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Georgia Tech’s Nanotechnology Research Center (NRC) is a research enabler, providing state-of-the-art equipment resources, staff expertise, training, and teaming environments to enable fabrication and characterization on the micro and nano scale. The NRC is supported by the National Science Foundation as the southeast node in the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) and operates as an open, hands-on user facility. The Georgia Tech NRC provides a unique resource to researchers from the state, region and nation, to develop new microelectronics, optics, sensors and actuators and to evaluate unique nano-materials and surfaces with an emphasis on applications in bioengineering and biomedicine.

Research activity at the NRC is carried out in both the Pettit Microelectronics Research Building and the newly-constructed Marcus Nanotechnology Building. The Pettit building houses an 8,500 sq. ft. cleanroom with nearly 100 pieces of equipment, while the Marcus building includes (in Phase I) an additional 10,000 sq. ft. of semiconductor cleanroom space for nanoelectronic device (top down) fabrication as well as 5,000 sq. ft. of biological (bottom up) cleanroom space, including Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) bays. Additional space is provided for characterization and metrology, chemical processing, biotechnology, and meeting areas.

Nanotechnology is playing a vital role in technological advancement and continued innovation by offering miniaturization of existing devices, synthesis of smart materials, new chemistry and manufacturing routes. During this Field Trip, TAG members will have an opportunity to learn how this technology is implemented, get a behind-the-scenes tour of one of the most advanced cleanroom facilities in the nation, view demonstrations of advanced fabrication and characterization tools, and see some of the new prototypes and products that result from this research.