Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology discoveries lead to new materials and devices that hold promise for virtually all sectors of the economy. NRC is helping Canada become a world leader in nanotechnology through innovations in materials sciences, biomedicine and communications and information technologies.

Institutes and Programs

• NRC Biotechnology Research Institute
• NRC Institute for Aerospace Research
• NRC Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology
• NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation
• NRC Industrial Materials Institute
• NRC Institute for Microstructural Sciences
• NRC Institute for National Measurement Standards
• NRC Institute for Research in Construction
• National Institute for Nanotechnology
• NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences

Research Programs

• Devices and Sensors at NINT
• Electron Microscopy at NINT
• Engineered Materials for Energy at NINT
• Ethical, Environmental, Economic, Legal and Social Issues (NE3LS) at NINT
• Materials & Interfacial Chemistry at NINT
• Molecular Scale Devices at NINT
• Nano Life Sciences at NINT
• Nanoscale Measurements and Standards
• Nanotechnology Research at NINT
• Supramolecular Nanoscale Assembly at NINT

Research Projects

• Cement / Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Composite Materials
• Cement Hydration at the Nanoscale
• Cement-Based Nanocomposites
• Nanotechnology for High Performance Thermal Insulation
• Nanotechnology Research at NINT
• Nanotechnology Research at NRC-IRC
• Use of Nano-CaCO3 for Accelerating the Hydration of Cement

Business Opportunities and Services

• Services

  NRC offers a variety of services to businesses. Individual institutes offer for-fee services, ranging from calibration to development of building codes. Browse a variety of services that NRC offers related to nanotechnology.

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• Facilities

  National Research Council (NRC) facilities offer Canadian businesses and universities access to state-of-the-art equipment, research and training programs, and world leading design, fabrication, testing and co-location facilities. Browse our state-of-the-art facilities related to nanotechnology.

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Publications and Patents

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