NanoScienceWorks

University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Type	Disciplines
State University	Nanomaterials Nanomedicine Composites
Address	Postal Code
Office of Research 3227 Cheadle Hall	93106
City	State / Province
Santa Barbara	CA
E-mail	Country
	USA
Web	Phone
link	805-893-8000
Fax

Numerous products featuring the unique properties of nanoscale materials – including computer equipment, drug delivery systems and medical diagnostic tools, burn and wound dressings in hospitals, car parts, protective coatings on eyeglasses, cosmetics and clothing – are available to consumers and industry today. And new uses in our homes, offices and on the road are being envisioned and developed.

• Center for Bio-Image Informatics, Computer Engineering

• Center for Chemical Design of Materials, Materials Dept
• Center for Control, Dynamical Systems, and Computation, ECE
• Center for Information Processing and Research, ECE
• Center for Risk Studies and Safety, Chemical Engineering
• High Performance Composites Center, Materials Dept
• Institute for Multi-scale Materials Studies
• Interdisciplinary Center for Wide Band-Gap Semiconductors, Materials Dept
• International Center for Materials Research (see National Centers)
• Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials
• National Nanofabrication Infrastructure Network (see National Centers), ECE
• Optoelectronics Technology Center, ECE
• Solid State Lighting and Display Center, Materials Dept

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