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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2024 SHyNE Annual Meeting

The NUANCE Center, University of Chicago, and SHyNE Resource members held the SHyNE Annual Meeting on April 8, 2024. The meeting was attended by the SHyNE Internal Steering Committee members as well as the External Advisory Committee.  In addition, staff members from...

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NSTA 2024

Another NSTA is in the books! The NNCI collaborative RET program finished up year 3 at the NSTA Conference in Denver, Colorado on March 20 – 23, 2024.  This was the 3rd and final year of the original collaborative grant that brought together Northwestern’s SHyNE...

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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.