Istituto di Nanotecnologia Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR Nanotec)

The National Research Council Institute CNR-NANOTEC operates through its four research divisions located in Lecce, Bari, Roma and Rende (CS).

CNR-NANOTEC mission is the development and prototyping of innovative materials and devices obtained using bottom-up approaches (self-assembling, molecular engineering of polymers, biological and organic molecules) as well as top-down approaches (nanotechnology/last generation litographic techniques applied to semiconductor materials).

In particular, CNR-NANOTEC researchers design and synthesize new nanomaterials and prototype devices with performances at the state of the art or above it. Other core activities are the study and the manipulation of soft matter and biomaterials and the study of  the basics of plasma chemistry and physics and the development of new plasma methodologies for application in many fields such as environment, energy and life sciences, aerospace and cultural heritage.