Nanotechnology Research - Universities

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.

The Xia group is pursuing cutting-edge research in three major frontiers: nanotechnology, materials chemistry, and photonic devices. Recently, the group starts to move into cell biology by harnessing the power of nanomaterials to develop novel tools for studying complex biological systems.

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.

The lab studies molecular dynamics, chemical reactions, and condensed matter on ultrafast timescales, reaching femtoseconds. Using short, high-intensity laser pulses, researchers create extreme conditions approaching those found in stars, enabling the study of otherwise inaccessible phenomena. Its projects combine fundamental scientific interest with technological relevance and span physics, chemistry, materials science, and optics.

The Center for Nanoscale Systems is a Harvard University shared-use core facility focused on the study, design, and fabrication of nanoscale structures and their integration into large and complex interacting systems.

The Lieber Research Group at Harvard focuses on the bottom-up paradigm for nanoscience and nanotechnology.

The Westervelt Group has three areas of focus: 1) Imaging the coherent flow of electrons inside semiconductor nanostructures at low temperatures using scanning probe microscopy; 2) Studies of tunnel-coupled quantum dots and the fabrication of artificial molecules composed of few-electron quantum dots to implement qubits for quantum information processing; 3) Development of micro-electromagnets to trap, move, and assemble particles.

The Zhuang research lab works on the forefront of single-molecule biology and bioimaging, developing and applying advanced optical imaging techniques to study the behavior of individual biological molecules and complexes in vitro and in live cells.

The NCF provides faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate students with state-of-the-art instrumentation for generating and characterizing materials having features with nanometer dimensions.

INDI's missionis is 1) to enable, through innovative interdisciplinary research and educational programs, the development of nanotechnology-based systems for biomedical, energy, environmental, information technology and other applications, and 2) to provide solutions which, through translation of research into practice and technology transfer, contribute to social well being and economic growth.