EXC 172: DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN)

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The name of the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) represents both its programme and its vision: "Nanoscience" needs to be turned into "nanotechnology" before it can become one of the acclaimed key technologies of the 21st century. The CFN wants to participate in making the first crucial steps from pure science towards real-world applications, i.e., we aim to realise "functional nanostructures", focussing on optical, electronic and biological functions. Examples are photonic metamaterials using tailored "atoms for light" to achieve unprecedented optical properties, molecular electronics with devices at the foreseeable minimum-size limit, or custom-designed three-dimensional crystals made with the help of DNA.