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The state-of-the-art QNC MBE facility was formally inaugurated on June 4th, 2014. The facility houses a Veeco GEN10 MBE system that enables the production of nanomaterials such as sophisticated III/V semiconductors for devices of the future. The facility will support research programs in photonics to quantum computing.

Nano 101

Tiny titans – the future is nano

By Patricia Bow, University of Waterloo Magazine

Nanotechnology. It’s so hot it sizzles. Even distinguished scientists discussing the potential impact of this new technology sound like excited children on Christmas morning.

"Nanotechnology has given us the tools to play with the ultimate toy box of nature–atoms and molecules," says Nobel laureate Horst Stormer.

Everything is made from it. The possibilities to create new things appear limitless.