The Nano/Bio Interface Center is a Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center at the University of Pennsylvania. It specializes in bionanotechnology, combining aspects of life sciences and engineering, with a particular focus in biomolecular optoelectronics and molecular motions, including developing new scanning probe microscopy techniques. It offers a master's degree in nanotechnology. The center was established in 2004 with a US$11.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation, and received an additional $11.9 million grant in 2009. By 2013, it had constructed a new facility, the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology.
Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology The Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology is given by the Nano/Bio Interface Center each year to an outstanding researcher in nanotechnology. The award is given each year at the center's NanoDay outreach event.
YearRecipientInstitutionRationale2005Horst StörmerColumbia University2D electron sheets in semiconductors2006Steven M. BlockStanford UniversityOptical tweezer studies of biomolecules2007Charles M. LieberHarvard UniversitySynthesis, characterization, and assembly of nanomaterialsChristoph GerberUniversity of BaselScanning probe microscopy2008Naomi J. HalasRice UniversityNanoshells with tunable optical properties2009Harold CraigheadCornell UniversityNanofabrication2010Angela BelcherMassachusetts Institute of Technology2011Don EiglerIBM Amalden Research CenterLow temperature scanning tunneling microscopes2012Toshio AndoKanazawa UniversityHigh-speed atomic force microscopy of protein molecules2013Joseph W. LydingUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignScanning tunneling microscopy of charge density waves and silicon surfaces2014Charles MarcusUniversity of CopenhagenElectromagnetic control of nanomaterials, fractional quantum Hall effect, and Majorana fermions2015Xiaowei ZhuangHarvard UniversitySuper-resolution imaging for the studies of biological systems2016Catherine J. MurphyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignGold nanocrystals with tunable optical properties
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