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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