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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SHyNE Annual Meeting takes place November 14, 2018
On November 14, 2018, SHyNE Resource met for their annual meeting. Meeting highlights included discussion of the considerable growth in usage in the past year, Year 3, in which there was a 9% increase over Year 2 with a total growth of over 40% since the beginning of...
2018 SEED Funding Recipients
SHyNE Resource is pleased to announce the first recipients of the SHyNE External Experiment Development (SEED) program. Scientists from across the Chicagoland area submitted excellent proposals and the committee had a difficult time narrowing down their...

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.