CSU joins race for nanotechnology funds

FORT COLLINS — Researchers at Colorado State University are beginning to think big about thinking small.

The buzz is about nanotechnology, which involves manipulating matter at the molecular level and holds the promise of developing structures that carry fundamentally new properties and functions.

At CSU, scientists across several disciplines are initiating a grassroots effort to develop a center for nanotechnology.

“Basically, we want to put together a center to have more visibility and a central place for outsiders to come to,´ said chemical engineering professor David Dandy. “Part of this is because we know that large initiatives are more successful at…