Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology
The Kavli Institute
of Nanoscience Delft will represent the research aspect of the existing
Department of Nanoscience in the Faculty of Applied Sciences. This research
is primarily focused on the physics of nanostructures with emphasis on
electron transport phenomena in individual objects. The nanostructures vary
from superconductors to biopolymers and are obtained from nature or
fabricated with bottom-up methods (starting with atoms or molecules) or
top-down techniques (such as electron beam lithography). Experiments aim to
explore new physics and to exploit novel principles in devices with a new
functionality. In the past, the groups participating in the Institute have
been among the first to explore quantum point contacts, single electron
turnstiles and to measure the conductance of single carbon nanotubes.
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