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