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[[Image:NINT.JPG|300px|thumb|right|The National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT)]]
The '''National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT)''' is a Government of Canada [[research institution]] located on the [[University of Alberta]] main campus, in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. Its primary purpose is [[Nanotechnology|nanotechnological]] research.
The institute was established in [[2001]] as a partnership between the [[National Research Council of Canada]], the University of Alberta, and the Government of Alberta. It is funded by the [[Government of Canada]], the [[Government of Alberta]]. the university, and various federal and provincial funding agencies. In June [[2006]], the institute moved into their present [[1 E4 m²|20,000]] [[square metre]] facility, designed to be one of the world's largest buildings for nanotechnological research.<ref>[http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/newsroom/news/2006/nint06-nr_e.html Flagship Nanotechnology Institute's New Home Features Canada's Quietest Space]</ref> There are at most two or three other facilities worldwide matching the new building in scale and capacity.<ref>[http://www.engineering.ualberta.ca/nav02.cfm?nav02=30429&nav01=18430 U of A Receives $15 Million Grant for Nanosystems Research Facility], Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta. Accessed on 3 January 2006.</ref>
According to NINT's research plan,<ref>[http://nint-innt.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/research/index_e.html NINT Research Plan – Overview]</ref> the institute's research focus is in the following areas:
-Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystals and nanowires
- Synthesis of supramolecular-based nanomaterials
- Fabrication and characterization of molecular-scale devices and nanosensors
- Development of nano-scaled materials for catalysis and directed chemical reactions at semiconductor surfaces
- Development of nano-electronic and nano-fluidic systems to interface devices to the outside world
- Theory, modeling, and simulation of nanosystems on multiple length scales
- Development of quantitative imaging and characterization techniques that support nanotechnology research
- Examination of the ethical, environmental, economic, legal and social issues of nanotechnology
- Research on nano-bioengineering such as protein design and genetic engineering of novel behaviours
- Development of nanoelectricalmechanical systems (NEMS), such as lab-on-a-chip devices
==See also==
*[[Canadian government scientific research organizations]]
*[[Canadian university scientific research organizations]]
*[[Canadian industrial research and development organizations]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://nint-innt.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ NINT website]
*[http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/pi/nav03.cfm?nav03=25622&nav02=23447&nav01=22192 University of Alberta Planning and Infrastructure: NINT]
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[[Category:University of Alberta]]
[[Category:Nanotechnology institutions]]
[[Category:2001 establishments]]
[[Category:Research institutes in Canada]]
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