Links & Downloads
Associations and Interest Groups
German National Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech), Nanotechnology Network
Working group of the Centers of Competence of Nanotechnology in Germany (AgeNT-D)
German Clusters
- Center for Applied Nanotechnology (CAN), Hamburg
- Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Münster
- Fraunhofer Innovation Cluster “Nano for Production”
- Interdisciplinary Nano-Research Center Hamburg (in German only)
- Research Network for Functional Nanostructures
- Kompetenznetz für Materialien der Nanotechnologie (NanoMat Network for Nanotechnology Materials), Karlsruhe
- Kompetenzzentrum Ultrapräzise Oberflächenbearbeitung (Competence Center for Ultra-Precise Surface Treatment, CC UPOB) (German only)
- NanoMikroWerkstoffe NRW Cluster (NanoMicro Materials Cluster North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM)
- Nanotechnology Cluster Bavaria
- Network for Nano- and Biotechnology, Saarbrücken
- Silicon Saxony, including the leading-edge cluster “Cool Saxony”
- “Ultra-Thin Functional Films” Nanotechnology Center of Competence, Dresden
Alliances for Innovation
Technology Transfer
- InnovationLab GmbH (iL)
- Technology Transfer at the Max Planck Society
- Technology Transfer at the Leibniz Association
Information and Knowledge Platforms
- NanoMap, a portal for all of Germany’s key nanotech players
- Portal for international R&D partnerships
- Portal for physics (in German only)
- Portal for photonics research (in German only)
- Portal on the German research and university scene
- The VDI’s portal for future-oriented technologies
Public Institutions
- German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology
- “nanoTruck” Treffpunkt Nanowelten (“nanoTruck” Meeting Place Nanoworlds) information campaign
Research and Development
- Center for NanoScience (CeNS) at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich
- Fraunhofer Nanotechnology Alliance
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Institute for Nanotechnology at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)
- Leibniz Network Nano
- NanoEnergieTechnikZentrum (NETZ) for new materials in energy technology
Risk Assessment
- Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)
- EU Nanosafety Cluster
- Europäische Forschungsinfrastruktur für Nanosicherheit (European Research Infrastructure for Nanosafety)
- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Nanotechnology Working Group
- Kompetenzzentrum Nanoanalytik (Competence Center for Nanoanalytics, CCN), Hamburg
- Verband der Chemischen Industrie, (Chemical Industry Association, VCI), Chemicals Safety
- Wissensplattform Nanomaterialien (Nanomaterials Knowledge Platform, DaNa)
Subsidies and Financing
Nanotechnology in the EU
- EU flagship pilot project on graphene and two-dimensional materials (FET Graphene Flagship)
- Europäische Initiative zur Kommerzialisierung von Nanotechnologie (European Initiative on the Commercialization of Nanotechnology)
- European Nanotechnology Gateway
- European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry
- Nanotechnology Homepage of the European Commission (Cordis)
- Portal for Nanotechnology in the European Union
Education, Training, and the Labor Market
- The BMBF’s sponsorship program for young academics, “NanoMatFutur” (in German only)
- Portal for nanotechnology education opportunities in Germany
- The University of Duisburg-Essen’s Nanotechnolgy Summer School
