Focus on Biosystems

• Carbon Nanotubes on Silicon and Oxide Nanopores
University of Illinois

• Application of Semiconductor Quantum Dots to Biology
University of California Davis

• A Robust DNA-Based Nanomechanical Device
New York University

Focus on Structure & Phenomena: Mechanical/Chemical

• Creating Functional Nano-Environments by Controlled Self-Assembly
University of California Santa Barbara

• Superhard Nanostructured Films
University of Minnesota

• NanoTurf: Nano-engineered Low Flow Friction Surfaces
University of California Los Angeles

• Integrated Devices from Self-Assembled Nanoscale Copolymer Templates
University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Growth of Nanoporous Materials
University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Unusual Electrodynamics of Metamaterials
University of Utah

• Dendrimer-Stabilized Nanoparticles for Next-Generation Catalysts
University of South Carolina

• Nanoelectronics – Breaking the Memory Gridlock
University of California Los Angeles

Focus on Structure & Phenomena: Electronic/Magnetic/Optoelectronic

• Self-Aligned and Self-Limited Quantum Dot Nanoswitches
Ohio State University

• Zeolitic Materials for Nanoscale Electronics & Quantum Computation
Ohio University

• A NIRT on Optoelectronic Materials
University of Washington

• Semiconductor Nanowires: Building Blocks for Nanoscale Devices
Penn State University

• Molecular Nanomagnets
Texas A & M

• Spin Transport and Dynamics in Nanoscale Hybrid Structures
University of California Irvine

Focus on Structure & Phenomena: Single Molecules

• Carbon Nanotube Single-Electron Memory
University of Maryland

• Single-Molecule Functional Nanostructures
Unversity of Pennsylvania

• Quantum Effects in Single Molecule Magnets
New York University

Focus on Devices and Systems Architectures

• Wiring single molecules into electronic circuits,
Arizona State University

• Phonon Transport in Nanostructures
Carnegie Mellon University

• Self-Assembly of Magnetic Nanostructures
University of Central Florida

• Plasmonics: Nanoparticle Chain Arrays
California Institute of Technology

• Nanoscale Single-Electron Switching Arrays for Self-Evolving Neuromorphic Networks
SUNY Stony Brook

Focus on Theory/Modeling/Simulation

• Design of Nanoporous Molecular Square Catalysts using Multiscale Modeling
Northwestern University

• Entropy driven Nano-motors and Nano-pumps
Johns Hopkins University

Centers and Networks

• Theoretical Imaging of Electron Flow in a Nanowire
Harvard University

• The Network for Computational Nanotechnology
Purdue University and Collaborating Institutions