The National Institute for the Physics of Matter (INFM) Laboratory for Technology and Nano Science (TASC) is INFM's first national laboratory. With a scientific staff of 50, including INFM and university associates, the institute acts as a service-oriented national resource for academia and industry, providing new materials (semiconductors, oxides and carbon-based films) for nanofabrication (nanostructures for electronics, photonics, and space and biomedical applications) and access to a wide set of characterization techniques.

Among TASC's most important responsibilities are to operate six beamlines at the ELETTRA synchrotron radiation facility for both in-house and external research.

Besides conducting basic research in the fields of surfaces, interfaces and gaseous phases, the institute places special emphasis on the study of the magnetism of nanostructures.

A National Facility for Nano Litography (LIFAT) has been set up at TASC by INFM to increase the research and production capabilities for INFM, academic and industrial users.