The Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS) is an interdisciplinary home for research and education/outreach in nanomechanical systems established by the National Science Foundation. We are an exceptional team of scientists and engineers from four institutions: UC Berkeley, Caltech, Stanford and UC Merced, interacting closely with partners from national laboratories (Sandia and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs) and from industry (HP, Nanosys, IBM, GE, Intel, Honeywell, and ChevronTexaco). Our administrative host on the UC Berkeley campus is the Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute (BNNI). Our multifaceted research focuses on molecular and nanoscale mechanics at the interface of hard and soft matter.

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