Founded in 2008 “to promote and coordinate multidisciplinary research and education in the molecular and nanosciences”
INSTITUTE-WIDETHEMES
Molecular and nanoscale product design
Team science
Responsible nanotechnology
development
www.brown.edu/IMNI
Brown Researchers Work on Some Big Problems in Nano
Nanotechnology for next-generation computing
Nanotechnology in medicine
Nanotechnology for energy and environment
Responsible nanotechnology development Nanomaterial-
containing consumer products
Cancertherapy
Moore’s law
Nanomaterials foradvanced batteries
Nanotechnology in Medicine
Multi-functional nanoparticles for targeted chemotherapy
Cell interiorcisplatin“dumbell”
nanoparticle
goldiron oxide
herceptin
From laboratory of Shouheng Sun, Prof. of Chemistry at Brown
As 1-atom-thick film,can be etched into circuits
for next-generation transistors
Partners: IBM, Semiconductor Research Corp.
Lithium ions
Li+
Graphene superstructures can take up
and release lithiumfor advanced batteries
Partners: GM, Medtronic
Brown University physics researchers and RI company NABsys
use nanopores for fast, inexpensive determination of
nucleotide sequences in DNA
Nanotechnology for DNA sequencing
UCSB website
DNA
nanopore
NNI Vision and Investment Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship * April 7, 2011 Clayton Teague
Medicine and Health
InformationTechnology
New Materials
Food, Water and
the Environme
nt
Instruments
Energy Productio
n / Storage /
Use
GMR Hard Disk
New Batteries
for Vehicles
Lightweight & strong matls.
Drug delivery
Tunneling microscopy
Remediation methods
Solar Cells
Molecular Switches
City-Sized Skyscrapers
“Smart” Membranes
Treatments for Cancer
Expected to impact virtually all technological sectors as an “enabling” or “key” technology
Widespread Application Areas for Nanotechnology
Nano Manipulator
s
NNI Vision and Investment Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship * April 7, 2011 Clayton Teague
National Nanotechnology Initiative National Nanotechnology Initiative BudgetBudget
NNI expenditures have grown from $464 NNI expenditures have grown from $464 million in million in FY 2001 to an FY 2012 request of over $2.1 FY 2001 to an FY 2012 request of over $2.1 billionbillion
Thank you!
Arijit Bose and Robert Hurt