The Harvey M. Krueger Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

The future of high technology depends on nanoscience and nanotechnology, by which means scientists study and create tiny objects ranging from .1-100 nanometers in size, or approximately 10,000 times smaller than a human hair. A burgeoning field, nanoscience is leading to the development of nanocapsules that can deliver drugs to the human body effectively, on a targeted basis. Nanoscience is also vital to tissue engineering, which is needed to alleviate the current organ donor crisis. New methods of digital printing will result from nanotechnology breakthroughs, as will the creation of tiny molecular machines. As for computer electronics, sub-microscopic nano-processors are expected to become powerful successors to today’s microchip.

Hebrew University’s Harvey M. Krueger Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology was established in 2002 to advance research and development in this crucial field. Headed by Professor Uri Banin, winner of the 2005 Kaye Innovation Prize, the Krueger Center brings together leading scientists with varied areas of expertise, including chemistry, physics, applied physics, computer science and engineering and life sciences. Through professional collaborations that are enhanced by a modern infrastructure, researchers are making high-tech progress in the fields of advanced materials, microelectronics, electro-optics, medicine and more.

Hebrew University’s Harvey M. Krueger Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology was established in 2002 to advance research and development in this crucial field. Headed by Professor Uri Banin, winner of the 2005 Kaye Innovation Prize, the Krueger Center brings together leading scientists with varied areas of expertise, including chemistry, physics, applied physics, computer science and engineering and life sciences. Through professional collaborations that are enhanced by a modern infrastructure, researchers are making high-tech progress in the fields of advanced materials, microelectronics, electro-optics, medicine and more.

The Krueger Center currently includes a nanoscopic characterization with advanced equipment for the purposes of electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, X-ray characterization and advanced chemical analysis of materials. The unit provides scientists with "eyes" that enable them to characterize and identify the nanometric structures they create.

A nanofabrication unit, or "nano-workshop" is being planned and will enable scientists to prepare nanometric structures so they may be integrated with the macroscopic world.

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