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segunda-feira, 13 de fevereiro de 2012

Iranian University Officially Launches Nanotechnology Research Institute


TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) officially opened a new specialized research institute on nanotechnology in a ceremony on February 8. 




The secretary-general of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) also attended the ceremony.

According to the News Service of the INIC, this institute seeks to develop cutting-edge research programs in various fields of nanotechnology, produce the related technical know-how and boost technology diffusion toward domestic industries.

As its subsidiary objectives, the IUST's research center seeks to bring together and align all the research works of the university and provide opportunities for cooperation as well as supporting the establishment of knowledge-based companies.

The research institute has a great deal of laboratory equipment, synthesis and analysis devices to be specific, like 'melting and flash freezing advanced measuring systems', 'different furnaces with variable atmospheres', 'high precision hysteresis curve recorders' and 'optical measurement systems'.

Ali Beitollahi, the director of the IUST's research institute on nanotechnology, underscored technology development and laying grounds for establishment of knowledge-based companies as the sought-after goals of the institute in his welcome speech during the opening ceremony.








Fonte: FARS