Nanotechnology Research - Universities

The Nanoscale Heat Transfer Lab uses experiments and theory to understand heat transport in nanomaterials and to design improved thermal systems for energy and electronics applications.

The Pasquali Research Group develops sustainable high-value carbon materials, especially carbon nanotubes and CNT fibers, for decarbonization, advanced conductors, structural materials, biomedical sensing, and related applications.

The Institute's mission is to provide a venue where researchers from all disciplines of science and engineering can come together to share ideas and discuss their views and prospects of nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology.

The Tour group at Rice University. Scientific research areas include molecular electronics, chemical self-assembly, conjugated oligomers, electroactive polymers, combinatorial routes to precise oligomers, polymeric sensors, flame retarding polymer additives, carbon nanotube modification and composite formation, synthesis of molecular motors and nanotrucks, use of the NanoKids concept for K-12 education in nanoscale science.

The Yakobson Research Group in Materials Science and NanoEngineering carries out theoretical and computational research on nanoscale materials, including carbon and two-dimensional materials, defects, mechanics, and related nanostructures.

As part of RIT's Microsystems Engineering Ph.D. Program, the 'epitaxially-integrated nanoscale systems' (EINS) lab focuses on applied physics and engineering at the nanometer scale. At the center of the group's research is the atomic-level assembly or epitaxy of III-V compound semiconductors by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD).

The Future Photon Initiative is a cross-disciplinary RIT research effort spanning eleven groups that develop photonic and nanophotonic devices for the generation, manipulation and detection of light, with applications in quantum information, imaging, communications and sensing.

The NanoPower Research Labs at RIT are dedicated to the development of new materials and devices for power generation and storage for microelectronic components and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).

The multidisciplinary program builds on the fundamentals of traditional engineering and science, combined with curriculum and research activities addressing the numerous technical challenges of micro- and nano-systems. These include the manipulation of electrical, photonic, optical, mechanical, chemical, and biological functionality to process, sense, and interface with the world at a nanometer scale. The goal is to provide the foundation to explore future technology through research in nano-engineering, design methods, and technologies for micro- and nano-scaled systems.

The RIT Semiconductor Nanofabrication Laboratory (formerly the Semiconductor and Microsystems Fabrication Laboratory) is a 10,000-square-foot cleanroom user facility supporting micro- and nanoscale fabrication and characterization for microelectronics, integrated photonics, nanotechnology, MEMS, nanomaterials and biomedical devices.