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About Us
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology have
been identified worldwide as the key to unlocking a new generation
of materials and devices with revolutionary properties and
functionalities. The National University of Singapore (NUS)
acknowledges the global trend that nanotechnology is expected to be
a key technology. NUS, in tradition of spearheading cutting-edge
research programs, has launched the NUS Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI) to promote this area of research.
NUSNNI provides the necessary support to facilitate research efforts
by NUS faculties, researchers and students interested in pursuing
this area of research, and encourages collaborative efforts between
various disciplines within the university faculties and interested
research partners. Several core areas of nanotechnology research
have been identified by this initiative. NUSNNI will build on the
strengths of the faculties and focus on strategic programmes to
excel in niche areas, and target to meet the following
objectives;
Objectives
 To develop
research human capital and long-term research capabilities in the
strategic field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
To galvanize
and coordinate multidisciplinary research effort (across
departments, faculties and with the Research Institutes) in
nanoscience and nanotechnology.
To help set
research priorities and directions for high impact nanoscience and
nanotechnology research.
Co-Directors:
NUSNNI is
headed by
Prof T
Venky Venkatesan
(ECE/Physics),
Prof
Chow Gan Moog
(Mater Sci Engg),
Assoc
Prof Loh Kian Ping
(Chemistry), and
Prof
Mark B H Breese
(Physics)
RESEARCH FOCUSES:
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Spintronics
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Topological
insulators
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Atomically Controlled
Oxide Heterostructures
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Graphene
Electronics
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Oxide Electronics
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High Density Memories
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Nano-Drug
Delivery
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Nano
Toxicology
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Sustainable Energy
Materials & Systems
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Nano-Scale
Imaging & Patterning
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Charge transport in
Mesoscopic Systems
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Active Plasmonics
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Nanoparticles
& their Applications
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Composites and
Nanocomposites
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Functional Polymers
and Self-assembly
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Materials Nanowires
MAJOR STATE OF ART FACILITIES:
Helium Ion Microscope, PLD systems, Laser-MBE
system, CVD system, Excimer Laser, High temperature
furnaces, Low temperature PL System with Laser,
Large area 2D-detector XRD system, fs-Lasers, AFM,
UV-VIS-NIR Spectrometer, Four probe stations, SQUID,
PPMS, Close Cycle He4 Refrigerators for Magneto
transport measurement, Dilution fridge, Solar
Simulators, IPCE, Lithography systems
MILESTONES:
Over
S$30m worth competitive research projects including
two joint international (Technion, Israel and King
Saud University, Saudi Arabia) programs related to
nanotechnology are attracted by NUS faculty members
under NUSNNI. Currently, over 40 PhD
students are being supported by the NUSNNI
scholarships.
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