-repellent nanocoating and screen protection technologies for mobile phones, headphones, speakers and other consumer electronic devices.

Nanovea manufactures Profilometers, Mechanical Testers & Tribometers to combine the most advanced testing capabilities in the industry: Scratch/Adhesion, Indentation/Hardness, Wear/Friction & 3D Non-Contact Metrology at Nano, Micro & Macro range. Unlike other manufactures Nanovea also provides Laboratory Services, offering clients availability to the latest technology and optimal results through improvements in testing standards.

Offers innovative photonics for a wide range of ultrafast research applications including multiphoton microscopy, ultrafast micromachining and nanophotonics.

Manufacturer of advanced and engineered materials including ultra high purity refining (99.9999%) and nanoparticles.

The company uses molecular beam epitaxy systems, materials processing and nanofabrication facilities to develop active and 'smart' materials as enablers for reconfigurable surfaces, adaptive structures and novel actuation as well as nanoelectronic materials to provide enhanced functionality and performance for future sensor and electronic systems.

Supplier of advanced nanomaterials including graphene products, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, fullerenes, nanoparticles, quantum dots, porous silicon and battery materials.

The company offers high-quality in house manufacturing of monodispersed polystyrene latex particles, also known as uniform latex particles, latex nanoparticles, and monosized latex particles to the medical and scientific communities.

Photo-catalyst nanomaterial and solution provider in the domain of environmental coating services and business integration.

Research, development and commercialization of single-walled carbon nanotubes, its chemistry and application to carbon based nanotechnology.

CRAIC Technologies™ is a developer of UV-visible-NIR range scientific instruments for microanalysis. These include the QDI series UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer instruments designed to non-destructively measure the optical properties of microscopic samples. CRAIC's UVM series microscopes cover the UV, visible and NIR range and hel analyze with sub-micron resolutions far beyond the visible range.

The company supplies high-quality and consistent advanced ceramic products.

The company researches and manufactures nano-structured components and materials. Metallic, ceramic, MMC, and MMNC materials are used in products from aerospace to sports & recreation industries.

Keysight Technologies offers a wide range of high-precision atomic force microscopes (AFM) to meet your unique research needs.

Spectradyne LLC is commercializing a revolutionary method of measuring sub-micron nanoparticles. Applications include characterizing nanomedicine delivery systems, the measurement of protein aggregation in the drug development industry, virology and in consumer product quality control.

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging has extensive capabilities in the fabrication of electronic devices and nanostructures.

Developer and manufacturer of advanced light shaping, holographic optical and nano-based thin-film materials and components for automotive, lighting, display, defense and industrial applications.

Developer of next-generation power semiconductor devices and technologies based on gallium nitride and silicon carbide for high-efficiency power electronics.

Phenomenex is a leading provider of advanced technology solutions for chromatographic techniques in the areas of sample preparation, high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography (GC).

Nanofilm provides consistent high quality thin-film coatings with superior adhesion. Nanofilm's coatings operate from the visible through the infrared spectral wavelengths. Custom coatings can also be applied to meet customer specifications.