One mission of Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center (BNC, West Lafayette, Ind.) is to integrate micro and nanotechnologies with biotechnology to create novel solutions to important problems in the fields of biology and medicine. The 187,000 ft~2 center, completed in 2005, includes the Scifres Nanofabrication Laboratory, a 25,000 ft~2 cleanroom rated at 1, 10 and 100 microparticles per cubic foot; and electronic and biological materials characterization laboratories. Here, interdisciplinary teams from electrical and bioengineering, biosciences, food science and agriculture come together to share equipment and develop new concepts. One area of particular interest is the application of microelectronics and silicon processes to the development of chip-based diagnostic devices.
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