Nanotechnology Research - Universities

The research group of Christopher B. Murray develops solution-phase syntheses of monodisperse nanocrystals and quantum dots and their assembly into superlattices for optical, magnetic, catalytic, and electronic applications.

The Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology integrates state-of-the-art nanocharacterization, nanofabrication, and property measurement facilities at the University of Pennsylvania. The Center houses several multi-user experimental laboratories critical to advanced research and development.

Research interests of this group are in areas of molecular recognition at nanoscale and nanotechnology enabled chemical and biological sensing.

In the NanoBio Engineering Laboratory they develop, characterize, and implement functionalized carbon nanotubes for applications in biology and advanced materials.

Project areas include: Nanostructured materials for biological sensing; Nanoporous membranes; Nanoparticle-based drug delivery; Imaging, transport, and toxicity properties of semiconductor nanocrystals; Nanobiomechanics

Includes a research focus on near-field optical spectroscopy, nano-lithography, nano-inspection.

The Integrated Nanosystems Center (URnano) is the shared nanofabrication facility at the University of Rochester, offering tools for lithography, deposition, etch and characterization to university, industry and external researchers.

The group's research goal is a complete understanding of the fundamental properties of materials with a size in between individual molecules and the bulk. Currently, their investigations are focused on fundamental studies of carbon nanotubes and semiconductor nanocrystals, and the integration of these materials into both novel non-linear optical devices and biological sensors.

Xiaodong Li's lab at USC.

The group's overall research objective focuses on the development of hierarchically structured nanomaterials to study cell-cell interactions and the cooperative response of cells to extracellular matrixes.