CIN2 counts with five research lines. Theory and simulation at the nanoscale, Scanning probe microscopy and synchrotron radiation spectroscopy, Physical properties of Fabricated nanostructures, Chemical approaches to nanostructured functional materials and devices and Nanobiosensors devices. Each one of these areas has its sublines. At present, there are 14 research sublines of investigation.

• + Atomic Manipulation and Spectroscopy
• + Inorganic Nanoparticles
• + Magnetic Nanostructures
• + Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors
• + NanoBiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications
• + Nanostructured Functional Materials
• + Novel Energy-Oriented Materials
• + Oxide Nanoelectronics
• + Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures
• + Physics and Engineering of Nanodevices (PEN)
• + PLD & Nanoionics
• + Quantum Nanoelectronics
• + Small Molecules on surfaces in ambient and pristine conditions
• + Theory And Simulation