Founded in 2008 “to promote and coordinate multidisciplinary research and education in the molecular and nanosciences” INSTITUTE-WIDE THEMES Molecular and nanoscale product design Team science Responsible nanotechnology development

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 Cancer therapy Moore’s law Nanomaterials for advanced batteries

Nanotechnology in Medicine Multi-functional nanoparticles for targeted chemotherapy Cell interior cisplatin “dumbell” nanoparticle gold iron 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 lithium for 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 Information Technology New Materials Food, Water and the Environment Instrument s Energy Production / 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 Manipulators

NNI Vision and Investment Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship * April 7, 2011 Clayton Teague National Nanotechnology Initiative Budget  NNI expenditures have grown from $464 million in FY 2001 to an FY 2012 request of over $2.1 billion

Thank you! Arijit Bose and Robert Hurt