Nanotechnology Research - Universities

The Advanced Composites Laboratory studies cost-effective methods for dispersing nanoparticles in polymers and nanocomposites, including engineered nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers.

The Advanced Energy Materials Laboratory studies the synthesis, structure and properties of nanomaterials used for electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices, including batteries, fuel cells and electrolyzers.

The Betancourt group develops functional, stimuli-responsive biomaterials at the nano-, micro- and macroscale to detect, diagnose, monitor and treat cancer and other diseases. Research includes polymeric nanoparticles for molecular imaging, drug delivery and light-triggered therapeutic strategies.

The Cai Nanocarbon Group focuses on carbon nanomaterials, organic synthesis, supramolecular chemistry and crystallography, including fullerene and metallofullerene chemistry.

The Zhu Lab synthesizes and explores functional nanoparticles, including semiconductor nanocrystals, quantum dots, metals and metal oxides, with applications in photocatalysis, optoelectronics, photovoltaics and nano-patterned devices.

The Nanomaterials Application Center coordinates, facilitates, and participates in nanoscience and nanoengineering applications and expedites commercialization of inventions.

MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms is an ambitious interdisciplinary initiative that is looking beyond the end of the Digital Revolution to ask how a functional description of a system can be embodied in, and abstracted from, a physical form.

The Tufts Micro and Nano Fabrication Facility provides micro/nanofabrication and characterization capabilities to both the Tufts community and external clients.

The Quantum Nanomaterials Laboratory at Tufts works at the convergence between electrical engineering, condensed matter physics, and materials science.

The Timko Lab at Tufts Biomedical Engineering develops new classes of bioelectronic systems and studies nanomaterials with electrical, optical, and magnetic properties for biological contexts.