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September 11, 2022 | Duke Engineering Magazine

Thinking Small

Duke’s Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility cultivates a collaborative and empowering environment for engineers who work at the tiniest scales

March 17, 2021 | Duke Today

SMIF featured in video "DUKE & UNC: Rivals on the Court, Teammates in Science"

SMIF and the RTNN are featured in this one-minute video that was produced for the March 2021 Duke-UNC Basketball game.

August 27, 2020 | Pratt School of Engineering

Nanotechnology Network Meets National and Research Triangle Research and Educational Needs

Duke University has been renewed for five years as part of the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN)

May 13, 2020 | Pratt School of Engineering

A Bee’s Knees and Toilet Paper’s Fibrous Jungles—in Super-High Resolution

The Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network launches a 30-minute K-12 online educational program featuring a scanning electron microscope housed in a researcher's bedroom.

September 29, 2017

Nurturing the Nanotech Maker in Us All

New free online course teaches anyone how to make and examine materials on a molecular scale.

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SMIF is a member of the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN), a National Science Foundation-funded site in the National Nanotechnolgy Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI).

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