Carbon-Based Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology research in Pakistan dates back to late 1990’s and at the moment it is one of the hottest research topic in the country. A number of research groups in private and government sector holds promise to bring this futuristic but practical technology to Pakistan. Carbon based Nanotechnology research was initiated in PINSTECH in 1998 by accidental observation of carbon clusters in locally developed heavy ion accelerator. The research was accelerated in 2003 with the funding of Ministry of Science and Technology to make Pakistan’s first research laboratory dedicated for carbon based nano-science and technology. In this introductory talk I will give a glimpse of indigenous research we are doing in PINSTECH that includes both experimental and computational areas. The aim of this talk is to prove that Pakistan is not so backward in this high-tech area and we would like to invite and promote youngsters to step into this new but developing area