National NanoFab Center (NNFC): Nanofabrication Facility

Nanotechnology predicts revolutionary changes in human civilization for its applicability to all science, engineering and technical fields, including electronics, materials, medicine, energy etc. It has recently emerged as a new strategic field following information technology and biotechnology. The Korean government has invested on the various national programs, such as nanoFab centers, tera-level nanodevices etc. since 2001 according to a basic plan it formulated for promoting nanotechnology development efforts. It has employed a focused investment strategy on such selected fields as nano electronic devices, especially for infrastructure. The National NanoFab Center was established to encourage and support nanotechnology R&D activities in the academic, research institutes and industry as a centralized public facility for nanofabrication service. In this paper, the overview of representative facilities in Korea, and equipments and activities of NanoFab centers were introduced.