NANOFRONT

Research

Nanoscience, the bottom-up exploration of matter from the most fundamental level of single atoms and molecules, constitutes one of the most exciting frontiers in science today.  
The nanotechnology toolbox has now matured to a level undreamed of before: single atoms and molecules are imaged and controlled to create and explore new structures with novel properties. Real-life systems like biological cells are studied at the nanoscale. The long-kept promise of nanoscience is now generating actual breakthroughs at the crossroads of physics, chemistry and biology.

NanoFront will explore the most promising frontiers of nanoscience in a synergetic program geared towards fundamental breakthroughs as well as applications. The research is centered around the following themes:

1. Frontiers of quantum nanoscience – from quantum surprises to quantum devices

  • 1A. Exploring the nature and limits of quantum mechanics in nanodevices
  • 1B. Exploiting quantum mechanics in nanodevices
2. Frontiers of bionanoscience – exploring and building life from the nanoscale up

  • 2A. The workings of the inner cell from the nanoscale up.
  • 2B. Building from the nanoscale up

3. Frontiers of nanotechnology - get real, go live

  • 3A. New nano-vision: imaging under live conditions
  • 3B. Building novel nanodevices

For a detailed description of the research within NanoFront, click on one of these logos to visit the relevant pages.

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Events

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9 September - 9 November 2019

Delta ITP Course Advanced Topics in Theoretical Physicslink

1 October - 1 December 2019

Kavli artist in residence: Simone van Saarlooslink

7 October 2019

PhD defence - Alicia Soler Canton: "Synthetic biology meets liposome-based drug delivery"link

25 October 2019

DRSTP PhD day 2019: registration is now open!link

28 October 2019

Joint Workshop on Nano-Characterisationlink

29 - 30 October 2019

IQT Europe 2019: The Future Quantum Computing, Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Sensorslink

4 November 2019

MB6.0 - annual fall meeting Microbial Biotechnologylink

7 November 2019

PhD defence - Melissa Rinaldin: " On the geometry of demixing: A study of lipid phase separation on curved surfaces"link

11 - 15 November 2019

Life Sciences with Industry 2019link

14 November 2019

Kavli Colloquium - Harold Y. Wang: Soft Chemistry Approaches to Two-Dimensional Oxide Quantum Materials" "link

18 - 22 November 2019

Physics with Industry 2019 - the 10th edition!link

20 November 2019

PhD defence - Mark Steudtner: "Methods to simulate fermions on quantum computers with hardware limitations"link

20 November 2019

QuTech Colloquium - Jay Gambetta (IBM): TBAlink

21 November 2019

symposium "Science for a Viable Society"link

22 November 2019

PhD defence - Benjamin Lehner: "To new frontier, Microbiology for nanotechnology and space exploration"link

28 November 2019

PhD defence - Mario Avellaneda: "Chaperone-mediated protein rescue: a single-molecule study"link

10 December 2019

PhD defence - Koen Bastiaans: "Probing quantum materials with novel scanning tunneling microscopy techniques"link

11 December 2019

QuTech Colloquium - Jens Eisert (Freie Universität Berlin): TBAlink

12 December 2019

PhD defence - Thijs Cui: "A random walk towards the Golden Fleece: Single-Molecule Investigations of Argonaute Target Search"link

13 December 2019

PhD defence - Misha Klein: "Right place, right time: Modeling the search time and specificity of Cas9 and Argonaute "link

19 December 2019

PhD defence - Marios Kounalakis: "Nonlinear couplings for quantum control of superconducting qubits and electrical/mechanical resonators"link

22 - 26 June 2020

BioBusiness Summerschool on 22-26 June 2020link