Nanotechnology Research Labs

This page provides links to research labs, organized by topic, which have useful information about their activities on their Web sites. This isn't an complete list, but a good jumping off point for those interested in the world of nanotechnology research. Click a topic heading below to go to a discussion of that topic on this web site. Click a lab's name to go to its Web site.

The first set of labs are doing research but do not make their facilities available to outside researchers; the second set do allow users to either submit materials for study or rent their facilities for their own research.

Academic, Government, and Corporate Labs

These labs are doing research in the following categories.

Nanoelectronics

• IBM Nanoscale science and technology group
• Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing
• HP Labs Quantum Science Research Group
• Center for Electron Transport in Molecular Nanostructures at Columbia University

Medicine

• Nanotechnology Characterization Lab at the National Cancer Institute
• Northwestern University Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
• NanoTumor Center
• Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
• NanoSystems Biology Cancer Center

Military

• MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
• Naval Research Laboratory Institute for Nanoscience

Space

• NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology
• Johnson Space Center Nano Materials Project
• MIT Space Nanotechnology Laboratory

• Texas Institute of Intelligent Bio-Nano Materials and Structures for Aerospace Vehicles

Labs That Accept Outside Researchers

The following labs were funded to provide state of the art research facilities to researchers from companies or universities.

National Institute of Standards

National Institute of Standards Technology's Nanofab

Nanoscale Science Research Centers Founded by US Department of Energy

• The Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Lab.
• The Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Lab.
• The Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
• The Center for Nanophase Material Sciences at Oak Ridge National Lab.
• The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Sandia and Los Alamos National Labs.

National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) Labs Founded by the National Science Foundation

• Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility
• UCSB Nanofabrication Facility
• Stanford Nanofabrication Facility/Stanford Nanocharacterization Laboratory
• Michigan Nanofabrication Facility
• Georgia Tech Microelectronics Research Center
• UW Nanotech User Facility
• Penn State Nanofabrication Facility
• Minnesota Nano Technology Cluster
• University of New Mexico Nanoscience User Facitily
• University of Texas, Austin Microelectronics Research Center
• Howard Nanoscale Science and Engineering Facility
• Triangle National Lithography Center