The Facility Is Open!

The Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly, one of the first federally and privately funded nanotechnology facilities of its kind in the nation, in now home to scientists and engineers dedicated to the pursuit of new technologies.

The four story, 44,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility, houses research laboratories, support space, conference rooms and faculty offices. The four main floors, each with a computer lab, also have room for up to 144 postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, visiting professors and scholars. An incubator lab allows researchers to collaborate with industrial partners.

The Institute for Nanotechnology, an umbrella organization for the multi-million-dollar nanotechnology research efforts at Northwestern, and the NU NSF-Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), one of only six such centers in the country, have their headquarters in the new building.

Photos from Grand Opening Celebration