Information Profile @ a
Glance
- Nanotechnology comprises technological developments on the nanometer
scale, usually 0.1 to 100 nm. (One nanometer equals one thousandth of a
micrometer or one millionth of a millimeter.) The term has sometimes
been applied to microscopic technology.
- Nanotechnology is any technology which exploits phenomena and
structures that can only occur at the nanometer scale, which is the
scale of several atoms and small molecules.
- The nano tools of nanostructured materials are used to make items
like nanotubes, nanoelectronics, nanocatalysts, nanophotonic devices,
nanosensors and other nano devices.
- Nanotechnologies are based on a range of new materials, including
carbon C60, carbon nanotubes,
nanoparticles, nanowires, and polymers
based on nano-size subunits.
- Nanoscience is the science of the extremely small – objects smaller
than 100 nanometres (0.00001 cm).
- Nanotechnologies could increase the divide between rich and poor,
but could also provide products useful to the developing world
and
may be easier for poorer countries to take up.
- Nanotechnology covers a wide range of industries, and therefore the
potential benefits are also widespread. Telecommunications and
Information Technolgoy could benefit in terms of faster computers and
advanced data storage
- Critics of nanotechnology point to the potential toxicity of new
classes of nanosubstances that could adversely affect the stability of
cell membranes or disturb the immune system when inhaled, digested or
absorbed through the skin.
- Nanotechnology products in semiconductor, energy, healthcare,
materials science, and instrumentation have created existing
nanotechnology markets of $499 million in 2003 with growth expected to
achieve markets of $4.5 billion by 2009.
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General
- Nanotechnology - General
- Small Matter many unknowns
- Feature - Nanotech
- History of Nanotech
- Nano News Network
- Agriculture & Food System
- Nanofabrication
- Nanotechnology
- History - Nanotech
- Nanotechnology - Nanoscience
- Nanoscale Science
- Science & Ethics in Nanotech
- Microfluidics
- Strategic Consultancy
- Technology Transfer Office
- MCP Technology
- SilvaGard Technology
- Press-fit Microdevices
Applications
- Developing World
- Applications & Commercialisation
- Shaping the World
- Nanotech - Innovation
- Overcoming Barriers to Commercialisation
- Research Paper - Nanotech Development
- Cancer- Nanotech
- ABRAXIS - Cancer treatment
- Technology Transfer
- Ink Jet Printing & Dispensing
- Smart Textiles for Industry
Investment &
Patents
- Global Perspective - Investment Strategies
- Investing in Nanotechnology
- Investment - 2004 Budget
- Investment - 2002 Budget
- Value Chain - Making Money
- Investment Companies
- Market Opportunities
- Trends in Nanotech Patents
- Nanotechnology & Intellectual Property - ETC
- IPR in Nanotechnology
Risks &
Benefits
- Practical Uses of Nanotech
- Military Uses
- Nanotech in Electronic Industry
- Self Cleaning Fiber Panels -NICHIHA
- Appl. & Future in Medicine
- Risk Analysis
- Risks & Regulations
- Broader Societal Issue
- Societal Implications
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Reports
- US Technology Strategy
- Taiwan - Nanotechnology
- European Support
- Asian Government
- India's Strength
- India - Road Map
- Nanotech Workshop - Report
- National Nanotechnology Program
- NNI - Strategic Plan
- Product Guide 2004
- Product Guide 2003
Research
- Dong - Research in Nanophysics, Nanofabrication Tech
- Dua - Nanofabrication Facility
- Esch - Cornell Nanofabrication Facility
- Rob - Cornell Nanoscale Facility
- Stopa - Center for Nanoscale Systems
- Tang - Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
Future
- Open Access Facilities
- Opportunity & Challenge for Industry
- Future Technologies - Report
- Fortune Nanotech - Nano Age
- Future - Nanotech & Policy
- Revolution in the Making Vision
- Nanotech Future 2003
Companies
- Nanotechnology Business Programs
- 3DM Inc
- 3rdTech
- 21CNNANO
- A123Systems
- AccuFLEX
- ABTECH
- Advanced Nanotech Ltd
- SKGF
- IMEC
- ZinClear Brochure
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