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The KNI/BI Microfluidic Foundry provides Multilayer Soft Lithography (MSL) fabrication services for the academic community, both inside and outside of Caltech. Learn about our fabrication capabilities and how to design your own microfluidic devices by visiting the Foundry website.

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Located at the California Institute of Technology, the KAVLI NANOSCIENCE INSTITUTE emphasizes research in nanobiotechnology, nanophotonics, and large-scale integration of nanosystems.

A core mission of the KNI is to push the state-of-the-art beyond current capabilities in nanofabrication. To this end, the KNI has pursued aggressive acquisition of strategic instrumentation for advanced nanofabrication capabilities. Our multi-user laboratories and cleanrooms for nanostructure synthesis, fabrication, and characterization are available to users from both academia and industry. Click here for more background and history.

In the News

Congratulations to Ke Xu this year's winner of the Demetriades-Tsafka-Kokkalis Prize in Nanotechnology or Related Fields. Xu, an advisee of Prof. James R. Heath, will receive his doctorate in Chemistry in June.

KNI Board member, Harry Atwater, will head up the new Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) at Caltech, which is being funded with a $7 million grant from the Department of Energy. Read the story... (2 page pdf, 336K)

Plenty of Room: 50 Years and Beyond —a Celebration of Feynman's Vision for Nanotechnology. Save the date for a celebratory symposium: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at Caltech. Details to follow.

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Join us for the next The KNI-MDL Seminar Series on Monday, June 1, at 4 pm in 125 Steele Lab, followed by an informal reception. This month's speakers will be Karl Forster, GALEX Science operations team lead, and Shouleh Nikzad, researcher and head of the Nanoscience and Advanced Detector Arrays Group at JPL. This joint seminar series is hosted by the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at Caltech and the Microdevices Lab at JPL.

Science Prizes for the 21st Century —The Kavli Prizes recognize scientists for their seminal advances in three research areas: astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. Find out more...

Enabled by generous gifts from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Kavli Foundation, the California Institute of Technology has embarked upon an initiative to support a long-term program of innovative research at the frontiers of nanoscale science and engineering.

The KNI is located in Steele Laboratory
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1200 East California Boulevard, 107-81, Pasadena, CA USA 91125