Penn State

Penn State's gateway to nanoscale science and technology


The new home for 21st century science

The Millennium Science Complex, situated in the center of the University Park campus, is the future home for the Materials Research Institute and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and will house the NNIN/Nanofabrication Facility and the Materials Characterization Lab. With the opening of the Millennium Science Complex in the summer of 2011, Penn State will enable new collaborations across scientific disciplines and provide world-class facilities for research at the leading edge of 21st century science and technology.


Recent News

Oil-Spill Clean-up May be Made Easier by Carbon-Nanotube Technology

carbon-nanotubes showing their effectiveness absorbing oil

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Materials for First Optical Fibers with High-Speed Electronic Function are Developed

optical fiber with a high-speed electronic junction

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First Electronic Optical Fibers with Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon are Developed

electric optical fibers

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Penn State centers and user facilities for nanoscale science and engineering


NNIN/Nanofabrication Laboratory



The Center for Nanoscale Science (MRSEC)



Smart Materials Integration Laboratory



Materials Characterization Laboratory (MCL)



Focus on Materials Winter 2011 Publication Cover

Winter-2011

Energy Storage: New Materials Meet the Need for Better Batteries and Capacitors

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Distinguished Lecture Series - The Convergence of Materials Science and Life Science

The Distinguished Lecture Series highlights world-class researchers in nanobiology, biomaterials, biosensors, biophotonics, microfluidics, molecular imaging and biomolecular engineering. The talks are intended to stimulate new activities at the life science-materials science interface and will be of interest to students and faculty engaged in interdisciplinary research in any science and engineering discipline. It is being jointly sponsored by the Materials Research Institute and the Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences.

Attend upcoming Distinguished Lectures and view past lectures online

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