News
New microtweezers may build tiny 'MEMS' structures
January 17, 2012
Researchers have created new "microtweezers" capable of manipulating objects to build tiny structures, print coatings to make advanced sensors, and grab and position live stem cell spheres for research.
Read Full StoryDown to the wire for silicon: Researchers create a wire 4 atoms wide, 1 atom tall
January 5, 2012
The smallest wires ever developed in silicon - just one atom tall and four atoms wide - have been shown by a team of researchers from the University of New South Wales, Melbourne University and Purdue University to have the same current-carrying capa
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One of the most advanced facilities of its kind in the world, the BNC facility is designed to support multidisciplinary research in nanotechnology and to foster interaction between researchers and research disciplines.
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Welcome to the Birck Nanotechnology Center website! The BNC leverages advances in nanoscale science and engineering to create innovative nanotechnologies addressing societal challenges and opportunities in computing, communications, the environment, security, energy independence, and health. In turn, the BNC exploits the accelerating progress in nanotechnology utilizing the most advanced nanoscale instrumentation to pursue answers to fundamental questions in the life and physical sciences. The interplay between these two complementary arcs of inquiry fosters a stimulating interdisciplinary environment for discovery that will engage us well into the 21st century.
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The BNC leverages advances in nanoscale science and engineering to create innovative nanotechnologies addressing societal challenges and opportunities in computing, communications, the environment, security, energy independence, and health.
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Current Events
- 16AprDetailsSymposium on Nanomaterials for Energy
April 16 - April 17 @ Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship 129
- 20AprDetailsFrans Johansson speaking on The Medici Effect
April 20 @ 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Loeb Playhouse
- 26AprDetailsNanoDays 2012
April 26 @ 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Birck Nanotechnology Center
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Birck Nanotechnology Center
1205 W. State Street
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057
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