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Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Encompassing nanoscale science, engineering and technology, nanotechnology involves imaging, measuring, modeling, and manipulating matter at this length scale.

Introduction to Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to make and utilize very small things. Learn about the basics of this new science.

Inventions Using Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is changing every industrial sector - view nanotechnology inventions.

The Nanoscale

How do we measure the size of nanotechnology materials? We measure materials using the nanoscale.

Nanotechnology and the Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Nanoscale science was enabled by advances in microscopy, most notably the electron, scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopes, among others. The 1986 Nobel Prize for Physics honored three of the inventors of the electron and scanning tunnel microscopes, Ernst Ruska, Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer.

Nanotechnology - Foresight Institute

Non-profit institute focused on nanotechnology, the coming ability to build materials and products with atomic precision

Nanotechnology Now

Commercial services include consulting, technology monitoring, and in-depth analysis. Excellent source for nanotechnolgy news.

Nanotechnology Institute of Physics

Monthly journal for aspects of nanoscale science and technology.

Institute of Nanotechnology

U.K. based nanotechnology information providers.

History of Nanotechnology

The term "nanotechnology" was defined by Tokyo Science University Professor Norio Taniguchi in a 1974 paper.

How Nanotechnology Will Work

Nanotechnology is a hybrid science combining engineering and chemistry. Atoms and molecules stick together because they have complementary shapes that lock together, or charges that attract.

Nanotechnology Gallery

Great images and movies related to nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology: Special Report

Is nanotechnology the impetus for the next Industrial Revolution?

Patenting in the Field of Nanotechnology

In considering novelty, the size of the nanoscale component should be sufficient to distinguish that component from that of the prior art.

National Nanotechnology Initiative

An investment programme for the basic molecular nanotechnological research, provided by the US administration's federal funding.

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