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Atomic, Molecular and Laser Physics

  • Atomic Physics
  • Databases for Atomic and Plasma Physics
  • SAM Project - NASA
  • Laser Scissors and Tweezers - Scientific American
  • Sam's Laser FAQ
  • Laser Programs - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US
  • Atomic Collision Group - University of Wisconsin
  • James R. Macdonald Laboratory - Kansas State University
  • Laboratory Kastler Brossel - Ecole Normale Supérieure, France
  • Cluster-Group - Max-Planck Institute, Germany
  • Atom Optics and Laser Cooling - National Center of Particle and High Energy Physics, Belarusian State University, Belarus
  • Prentiss Group - Harvard University, MA
  • Atomic and Laser Physics Group - Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands (Holland)
  • Department of Molecular and Laser Physics - University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Holland)
  • Linn Van Woerkom Group - Ohio State University
  • Mazur Group - Harvard University, MA
  • Zewail Group - California Institute of Technology

 

 

Biophysics

  • Albert Einstein Center for Synchrotron Biosciences - NIH
  • Medical Physics & Imaging Department - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics - NIEHS/NIH  
  • Biophysics and Pattern Formation Research - University of Notre Dame, IN
  • Department of Biophysics - Cukurova University, Turkey
  • Department of Biophysics - Graz University of Technology, Austria
  • Biophysics Group - King's College London, United Kingdom
  • Biophysics Research Institute - Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Groupe de Recherche en Physique et Biophysique - Universite of Rene Descartes, France
  • Theoretical Biophysics - University of California at San Diego
  • Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics - University of Pennsylvania

 

Optical Science, Optoelectronics and Photonics

  • Applied Optoelectronics Inc.
  • Molecular Optoelectronics Corp.
  • Photronix
  • Photonics Research Group - Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
  • Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center - Colorado State University
  • Division of Quantum Optics and Optoelectronics - Charles University, Czech Republic
  • Laboratory for Optics and Quantum Electronics - University of Virginia
  • Optoelectronic Circuits and Systems Lab - University of California at Los Angeles
  • Optoelectronic Computing Group - University of California at San Diego
  • KAOS Advanced Optoelectronic Systems Research Group - University of Colorado
  • Optoelectronics Component and Materials Group - Princeton University, NJ
  • Center for Electronic Materials and Devices - Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, United Kingdom
  • The Center for Electromagnetic Materials and Optical Systems (CEMOS) - University of Massachusetts at Lowell
  • Center for Electrophotonic Materials and Devices (CEMD) - McMaster University, Canada
  • Research Laboratory of Electronics - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • NOAO Optics and Coatings Labs (NOCL) - National Optical Astronomy Observatories
  • Center for X-Ray Optics (CXO) - State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
  • Optical Engineering Laboratory - University of Warwick, United Kingdom
  • Photonic Systems Group - McGill University, Canada
  • Photonics Research Group - Sandia National Laboratory, US
  • Photonics Lab - Sung Kyun Kwan University, South Korea
  • Photonics Program - SUNY Institute of Technology
  • Center for Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials (POEM) - Princeton University, NJ
  • Photonic Systems Group - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • Laser Photonics Group - University of Manchester, United Kingdom

 

Condensed Matter Physics

  • Condensed Matter Physics Group - Ames National Laboratory, US
  • Condensed Matter Physics Division - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US
  • Physikalisches Institut der RWTH Aachen - Aachen, Germany
  • Nonlinear and Condensed Matter Physics Research Group - Seoul National University, South Korea
  • Center for Atomic-scale Materials Physics - Technical University of Denmark
  • Ab Initio Physics Research - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES) - Stanford University, CA
  • Positron Annihilation Studies of Condensed Matter - University of Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Condensed Matter Theory Group - University of New Mexico
  • Liquid Crystal Technology Group - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Condensed Matter Group - University of Pittsburgh, PA
  • Hyperfine Interactions Group - Washington State University

 

Electromagnetism

  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Gallery of Electromagnetic Personalities
  • Making Waves
  • VRML Gallery of Electromagnetism
  • Waves - General Information - comprehensive list of wave links.
  • Instituto Ricerca Onde Elettromagnetiche (IROE) - Florence, Italy
  • Center for Electromagnetic Research (CER) - Northeastern University, MA

 

Solid State Physics

  • Nuclear Solid State Physics - Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
  • Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP) - University of Latvia, Latvia
  • Division of Solid State Physics - Lund University, Sweden
  • Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP) - Cornell University, NY
  • Solid State Theory Group - National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US
  • KFKI - Hungary Academy of Sciences

 

Relativity

  • Autodynamics
  • Force - idea for a new propulsion system that invokes general relativity.
  • General Relativity - history, development and reference
  • General Relativity - Introduction
  • General Relativity and a Treatment on Tensors
  • Gravity Probe B: The Relativity Mission
  • International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation
  • Physics & Crackin'
  • Relativity Channel
  • Special Theory of Relativity
  • Super Universe and Relativity Hypothesis
  • Web Directory of General Relativity Around the World
  • Usenet's Relativity FAQ
  • Hyperspace - General Relativity Group - University of British Columbia, Canada
  • NCSA Relativity Group - National Center for Supercomputing Application and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry - Pennsylvania State University
  • Pittsburgh Relativity Group - University of Pittsburgh, PA
  • Experimental Relativity Group - University of Maryland
  • The Center for Relativity - University of Texas at Austin

 

