Nanotechnology Research - Universities

The Cao Research Lab, based in Materials Science & Engineering and the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, develops advanced materials for electronics and optoelectronics, including new materials and processing techniques for high-performance extremely-scaled devices, next-generation memory for neuromorphic and in-memory computing, and hybrid bioelectronics for healthcare and neuroscience.

The FS-MRL brings together world-class faculty and students in condensed matter physics, materials chemistry, and materials science in a highly collaborative research environment.

The lab is one of the nation's largest and most sophisticated university-based facilities for semiconductor, nanotechnology, and biotechnology research.

The group of Prof William King designs, fabricates, and uses tools for thermal and thermomechanical processing at micrometer and nanometer length scales. Their research involves the use of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and nanoimprint lithography for thermal and thermomechanical modification of surfaces.

The Nanomechanics and Materials Research Laboratory houses advanced microscopy, micromechanics instrumentation, high speed cameras, and microfabrication tools for studying the mechanical behavior of materials at small length scales, including micro- and nanoscale deformation of films, fibers, nanostructured materials, and nanoscale structures.

The Nanosensors Group, also known as the Cunningham Lab, uses electromagnetics, optics, and nanostructures to develop tools for disease diagnostics, life science research, pharmaceutical screening, point-of-care diagnostics, personalized medicine, global health, and liquid biopsy monitoring.

The group is pioneering CAD for nanoscale machines made using DNA nanotechnology.

The Jiang Research Lab applies scanning probe-based nanotechnology to nanostructure design and property investigation. The lab combines scanning probe microscopy with optical spectroscopy to understand single-molecule processes at the nanoscale, including charge transfer, electron localization, photoabsorption, and photoemission.

The Laboratory for Integrated Nanosystems develops research in on-chip nanolabs, nanoelectrochemical systems, electrokinetic nanoengineering, nanowire mechanics, battery materials interfaces, and predictive assembly of nanowire arrays.

Materials and Nanoscience at UIC is a multidisciplinary research area focused on the properties and behavior of materials, nanotechnology for nanoscale structures, charge transfer and electron localization, nanocrystals, nanomedicine, nanofluidics, and semiconductor nanomaterials.