Nanomaterials lab at CU helps students, businesses focus on smallest details

BOULDER – Nanotechnology, sometimes dubbed the next industrial revolution, is expected to impact almost every aspect of our lives, including health care, communications, consumer products and electronics.

The University of Colorado at Boulder is aiming to be at the cutting edge of the revolution by launching the Nanomaterials Characterization Facility, located in the Discovery Learning Center at CU-Boulder.

The goal at the facility is to educate students and develop new technologies by attracting researchers from CU and other research institutions. It also serves as a lab for companies to conduct research using instruments they don’t have the resources to buy.

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