Nanotechnology Links

Career Voyages - Nanotechnology
This web site is the result of a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to provide information on high growth, in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs.

Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing
The Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing is developing tools and processes to enable high-rate/high-volume bottom-up, precise, assembly of nanoelements (such as carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, etc.) and polymer nanostructures. The center's nanotemplates are utilized to conduct fast massive directed assembly of nanoelements by controlling the forces required to assemble, detach, and transfer nanoelements over large areas. The developed technology will accelerate the creation of highly anticipated commercial products and will enable the creation of an entirely new generation of applications in electronics, energy, material, bio/medical areas.

Center for NanoComposites and Multifunctional Materials (CNCMM)
CNCMM provides critically needed mechanism for expertly coordinated efforts of basic, applied and innovative research in the areas of nanocomposites and multifunctional materials for naval structures and homeland security.

Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
The vision of CRN is a world in which molecular manufacturing is widely used for productive and beneficial purposes, and where malicious uses are limited by effective administration of the technology.

Foresight Nanotech Institute
Frequently asked questions? What is Molecular Manufacturing?

GeckoMan Game
Working in collaboration with Metaversal Studios, a company that specializes in educational game creation, the CHN has created "GeckoMan," a game that offers an interdisciplinary look at nanotechnology's scientific and social implications. “GeckoMan” teaches, through game play, the principles of nanoscale force interactions. The goal is a game that produces an “intuitive” understanding of these otherwise non-intuitive forces. The game is intended to be distributed to middle-school and high-school students through a variety of channels, including popular Internet gaming sites.

InterNano
InterNano is an open-source online information clearinghouse for the nanomanufacturing research and development (R&D) community in the United States. It is designed to provide this community with an array of tools and collections relevant to its work and to the development of viable nanomanufacturing applications.

Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
The Institute for Molecular Manufacturing (IMM) conducts and funds nanotechnology research as a complement to its sister organization, the Foresight Institute, which serves an important educational role for nanotechnology.

MANCEF - Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation
MANCEF globally supports the creation, exchange, and dissemination of knowledge vital to people, organizations, and governments interested in the commercialization of miniaturization technologies.

MOLO Molecular Logic
The goal of the Molecular Logic project is to improve the ability of all students to understand fundamental biological phenomena in terms of the interactions of atoms and molecules. The Molecular Logic project aims to do this by enhancing biology courses with guided explorations of powerful atomic and molecular computational models. These models are embedded in an easily implemented database linked to both typical textbooks and standards.

Nano*High
NanoScience for High School students.

nanoHub
A resource for nanoscience and technology, the nanoHub was created by the NSF-funded NCN and its development is driven by themes in: nanoelectronics, NEMS/nanofluids, Nano-Bio Devices, Nanophotonics.

Nano Risk Framework
An industry-environmental coalition has released this framework to assist with the responsible development and use of nanotechnology. Through a partnership between DuPont and Environmental Defense, the framework sets out a process for evaluating and addressing the environmental, health, and safety risks of nanomaterials across all stages of a product's lifecycle.

NanoScienceWorks
NanoScienceWorks is a web-based portal project designed expressly for and in service to the growth and education of a professional nanotechnology scientists and researcher community.

Nanotechnology Now
NN was created to serve the information needs of business, government, academic, and public communities. And with the intention of becoming the most informative and current free collection of "nano" reference material.

National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering
The mission of NCLT is to develop the next generation of leaders in nanoscale science and engineering teaching and learning, with an emphasis on NSEE capacity building, providing a strong impact on national science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. The guiding theme of NCLT is learning and teaching through inquiry and design of nanoscale materials and applications.

National Nanotechnology Initiative
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) provides a multi-agency framework to ensure U.S. leadership in nanotechnology that will be essential to improved human health, economic well being and national security. The NNI invests in fundamental research to further understanding of nanoscale phenomena and facilitates technology transfer.

Virginia Nanotechnology Initiative
VNI was initiated in 2002 (as INanoVA) with seed funding from the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) and has remained a program within CIT to work with Virginia’s universities, federal laboratories, industrial partners, and state agencies to promote collaborative nanotechnology research, workforce development, technology transfer, and commercialization. As you look through the following pages, you will see the considerable activity in nanotechnology across the Commonwealth.