UCSB Earns Air Force/DOD Grant for Nanotechnology Research

UC Santa Barbara and its Center for Spintronics and Quantum Computation recently were awarded  $14.5 million in grant funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to "investigate nano-scale computer chips and quantum computing."  One award will go toward research with quantum mechanical effects in diamonds in computer chips, including "training a new generation of quantum scientists and engineers."  A second award will be used in building 3-d computer chips combining current technology and modern nano-memristors.  http://pacbiztimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2335&Itemid=1