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 Resource Holds 7th Annual Meeting!

After years of the pandemic preventing in-person meetings, the 7th Annual SHyNE Meeting was held in person in the Mudd Library of Northwestern’s Evanston Campus. Advisory committee members, facility managers, and associated staff gathered to hear the exciting updates...

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The Learning Continues!

Hi everyone! Mohammad here, continuing to learn more about Jack (Bundit) Diloknawarit’s “Heart Constellation”, a targeted therapeutics delivery system for breast cancer. I thought its mission was accomplished when the therapeutics have passed the body’s complex immune...

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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.