SHyNE Resource provides access to the state-of-the art research facilities and technical expertise at Northwestern University and University of Chicago.
With broad capabilities in nanoscale characterization and fabrication, we serve scientists and engineers from industry, academia, government and non-profit sectors as part of the NSF National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) program.
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NU-KAIST Joint Workshop
On Wednesday, May 15, 2019, The Department of Materials Science & Engineering presented a NU-KAIST Joint Workshop. This was a collaborative workshop designed to build sustainable relationships between Northwestern University and KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of...
SHyNE director hosts visitors from Regis Technologies
Two guests from Regis Technologies, a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Morton Grove, visited NUANCE on Thursday. The visitors were hosted by SHyNE director Dr. Ben Myers. They visited all of NUANCE’s facilities, plus a few counterparts including QBIC,...
INDUSTRY
The SHyNE Facilities serve the needs of several industries across the Chicagoland Area, including aerospace, consumer products, biotech and many more.
SERVICES
Our labs are operated by technical experts that can assist you with data collection and analysis as well as provide training for your team.
TECHNIQUES
SHyNE facilities offer an array of characterization tools across several orders of magnitude from atomic and molecular studies all the way to macroscopic structures.