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CLUSTER OF
EXCELLENCE
NANOSYSTEMS INITIATIVE MUNICH (NIM)
www.nano-initiative-munich.de
The cluster of excellence “Nanosystems Initiative Munich” research environment that bridges and links traditionally
(NIM), brings together scientists from various research facili- separate disciplines. The highly interdisciplinary nature of this
ties in the Munich area in the fields of physics, biophysics, cluster ensures cross-fertilization and synergies, an inter-
physical chemistry, biochemistry, pharmaceuticals, biology, nationally competitive research program, a uniquely fertile
electronics, and medicine. NIM merges the specific expertises environment for a stimulating graduate education, and
of the research groups on man-made and biological nanoscale establishes ideal conditions for technological innovation.
systems into a coherent and focused nanoscience cluster.
NIM as promoter of science careers
Creation of functional nanosystems A major structural goal of the NIM cluster is to firmly establish
The main target of the research effort in NIM is the creation itself as the most attractive nanoscience research site in
and development of nanosystems for information processing Germany for young scientists who have excelled in their
and medical applications. While many individual nanoscale work at an international level. To this end, special emphasis is
building blocks and components have been devised in recent placed on ensuring the early independence of outstanding
years using top-down and bottom-up strategies, little is known junior scientists, offering them internationally competitive
about their integration into entire functional systems. The start-up packages and tenure-track professorships that will
overarching vision guiding the research in this cluster will give them a long-term career perspective and allow for
therefore be to design, fabricate, and achieve control of a continuity of research. Equal Opportunity funds are available
broad range of artificial and multi-functional nanoscale to support female researchers in achieving their individual
systems, and to unlock their potential for possible applications work-life balance. For more information on current vacancies,
in fields as diverse as future information technologies, the please check: www.nano-initiative-munich.de/jobs
life sciences, or combinations of both. To this end, it is
essential to gain a fundamental understanding of their pro-
The research areas of NIM joining Life Science and Information Processing
perties and behavior, which range from being purely quantum
Life Science
Single Electron and Spin
mechanical to being governed mainly by stochastic effects.
Nanosystems
Programmed
Drug Delivery
Nanoscience feeds information and life sciences
Nanophotonic
Systems
Research areas dominated by quantum effects include single-
Nanoagents
and Advanced
electron and single-spin behavior at the lowest temperatures,
Cell Imaging
nanophotonic experiments, and the investigation of practical
Quantum
strategies for quantum computation. These are complemented
Nanoscience for
Information
Nanosystems
Information and
by research areas that address the exploration of extremely
Single
Life Sciences
sensitive nano sensors and actuators, both artificial and natural
Molecule
Biophysics
single-molecule machines, nanoscale objects and vehicles in
Nanotransducers
live cells, as well as drug delivery nanosystems. Sophisticated
experimental studies and technological developments are
Nanostructered
complemented by in-depth theoretical investigations of
Surfaces
and Cell-Substrate
Functional
increasingly complex nanosystems in order to create a broad
Interaction
Nano-Networks
Nanoanalytics and
and deep knowledge base, and to establish an exciting
Enabling Techniques
Information Processing
Collaborating partner institutions:
Contact:
Technische Universität München, University of Augsburg, Munich
Dr. Beate Mannschreck, Scientific Manager
University of Applied Sciences, Walther Meissner Institute at the
Faculty of Physics
Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Max Planck Institutes for
phone: +49 (0) 89 / 21 80 - 67 94
Biochemistry and for Quantum Optics, Deutsches Museum
info@nano-initiative-munich.de
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