Center for Molecular Nanofabrication and Devices
Members and Partners

Team members, affiliations (Penn State unless otherwise indicated), and areas of expertise

Prof. Dave Allara,Chemistry & Materials Science: Self-assembly & surface functionalization
Prof. Vincent Crespi, Physics: Theory of structural & electronic properties of nanostructures
Prof. Steve Fonash, Engineering Sciences & Nanofabrication Center Director: Nanofabrication
Prof. Ray Funk, Chemistry: Organic synthesis of functional molecules
Dr. Paul Hallacher, Central Administration: Outreach coordinator
Prof. Will Hancock, Bioengineering: Biomolecular motors
Prof. Tom Jackson, Electrical Engineering: Nanofabrication & molecular electronics
Prof. Chris Keating, Chemistry: Nanoparticles, biomimetic self-assembly, molecular electronics
Prof. Tom Mallouk, Chemistry: Chemical assembly, tailored nanoparticles & layers
Prof. Theresa Mayer, Electrical Engineering: Nanofabrication & molecular electronics
Prof. Carlo Montemagno, Cornell UniversityAgricultural & Biological Engineering: Nanofabrication & molecular motors
Prof. George Oster, UC Berkeley Biochemistry: Molecular motor theory
Prof. James Tour, Rice University Chemistry: Molecular electronics & motors, design & synthesis
Prof. Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Materials Science & Engineering: Non-Si nanofabrication
Prof. Paul Weiss, PI, Chemistry: Scanning probes, self-assembly, nanofabrication

Industrial, government & international partners and interests

IBM, TJ Watson Research CenterInterests, collaboration & personnel exchanges in self- assembly, molecular electronics & nanofabrication.
Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories Interests in self-assembly, molecular electronics & nanofabrication.
Motorola Interests & collaboration in molecular electronics & nanofabrication.
TriQuint Interests & support in advancing nanofabrication.
Atolytics Interests, collaboration & support in atomic-scale characterization.
Molecular Electronics Corp. Interests, collaboration & support of Center members in molecular electronics.
Zyvex LLC Interests, collaboration, exchanges & support in molecular nanotechnology & motors.
Naval Research Laboratory Interests & collaboration in molecular electronics.
NIST Interests, collaboration, exchanges & support (selected Center members) in molecular electronics, supporting new NIST Director’s Initiative.
Sandia National Laboratories Interests, collaboration & exchanges in nanofabrication and functional molecular devices & components.
Franklin Institute Science museum collaborating in outreach (see Section VII).
Kyoto University, Venture Business Laboratory Collaboration & exchanges in molecular & organic electronics.


sbb, 6 April 2001