National Institute for Nanotechnology

National Institute for Nanotechnology
The National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT)

The National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) is a research institution located on the University of Alberta main campus, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Its primary purpose is nanotechnological research.

The institute was established in 2001 as a partnership between the National Research Council of Canada, the University of Alberta, and the Government of Alberta. It is administered as an institute of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), and governed by a Board of Trustees nominated by the partners. Its core funding comes from the Government of Canada and additional funding and research support comes from the university, Government of Alberta, and various federal and provincial funding agencies.

In June 2006, the institute moved into its present 200,000 square metre facility, designed to be one of the world's largest buildings for nanotechnological research.[1] There are at most two or three other facilities worldwide matching the new building in scale and capacity.[2]

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Research areas

According to NINT's research plan,[3] the institute's research focus is in the following areas:

  • Development of nano-scaled materials for catalysis and directed chemical reactions at semiconductor surfaces
  • Theory, modeling, and simulation of nanosystems on multiple length scales
  • Development of quantitative imaging and characterization techniques that support nanotechnology research
  • Examination of the ethical, environmental, economic, legal and social issues of nanotechnology
  • Research on nano-bioengineering such as protein design and genetic engineering of novel behaviours

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