DEWITT, N.Y. - If you're looking to blow something up for a major Hollywood blockbuster these days, you might need a dose of science.

Some of the materials used to contain those explosions, and ensure they only blow up the things they're supposed to, are based on nanotechnology.

That's the science of manipulating individual atoms and molecules, said Alain Kaloyeros, CEO of the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

Those materials and other innovations will take center stage at a new nanotech-focused hub planned for Collamer Crossings Business Park in DeWitt. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the project Tuesday.

Other nanotechnology-related advances that could come into play in the movie business include:

The DeWitt hub's first tenant is a film production company called The Film House that will make use of nano-powered moviemaking technology.

The Film House will focus on making movies. Other companies that populate the facility will concentrate on research and development of new technologies, Kaloyeros said.

In addition to the film industry, the hub will try to attract tenants in energy and the medical device sector.

The site will employ 350 people, according to Cuomo. The Nanoscale College will own and manage the facility.

Nanotechnology allows researchers to design new materials from the ground up and imbue them with specific characteristics by altering them at the atomic level, Kaloyeros said.

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