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Hub Overview
The Munich region is one of the world's leading centers for biomolecular nanotechnology, the field that folds DNA into precise nanoscale machines. Groups at TU Munich and LMU Munich, working through the Center for NanoScience, turned DNA origami into working nanomotors, sensors, and synthetic structures. Munich pairs that biological strength with hard device physics at the Walter Schottky Institute, which builds semiconductor nanostructures, and with quantum research across the Garching campus and the Munich Quantum Valley initiative.
The hub spreads across several campuses outside the city center. Garching to the north is home to TU Munich science faculties and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Martinsried to the southwest places LMU biology next to the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, and the inner city universities round out the core. The combination connects university research, Max Planck and Fraunhofer institutes, and industry across biomolecular nanotechnology, quantum technology, nanophotonics, and semiconductors.
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Locations of nanotechnology research labs and companies across the Munich Region area. Click any marker for the institution’s profile and to find hotels nearby.
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Key Institutions
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
5 nano groups
Technical University Munich
4 nano groups
University of Munich
2 nano groups
CALA
1 nano group
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
1 nano group
Center for NanoScience
1 nano group
ForNano
1 nano group
Helmholtz Munich
1 nano group
Research Labs & Groups
The following nanotechnology research groups and labs are based in the Munich Region area.
Garching
University
Garching
The Centre for Advanced Laser Applications (CALA) in Garching brings together physicists, physicians, and biologists who use state-of-the-art laser technologies to develop laser-based methods for early diagnosis and therapy of cancer and other chronic diseases.
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University
Garching
The Surface and Interface Physics group (E20) at TU Munich, led by Prof. Johannes Barth, investigates and manipulates nano-objects and supramolecular systems using scanning probe microscopy and advanced spectroscopy to design functional nanoarchitectures and study charge transfer at interfaces.
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University
Garching
The Chair of Nano and Quantum Sensors at TUM investigates advanced nanostructures with novel or hybrid functionalities, focusing on classical and quantum sensing applications, cleanroom-based nanofabrication, nanomechanical systems, and cavity optomechanics.
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University
Garching
The Associate Professorship Simulation of Nanosystems for Energy Conversion at TUM uses numerical simulation and multiscale modeling to understand and improve nanotechnology-enabled materials and devices for renewable energy conversion.
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University
Garching
The Walter Schottky Institute at the Technical University of Munich is a center for nanotechnology and nanomaterials, hosting seven research groups working across photonics, optoelectronics, quantum technologies, energy materials, engineered nanomaterials, functional interfaces, and nanofabrication.
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Martinsried
Lab
Martinsried
The Molecular Imaging and Bionanotechnology research group at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry develops DNA nanotechnology and single-molecule fluorescence methods, including DNA-PAINT, for nanoscale molecular imaging in biology and medicine.
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Munich
Lab
Munich
The Center for NanoScience (CeNS) at LMU Munich is an interdisciplinary network connecting physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and medicine at the nanometer scale, fostering collaborative research, graduate training, and technology transfer across more than 100 research groups.
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Lab
Munich
The Bavarian research cooperation for miniaturised analysis techniques using nanotechnology.
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University
Munich
The Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems at LMU Munich conducts research in nanophotonics, plasmonics, energy conversion, and plasmonic chemistry at the Nanoinstitute Munich.
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University
Munich
The Functional Nanophotonics research group at LMU Munich develops nanophotonic devices for light-matter coupling, biosensing, 2D materials research, optical metasurfaces, energy conversion, and quantum light generation.
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University
Munich
The NanoBioSciences group at LMU Munich, led by Philip Tinnefeld, develops single-molecule fluorescence and superresolution microscopy methods as well as DNA nanotechnology tools for biosensing, molecular robotics, and studying biomolecular processes.
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University
Munich
The group explores nanoscale condensed matter systems for novel optoelectronic phenomena and applications in nanophotonics and quantum science and technology.
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University
Munich
Dr. Frank Trixler's Mineral Nanoconfinement Research Group at LMU Munich studies processes within nanoconfinements between mineral surfaces, focusing on low-energy growth of organic semiconductor monolayers and nanoscale phenomena relevant to the chemical origin of life.
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University
Munich
The Photonics and Optoelectronics Group at LMU Munich studies light-matter interactions in tailored nanosystems, synthesizing semiconductor and metal nanocrystals and using ultrafast spectroscopy to advance solar energy conversion, photocatalytic fuel generation, and nano- and bio-plasmonic applications.
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Neuherberg
Lab
Neuherberg
The Nanomedicine and Biomarkers group at Helmholtz Munich develops multifunctional nanotechnology tools for biomedical imaging, biomarker mapping, targeting, and drug delivery.
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Nanotech Companies
Commercial nanotechnology companies based in the Munich Region area.
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Garching
Munich Quantum Instruments develops advanced photonic quantum sensors and superconducting nanowire single-photon detector technology with scalable readout electronics for quantum applications.
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Haar
Develops, manufactures, and distributes a new type of nanopositioning system for nanoscopy (SPM), nanotooling (probe stations) and nanopositioning (positioners).
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Biomedical
Munich
Biontex specializes in the field of transfection technology, the delivery of genes or DNA to eukaryotic cells.
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Biomedical
Munich
Dynamic Biosensors develops analytical technologies for molecular interaction analysis, including switchSENSE, single-cell Interaction Cytometry and SPR technologies for drug discovery and life-science research.
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Munich
kiutra develops cryogen-free cryogenic cooling systems and services for quantum technologies, including sub-Kelvin cryostats and scalable cooling architectures for quantum computing, sensing, materials science and detector applications.
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Biomedical
Munich
Nanion Technologies develops and supplies high-performance electrophysiology instrumentation for life sciences, including automated patch clamp, membrane biophysics, and cell analytics instruments.
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Biomedical
Munich
NanoTemper Technologies is a company that develops biophysical characterization instruments — including Prometheus, Dianthus, Monolith, and Andromeda — for measuring protein stability, binding affinities, and recombinant protein expression to support drug discovery and therapeutic development.
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Products
Munich
nextnano provides TCAD simulation software for modeling, designing, and analyzing electronic and optoelectronic semiconductor nanodevices such as laser diodes, photodetectors, transistors, quantum wells, quantum dots, and qubits.
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Munich
Qlibri develops optical microcavity platforms, microcavity mirrors and ultra-sensitive absorption microscopy systems for nanoscale light-matter interaction, nanophotonics, spectroscopy and quantum technology research.
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Materials
Munich
Wacker is a a globally operating chemical company. The firm's polymer group has a research and development focus on nanopartices.
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Neubiberg
Conducts R&D in using carbon nanotubes for advanced electronics devices such as CNT transistors.
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Biomedical
Planegg
leon-nanodrugs develops precision nanoparticle manufacturing systems based on its patented FR-JET mixing technology, supporting formulation and production of nanodrug carriers such as lipid nanoparticles from R&D to GMP scale.
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Products
Unterhaching
A provider of software for optimization of micro- and nanostructure fabrication processes focusing on e-beam direct write.
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