Ambitions to be global leader in nanoscience

After 10 years in existence the CRANN Institute in Trinity College Dublin has made Ireland competitive in nanotechnology and aims to make the country a world leader within another decade.

Executive director of CRANN, Dr Diarmuid O’Brien, said the first 10 years had been about developing nanotechnology in Ireland, but the next 10 will focus on making CRANN a world-leading institution.

“For us the past 10 years is about going from a position where there was no activity to being competitive. In the next 10 years we move from being very competitive to being world leaders,” he said.