North Carolina University Organizations Working with Nanotechnology

North Carolina's universities are home to more than 33 research, development, and education organizations and programs focused on nanotechnology. They are producing new knowledge and products that will help build North Carolina's 21st century economy, enhance the quality of life, protect the environment, and promote national security. Links to those organizations and programs are below.

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Duke University, Durham

Center for Biologically Inspired Materials & Material Systems

Center on Globalization and Global Competitiveness (Nanotechnology in Society)

Electronic Nanostrutures Group

The Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro

Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures

Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems

Center for Nanoscience and Nanomaterials

Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team

Transitioning Undergraduate Research to the Undergraduate Classroom

North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Nano@NC STATE (a gateway to the dynamic world of nanotechnology at NC State)

Analytical Instrumentation Facility

Center for Chemical Toxicology Research & Pharmacokinetics

Center for High Performance Simulation

Nanoscale Quantum Engineering Group

NanoScale Science Education Research Group

Nanoscale Tribology Laboratory

Nanoscience, Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology Research Group

Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center

Nanofabrication Facility

Nuclear Reactor Program

Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures

Triangle National Lithography Center

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte

Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

Center for Precision Metrology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill

Carolina Center of Nanotechnology Excellence

Center for Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy and Manipulation

Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology

Nanoscale Science Research Group

Biologically Inspired Materials Institute

North Carolina Center for Nanoscale Materials

Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro

Center of Research Excellence in Nanobiosciences

Shaw University, Raleigh

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Center

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem

Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials

*Note: The list on this page includes only organizations that the staff of the NC Board of Science and Technology have verified as working with nanotechnology. There may be other organizations, not known to the staff, working with nanotechnology. The list is updated regularly as new information becomes available.