 The LCN's stated vision is to become Europe's premier research centre in nanotechnology applied to health care, information technology and the environment.The London Centre for Nanotechnology was established as a joint venture between UCL and Imperial College London in 2003 following the award of a £13.65m higher education grant under the Science Research Infrastructure Fund.In October 2006 the LCN installed the first monochromated electron microscope in the UK at its site on the Imperial College London campus.