Superconductivity

  • Superconductivity for Electric Systems - US Department of Energy
  • Superconductors - Introduction for beginners
  • Canadian High-Tc Superconductor - Brock University, Canada
  • Superconductivity Group - Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, South Korea
  • Low Temperature Physics and Superconductivity Department - Moscow State University, Russia
  • Center for Superconducting and Magnetic Materials (CSMM) - National University of Singapore
  • Superconductivity and Scanning Probe Microscopy - Seoul National University, South Korea
  • Institute for Superconductivity - University of South Carolina
  • Texas Center for Superconductivity - University of Houston, TX
  • Science & Technology Center for Superconductivity - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Center for Superconductivity Research - University of Maryland at College Park
  • Laboratories for Applied Superconductivity and Magnetism (LASM) - Ohio State University
  • Superconducting Motor Simulations - University of Oxford, United Kingdom

 

Microelectronics

  • International and Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS)
  • Infineon Technologies Inc.
  • IBM Microelectronics Division
  • Motorola Semiconductor Division
  • Intel Corp.
  • Nortel Networks
  • Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp.
  • MCNC Information Site - Research Triangle of North Carolina
  • Honeywell Solid State Electronics Center
  • Microelectronics Group - Lucent Technologies
  • Semiconductor Electronics Division - National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), US
  • Microelectonics Research Center (MiRC) - Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Microelectronics Research Center - New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Microelectronics Lab - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Microelectronics Laboratory - University of Notre Dame, IN
  • Microelectronics Group - Worcester Polytechnic Institute, PA
  • Alabama Microelectronics Science and Technology Center (AMSTC) - Auburn University, AL

 

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)

  • European Microsystems Technology On-Line (EMSTO)
  • Institute for Defense Analyses MEMS Technology Transition
  • MEMS Clearinghouse
  • MEMS Exchange
  • MicroElectroMechanical Systems Project - National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), US
  • Intelligent Micromachine Initiative - Sandia National Laboratories, US
  • Micromachining Lab - California Institute of Technology
  • Micromachines and Microsystems Laboratory - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
  • Micromachining (MEMS) - University of California at Los Angeles
  • Center for Microelectronic Sensors and MEMS - University of Cincinnati, OH
  • MEMS Research - University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Micro Actuators, Sensors and Systems Group (MASS) - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Micro Instrumentation Laboratory - University of Utah
  • MicroElectroMechanical Systems - University of Wisconsin at Madison
  • Nano & Micromechanics Laboratory - Brown University, RI
  • Nanostructures Laboratory - Princeton University, NJ

 

Materials Science

  • A+ Materials Science and Engineering Glossary of Terms - Lehigh Univeristy, PA
  • Analysis of Composites by Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopies - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US
  • Challenge of Materials - Science Museum, London, United Kingdom
  • IBM Research: Materials Science
  • Materials Science Education - University of Michigan
  • Materials Technology
  • Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD)
  • Scientific American: Smart Materials
  • Albany Research Center - US Department of Energy
  • Microstructured Materials Group - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US
  • Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory - National Institute of Standards and Technology, US
  • Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC)
  • Division of Materials Science - U.S. Department of Energy
  • Materials Algorithms Project (MAP) - National Physical Laboratory and the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Department of Materials Science - National University of Singapore
  • Materials & Manufacturing Directorate - Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Materials Research Science and Engineering Center - Arizona State University
  • Bay Zoltan Institute for Materials Science and Technology - Hungary
  • Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research - McMaster University, Canada
  • Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) - Clarkson University, NY
  • Center for Composite Materials (CCM) - University of Delaware
  • Center for Nondestructive Evaluation - Iowa State University
  • Materials Science and Engineering - Cornell University, NY
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering - Drexel University, PA
  • Electronic Materials Laboratory - Seoul National University, South Korea
  • Department of Materials Science - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
  • Howard J. Foster Center for Irradiation of Materials - Alabama A&M University
  • Materials Physics Laboratory - Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
  • Institute for Materials Research - State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton
  • Center for Materials Science - James Madison University, VA
  • National Research Institute for Metals (NRIM) - Japan
  • Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE) - Johns Hopkins University, MD
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • Max-Planck-Institut fuer Eisenforschung - Germany
  • Materials Science and Mechanics Department - Michigan State University
  • Institute of Materials Processing - Michigan Technological University
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Department of Materials Engineering - Monash University, Australia
  • Bio-Material Engineering Lab - Nagoya University, Japan
  • Center for Materials for Information Technology - University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering - North Carolina State University
  • Materials Research Center - Northwestern University, IL
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering - Northwestern University, IL
  • Material and Science Engineering - Ohio State University
  • Materials Research Institute - Pennsylvania State University
  • Materials Research Laboratory - Pennsylvania State University
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering - Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
  • Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science - Polytechnic University of New York
  • Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) - Princeton University, NJ
  • School of Materials Science and Engineering - Seoul National University, South Korea
  • Institute of Materials Research and Engineering - SIngapore
  • Materials Science Institute of Madrid - Spanish National Research Council, Spain
  • Material Sciences & Engineering - Stanford University, CA
  • Materials Science & Engineering - State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook
  • Institute of Materials Science - Tampere University of Technology, Finland
  • Department of Physics, Metallurgy and Material Science - Technical University Clausthal, Germany
  • Department of Materials Engineering - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
  • National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC) - Thailand
  • Institute for Material Research - Tohoku University, Japan
  • Materials Research Laboratory - The Federick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering - University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science - University of California, Davis
  • Materials Department - University of California, Santa Barbara