Duke University – Center for Metamaterials and Integrated Plasmonics

Technology: Materials

The mission of the Center for Metamaterials and Integrated Plasmonics is to continue to advance the basic understanding of electromagnetic metamaterials, exploring their capabilities and limitations across the electromagnetic spectrum. They want to develop fabrication techniques for metamaterials that may operate in various environments, with a particular emphasis on structures designed for terahertz, telecommunications and optical wavelengths. Read More…

Duke University – Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT)

Technology: Various

The Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT) is dedicated to elucidating the relationship between a vast array of nanomaterials – from natural, to manufactured – to those produced incidentally by human activities; and their potential environmental exposure, biological effects, and ecological consequences. Headquartered at Duke, CEINT is a collaboration between Duke, Carnegie Mellon University, Howard University, and Virginia Tech, the University of Kentucky and Stanford University. Read More…

Duke University – Electronic Nanostructures Group

Technology: Various

Research topics are: Nanotubes and Nanowires; Cryogenic scanning microscopy; Self-assembled DNA templates; Nanocrystal Single-electron Transistor. Read More…

Duke University – Liu Laboratory

Technology: Materials

The Liu Laboratory at Duke University pursues research in the field of nanomaterials, synthesizing and studying materials with size of nanometers. Read More…

Duke University – The Fitzpatrick Center

Technology: Photonics

The Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (FCIEMAS) is designed to position the Pratt School and its partners to make major advancements in the fields of bioengineering, photonics, communications, and materials science and materials engineering. Read More…

Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN)

Technology: Various

The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) has been formed through a collaboration between North Carolina A&T State University and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. JSNN’s research and educational programs focus on the emerging areas of nanoscience and nanoengineering. The strengths of the two universities in the basic sciences and in engineering make them ideal partners for this new, interdisciplinary school. Read More…

North Carolina Center for Nanoscale Materials

Technology: Materials

The research activities in the center are directed towards understanding the fundamental science of nanoscale materials and utilizing their unique properties for commerical applications. Read More…

North Carolina State University – Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures

Technology: Materials

The Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures seeks to create cross-disciplinary infrastructure that transcends departmental, institutional, industrial and governmental barriers and lends itself to the integration of research and education in the vital field of smart and advanced materials. Research includes nanophysics, nanochemistry, nanocomposites. Read More…

University of North Carolina – Nanoscale Science Research Group (NSRG)

Technology: Various

The NSRG is a conglomoration of various groups studying nanoscale science primarily associated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read More…

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – DeSimone Lab

Technology: Materials

The recent breakthroughs in the DeSimone laboratories using specifically-designed materials for imprint lithography have enabled an extremely versatile and flexible method for the direct fabrication and harvesting of monodisperse, shape-specific nano-biomaterials. Read More…

Wake Forest University – Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials

Technology: Materials

The Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University is a multidisciplinary research and development facility focused on innovation at the intersection of new device technologies and advanced novel material systems. Read More…

Wake Forest University – Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials

Technology: Life Sciences

An interdisciplinary group of scientists using the tools of nanotechnology to study biology at the smallest scale. Goals are to learn more about the basic functions and interactions of biological molecules and to use what we find to achieve new capabilities with biomedical implications. In pursuing this goal, we bring together aspects of physics, engineering, molecular biology, and many other disciplines. Read More…