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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.

Research Articles

• Optical Pulse Control of Electron and Nuclear Spins in Quantum Dots
  S. Carter, S. Economou, A. Shabaev, T. Kennedy, A. Bracker, and T. Reinecke
  
  
• Making the Most of a Scarce Metal
  C.N. Chervin, A.M. Lubers, J.W. Long, and D.R. Rolison
  
  
• Charge Transfer Between Quantum Dots and Peptide-Coupled Redox Complexes
  I.L. Medintz, T. Pons, S.A. Trammell, and H. Mattoussi
  
  

Research Groups

• 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

• Optical Sciences, 5600
  • Optical Physics, 5610
  • Advanced Concepts, 5620
  • Applied Optics, 5630
  • Photonics Technology, 5650
  • Optical Techniques, 5670

• Electronics Science & Technology, 6800
  • Solid State Devices, 6810
  • Vacuum Electronics, 6840
  • Microwave Technology, 6850
  • Electronic Materials, 6870
  • Power Electronics, 6880

• 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