Nanoscience at the University of New Mexico is a user facility providing rapid access to state-of-the-art equipment for academia and industry, to enable nanoscience research.

Research activity at Nanoscience is limited only by the interests and imagination of our users. Our expertise includes:

  • nanoscale interferometric lithography
  • self-assembly of nanocomposite soft/hard materials
  • nanoscale catalysis, and nano-geo-bio-chemistry. 
  • epitaxial growth of self-assembled quantum nanostructures (quantum dots)
  • field-emitter tips
  • photonic crystal lasers
  • nanomechanics
  • fiber sensors, molecular electronics, and nanomagnetics
  • synthesis and characterization of nanophase catalytic material
  • mesoporous natural materials and their potential for environmental remediation
  • geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry
  • interactions of microbes and minerals in extreme biological environments
  • mineralogy and geochemistry of low temperature nanophase materials
  • volcanic aerosols
  • early solar system processes involving nanophase materials

Talk to us and see how Nanoscience can advance your project!

A workshop on Nanoscale Epitaxial Semiconductor Structures (NESS) was held September 26-27, 2007 immediately following the North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE) Conference. Co-sponsored by NNIN and the DOE Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, the workshop focused on the epitaxial growth, characterization and device results of nanoscale epitaxial structures. Fifty-three researchers from across the nation (and one from Cambridge, England) attended the workshop, plus 6 UNM students. Participants listened to 15 papers and toured NNIN facilities at UNM.

Between January 11-13, 2006, UNM's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences hosted a workshop, Nanoscale Processes in the Earth and Planetary Sciences (NANOPEPS). This brought together interested researchers working on earth and planetary materials to review and discuss the current state of the art of nanoscience in the geoscience community, and to increase awareness of the facilities available for nanoscience research in the NSF-NNIN network. Keynote speakers were Professor Alexandra Navrotsky of UC Davis, Professor Rod Ewing of the University of Michigan and Professor Mike Hochella of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Click here for more info.
 
Nanoscience at the University of New Mexico is a member of NNIN, the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, an NSF  supported partnership. Further NSF support is provided under the New Mexico EPSCoR program.