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The Institute for Nanoscience conducts multidisciplinary research at the intersections of the fields of materials, electronics and biology in the nanometer size domain. The objective is to provide the Navy and the DoD with scientific leadership in this complex, emerging area and to identify opportunities for advances in future Defense technology.

• Molecular Memory Circuits Using a Virus as a Template
  A.S. Blum, C.M. Soto, and B.R. Ratna
  
  
• Enhancement of Electrical Properties by Tailoring Nanoparticles in Holmium-doped YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ Superconductors
  R.L. Holtz, R. Goswami, and G. Spanos
  
  
• Multifunctional Electrode Nanoarchitectures for Electrochemical Capacitors
  J.W. Long and D.R. Rolison
  
  
• Single Crystal Diamond Nanomechanical Dome Resonator
  M.K. Zalalutdinov, J.W. Baldwin, B.B. Pate, J. Yang, J.E. Butler, and B.H. Houston
  
  

• Chemistry, 6100
  • Chemical Dynamics & Diagnostics, 6110
  • Materials Chemistry, 6120
  • Center for Corrosion Science & Engineering, 6130
  • Surface Chemistry, 6170
  • Navy Technical Center For Safety & Survivability, 6180

• Material Science & Technology, 6300
  • Special Projects Group, 6300.2
  • Multifunctional Materials, 6350
  • Materials & Sensors, 6360
  • Center for Computational Materials Science, 6390

• Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering, 6900
  • Laboratory for Biosensors & Biomaterials, 6910
  • Laboratory for Biomolecular Dynamics, 6920
  • Laboratory for the Study of Molecular Interfacial Interaction, 6930
  • Laboratory for Molecularly Engineered Materials & Surfaces, 6950

• Acoustics Division, 7100
  • Acoustic Signal Processing, 7120
  • Physical Acoustics, 7130
  • Acoustic Systems, 7140
  • Acoustic Simulation, Measurements & Tactics, 7180