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Nanotechnology

Nanobiotechnology

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Projects and Programs

nano-biophotonics collage

Nano-biophotonics for molecular imaging

Ongoing
Nano-biophotonics consists of four broad areas: molecular bioimaging; nano-biosensors; multiplexed bioassays ; and nanotechnology-based medical practices for diagnosis and therapy. Success in these areas is challenged by the underlying complexity of biological systems. Major levels of complexity and
A micromechanical bulk acoustic resonator that uses phononic crystal tethers to achieve a quality factor approaching the fundamental dissipation limit (fxQ can be as large as 1.2 x 1013 Hz)

Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems

Completed
MEMS/NEMS are enabling technologies that bring new functionalities with the potential to radically transform markets ranging from consumer products to national defense. The meteoric rise of the smartphone is an excellent example, in which MEMS accelerometers, gyroscopes, microphones, displays, and
Microfluidic diffusive chemostat

Measurements for minimal cells

Ongoing
Minimal cells are cells whose genome has been stripped of all but those genes essential for replication, in a process called "genome minimization." NIST and collaborators demonstrated genome minimization coupled to single cell imaging as a powerful approach to investigate the minimal genetic

Publications

Toward an International Standardisation Roadmap for Nanomedicine

Author(s)
Bryant C. Nelson, Gerrit Borchard, Luigi Calzolai, Fanny Caputo, Georges Favres, Fisicaro Fisicaro, Emeric Frejafon, Nazende Günday-Türeli, Denis Koltsov, Caterina Minelli, François-Xavier Ouf, Jérémie Parot, Adriele Prina Mello, Shan Zou
The French National Measurement Institute (LNE) has initiated a series of events to identify priorities for test methods and their harmonisation that directly