Nanotechnology is the synthesis/fabrication of tools and machines at the 10(-9) meter scale.

 

Molecular Materials is the engineering and synthesis of materials at the atomic and molecular level: from the construction of hetero-systems at the atomic scale to the assembly of molecular species into ordered systems.

 

Together, these advances underpin today's vast revolution in materials physics.

 

NANOTECH is a Shared Instrumentation Facility of the Wake Forest University research community. Its core mission is to provide access to a broad suite of nationally competitive capabilities in nano sciences including...

 

1. Nanomaterials -  synthesis and processing,

2. High resolution imaging and analytical characterization - HRTEM/STEM, STM/AFM, CTEM, XPS, Auger, EDAX, PEELS

3. Cleanroom  fabrication - class 1000, ISO 6 - iline, 365nm optical lithography, 

4. Fast optical characterization - ps to fs time resolution spectroscopy, laser based ARPES

 

NANOTECH also offers an extensive curriculum in the nano-sciences together with several outreach programs.    

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NANOTECH occupies a dedicated building located at 501 Deacon Blvd, in Winston-Salem NC, adjacent to the Reynolda Campus of WFU. It is open to all faculty, staff and students of WFU / Atrium-WFBMC.