Nano/Bio Interface Center

The Nano/Bio Interface Center is a Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center at the University of Pennsylvania. It specializes in bionanotechnology, combining aspects of life sciences and engineering,[1] with a particular focus in biomolecular optoelectronics and molecular motions, including developing new scanning probe microscopy techniques.[2][3] It offers a master's degree in nanotechnology. The center was established in 2004 with a US$11.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation, and received an additional $11.9 million grant in 2009.[4] By 2013, it had constructed a new facility, the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology.[5]

Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology

The Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology is given by the Nano/Bio Interface Center each year to an outstanding researcher in nanotechnology.[6] The award is given each year at the center's NanoDay outreach event.[5]

2005 awardee Horst Störmer
2006 awardee Steven M. Block
2007 awardee Charles M. Lieber
2007 awardee Christoph Gerber
2011 awardee Don Eigler
Year Recipient Institution Rationale
2005 Horst Störmer Columbia University 2D electron sheets in semiconductors[6]
2006 Steven M. Block Stanford University Optical tweezer studies of biomolecules[6]
2007 Charles M. Lieber Harvard University Synthesis, characterization, and assembly of nanomaterials[6]
Christoph Gerber University of Basel Scanning probe microscopy[6]
2008 Naomi J. Halas Rice University Nanoshells with tunable optical properties[6]
2009 Harold Craighead Cornell University Nanofabrication[6]
2010 Angela Belcher Massachusetts Institute of Technology [7]
2011 Don Eigler IBM Amalden Research Center Low temperature scanning tunneling microscopes[6]
2012 Toshio Ando Kanazawa University High-speed atomic force microscopy of protein molecules[6][8]
2013 Joseph W. Lyding University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Scanning tunneling microscopy of charge density waves and silicon surfaces[6][9][10]
2014 Charles Marcus University of Copenhagen Electromagnetic control of nanomaterials, fractional quantum Hall effect, and Majorana fermions[6][11]
2015 Xiaowei Zhuang Harvard University Super-resolution imaging for the studies of biological systems[12]
2016 Catherine J. Murphy University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Gold nanocrystals with tunable optical properties[13]

References
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  3. Tomczyk, Michael (2014-12-22). NanoInnovation: What Every Manager Needs to Know. John Wiley & Sons. p. 108. ISBN 9783527326723.
  4. Key, Peter (2009-10-12). "2 disparate Penn tech programs receive millions of dollars - Philadelphia Business Journal". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
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  7. "NanoDay@Penn Schedule of Events" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  8. "NBIC Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology: Toshio Ando, 2012 Recipient" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
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  11. "Charles Marcus receives American research prize". University of Copenhagen Niels Bohr Institute. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  12. "NBIC Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology: Xiaowei Zhuang, 2015 Recipient" (PDF). UPenn Nano/Bio Interface Center. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  13. "NBIC Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology: Catherine J. Murphy, 2016 Recipient" (PDF). UPenn Nano/Bio Interface Center. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
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