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Tel: 0351 83391 3317 Fax: 0351 83391 3314 ralf.jaeckel@iws.fraunhofer.de www.nanotechnology.deContact person
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas LesonOffer
Nano-technology will be among the key technologies of the 21st century. It is providing commercial products even today, for example
* hard disks and reading heads for data storage, covered with thin films of a few nanometers,
* scanning tunnelling microscopes making individual atoms and molecules visible
Ultrathin films are among the main elements of nano-technology with widely varying applications in micro-electronics, optics, medical equipment, and wear protection.
In order to thoroughly exploit applicational potential of nano-technology by pooling the know-how, a network has been establiched by 51 enterprises,10 university institutes, 22 research institutes, and 5 corporations. This nation-wide network has been distinguished by the Federal Ministry of Research by naming it the Center of Competence "Ultrathin Functional Films". Its coordiantion centre is located at the Fraunhofer IWS Dresden.