The Sydney Nanoscience Hub is a
nanoscience
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facility of
The University of Sydney Nano Institute (formerly the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology) at the
University of Sydney
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in
Camperdown, Sydney, Australia. The laboratories in the building are isolated from outside influences such as vibration, electromagnetic fluctuations, temperature and atmospheric pressure variation, the air in the laboratories is also filtered to be free of dust.
History
The facility opened in April 2016. Construction cost
AU$150 million; the Australian federal government's
Commonwealth Education Infrastructure Fund contributed AU$40 million.
[ ]Microsoft
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has invested in a quantum computing
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research facility.
References
External links
University of Sydney Nano Institute
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Nanotechnology institutions
Nanoscience
Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). At this scale, commonly known as the nanoscale, surface area and quantum mechanical effects become important in describing propertie ...
2016 establishments in Australia
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