The NanoLab centre of excellence consists of six research groups (EMAT, CMT, PLASMANT, AXES, DuEL and ENM) with complementary expertise in the field of nanoscience and nanomaterials. 

The research focuses around the themes of structural and chemical characterization by means of electron microscopy, computer simulations of the growth of nano structures formed in plasmas or by laser interaction, theoretical modulation of nano structures and the study of their optical, magnetic and superconducting properties.