Interesting Links

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Nanoscale Science Engineering Centers (NSEC)
National Laboratories Working In Nanotechnology
Other Interesting Nano Sites
Government Agencies Supporting Nanotechnology
Journals
Magazines
Books
Cool Images and Videos
Nanotechnology Jobs
Student Groups
Institutes
Professional Societies
Links to Foreign Sites



National Nanotechnology Initiative
http://www.nano.gov/index.html


NANOSCALE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING CENTERS (NSEC)

These are National Science Foundation supported centers headquartered at universities around the US, which focus on specific areas of research and educational outreach.

Northwestern University (responsible for the DiscoverNano web site)
Integrated Nanopatterning and Detection

Cornell University
Center for Nanoscale Systems, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, and Nanobiotechnology, Science and Technology Center

Columbia University
Columbia University and the NSF Center for Electron Transport in Molecular Nanostructures

Harvard University
Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications

Northeastern University in Massachusetts
Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN)

Ohio State University
The Center for Affordable Nanoengineering of Polymer Biomedical Devices

Rice University
Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Directed Assembly of Nanostructures

Stanford University
Stanford University and IBM’s Center for Probing the Nanoscale (CPN)

University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

University of California-Los Angeles
Center for Scalable and Integrated Nano-Manufacturing

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Center for Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems

University of Pennsylvania
Nano/Bio Interface Center

University of Wisconsin
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center on Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale

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NATIONAL LABORATORIES WORKING IN NANOTECHNOLOGY

Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials
nano.anl.gov

Department of Energy
www.pnl.gov/nano

Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
www.lbl.gov

NASA Ames Research Center for Nanotechnology
www.ipt.arc.nasa.gov

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
www.ornl.gov

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology – Royal Society and Royal Academy
of Engineering, UK
www.nanotec.org.uk/index.htm

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nanostructures Laboratory
Space Nanotechnology
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology In Depth

Nanotechnology in Australia – a portal to Australian government
programs and other info
www.nanotechnology.gov.au

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) - operated by Battelle for the U.S.
www.pnl.gov

Sandia Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
nano.sandia.gov

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OTHER INTERESTING NANO SITES

Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
www.crnano.org

Chemistry WebBook – provides users with easy access to chemical and physical property data for chemical species through the Internet.
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/index.html

MathWorld – a site designed for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers, offering a vast amount of resources on mathematics and more.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/index.html

Nanodot (a Foresight Institute website) – a community web site designed for members to share worthwhile articles on nano.
www.nanodot.org

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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SUPPORTING NANOTECHNOLOGY

Department of Defense (DoD)
http://www.defenselink.mil/


NASA Ames Research Center
http://www.ipt.arc.nasa.gov/

NASA Nanotechnology
http://ipt.arc.nasa.gov/nanotechnology.html


National Institutes for Health (NIH)
www.nih.gov/

National Science Foundation
www.nsf.gov

National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
www.nist.gov/


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JOURNALS

Angewandte Chemie
www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/journals/alphabeticIndex/2002/

Applied Physics Letters
http://scitation.aip.org/aplo/


Biophotonics International
www.photonics.com/bio/XQ/ASP/QX/

Interscience
www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/home


Journal of the American Chemical Society
http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jacsat/

Journal of Chemical Education
May 2005 PDF | April 2004 PDF
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Journal of Materials Chemistry
www.rsc.org/is/journals/current/jmc/mappub.htm

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
www.iop.org/EJ/journal/0960-1317

NanoJournal.org
www.nanojournal.org/index.php3

Nano Letters
http://pubs.acs.org/journals/nalefd/index.html


Nanoscape: Journal for Undergraduate Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology www.nanoscape.northwestern.edu

Nanotechnology
www.iop.org/EJ/journal/


ScientificAmerican.com - Nanotechnology
www.sciam.com/nanotech/


Small - new interdisciplinary journal for Nano and Micro Science and Technology
www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/journals/alphabeticIndex/

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MAGAZINES

Forbes/Wolfe NanoTech Report
www.forbesinc.com/newsletters/nanotech/

Nature
www.nature.com/nature/


Small Times
www.smalltimes.com/


Science Magazine
www.sciencemag.org/

ScietificAmerican.com - Nanotechnology
www.sciam.com/nanotech/

Wired Magazine
www.wired.com/wired/


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COOL IMAGES AND VIDEOS

NASA Nanotechnology Gallery
www.ipt.arc.nasa.gov/gallery.html

NSF Image Library
http://olpaimages.nsf.gov/intro.html


ScienCentral News – great source of news on all branches of science, with a special section on nanotechnology. The site includes a collection of top-notch videos.
www.sciencentral.com/index.php3

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NANOTECHNOLOGY JOBS

The Nucleus – a website designed for physics and astronomy undergraduates, listing research opportunities and more.
www.compadre.org/student/index.cfm

Working in Nanotechnology
www.workingin-nanotechnology.com/


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STUDENT GROUPS

Nanoalliance
www.nunanoalliance.org/

National Society of Black Engineers
www.nsbe.org

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
www.shpefoundation.org

Society of Women Engineers
www.swe.org

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INSTITUTES

International Institute for Nanotechnology
www.iinano.org

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
www.aro.army.mil/soldiernano/


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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

The American Chemistry Society
www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/home.html

The American Physical Society
www.aps.org/

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
www.asme.org/

The Materials Research Society
www.mrs.org/

National Association for Research in Science Teaching
www.educ.sfu.ca/narst

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LINKS TO FOREIGN SITES

CORDIS: Nanotechnology – an overview of nanotechnology related activities across the European Community.
www.cordis.lu/nanotechnology/

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BOOKS

Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials
by Geoffrey A. Ozin and Andre C. Arsenault
The first texbook in the subject!

Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea
by Mark A. Ratner, Daniel Ratner
Amazon order page

Nanotechnology Research Directions: IWGN Workshop Report - Vision for Nanotechnology in the Next Decade
by Iwgn Workshop (1999), M. C. Roco, R. S. Williams, P. Alivisatos
Amazon order page

Nanotechnology and Homeland Security New Weapons for New Wars
by Daniel Ratner, Mark A. Ratner
Amazon order page

Understanding Nanotechnology
by Scientific American
Amazon order page

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