This network will develop both virtual activities and live events, and draw on the strengths and skills of both organisations and their members to accelerate the progress of nano and micro technologies to the benefit of UK plc.

Featured News

Once bitten ... The science of nanotechnology is already revolutionising the worlds of medicine and construction. Soon it could be doing the same for our food - but after the backlash against GM foods, will the consumers swallow it? Source: The Guardian

Micro and Nano Letters View this month's featured letter, browse abstracts for free or submit a paper. For free trial access to Micro and Nano Letters. Contact the Editor.

This month's featured MNL's paper:
Fabrication of a nanophotonic quantum dot waveguide and photodetector integrated device

Online Tools

View programmes from practising engineers, technologists and key industry speakers on the subjects of microsystems and nanotechnology.

IET Discover
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The IET Innovation Awards recognise and celebrate the very best engineering innovations from across the globe. Call for entries for the 2008 awards is open...

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Featured IoN Events

The Institute of Nanotechnology is running a series of courses and workshops on nanomedicine. IET members shall receivve a 25% discount on registration fees. To register for one or several of these courses and take advantage of this discount please  email Carrie Smith or call on +44(0)1786 447520.

Course Module 1: What is Nanomedicine?
18 April 2008, London, UK
This one-day introductory course, delivered in partnership with Cranfield University, is aimed at clinicians, researchers, industry professionals and others who require a broad overview of the new field of nanomedicine and its amazing implications for 21st Century medicine.

Course Module 2: NanoBiosensors
27 May 2008, Cranfield, UK 
This one-day course, delivered in partnership with Cranfield University, will cover the application of nanotechnology to highly sensitive, miniature analytical devices that incorporate biological material, biologically-derived materials and biomimetic materials.

Workshop: Smart Nanomaterials and Nanostructured Surfaces
10 June 2008, Cambridge, UK
A one-day interactive workshop bringing together materials scientists, medical researchers and clinicians to examining how nanotechnology can be applied to the development of “intelligent” new medical materials to address real clinical problems.

Past Events

Free Lecture: Micro and Nanotechnologies for Foods and HealthFoods
The 2008 Albert Franks Memorial Lecture on 'Micro and Nanotechnologies for Foods and HealthFoods - a healthy and safe option?' organised by The Institute of Nanotechnology


The Wheatstone Lecture and Dinner 2007
5 December 2007, The IET, Savoy Place, London, UK
Atom and Molecule Mechanics - Professor Pethica, Chief Scientific Adviser at the National Physical Laboratory, will describe the latest in atom imaging and the testing of individual bonds by direct mechanical means.