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Miniaturization of semiconductor devices Molecular engineering
Atom-molecular manipulation DNA-protein manipulation
Expectation of new technology domain and new market
Nanomedicine
Mechanics
Chemistry
Mechanically
strong material
Fuel cells
Atom-
molecular
manipulation
Molecular
engineering
Molecular
electronics
Carbon nanotubes
NEM
Quantum
devices
Nanobio
devices
Semiconductor
miniaturization
DNA-
protein
manipulation,
surface engineering
Life
Sciences
Electronics
FIGURE 1.1
Multidisciplinary nature of nanotechnology
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will give scientists more control over the synthesis and characterization of novel nanostructures yield-
ing a range of new products in the near future.
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NANOTECHNOLOGY TO NANOMANUFACTURING
A huge amount of research is being carried out internationally and governments and research organi-
zations are spending large amounts of money and human resources into nanotechnology. This has
generated interesting scientific output and potential commercial applications, some of which have
been translated into products produced on a large scale. However, in order to realize commercial ben-
efits far more from lab scale applications need to be commercialized and for that to happen nanotech-
nology needs to enter the realm of nanomanufacturing. This involves using the technologies available
to produce products on a large scale which is economically viable. Regardless of whether a top-down
or bottom-up approach is used a nanomanufacturing/nanofabrication technology should:
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be capable of producing components with nanometer precision,
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be able to create systems from these components,
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US Government
www.nano.gov.
