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The US Interagency Working Group on Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology commented in January 1999 that "The total societal impact of Nanotechnology is expected to be much greater than that of the silicon integrated circuit because it is applicable in many more fields than just electronics". http://itri.loyola.edu/nano/IWGN.Worldwide.Study/

The US government goes as far as suggesting that in just another 10 to 15 years, nanotechnology will impact more than $1 trillion per year in products and services.

James Canton, President of the Institute for Global Futures. "Never has such a comprehensive technology promised to change so much so fast... Inevitably, nanotechnology will give people more time, more value for less cost and provide for a higher quality of existence". 

Based on a broad definition that considers most biotechnology the "wet side" of nanotechnology, Rice chemistry professor and Nobel Laureate Richard E. Smalley likes  to say that "it holds the answer, to the extent there are answers, to most of our most pressing material needs in energy, health, communication, transportation, food, water, etc."

"Japan has identified nanotechnology as one of its principal priorities, " Neal Lane, a Rice University physics professor and former presidential science advisor, told attendees at the recent meeting. "Every nation in the world is looking at nanotechnology as a future technology that will drive its competitive position in the world economy. The US simply cannot afford to let that opportunity slip away."

Investing in the "Golden State".  California harnesses public- and private-sector support for basic research in California NanoSystems Institute (CSNI) at UC Los Angeles in collaboration with UC Santa Barbara.  Many analysts predict nanotechnology developments will be the foundation of the next industrial revolution (C&EN, May 1, 2000, Page 41).

1. Critical findings from 2002-present.

2. Nanotechnology Weekly Articles

3. EMPA Activities 2009/2010

4. Health Risks of Nanotechnology (2009)

5. Emerging Nanotechnologies for Manufacturing - Elsevier

6. What is MEMS Technology

7. Ultra-Precision Diamond Turning Lathe

8. Safety and Risks of Nanotechnology (KTI/CTI, EMPA, etc.) (2004)

9. Advances in nanotechnology education and research: Surface Engineering of Surgical and Dental Tools using Diamond Films

10. Nanotechnology – The issues (2003)

11. Machine Tools for Ultra-Precision and MicroManufacturing (2004)

12. The strange new world of Nanoscience, narrated by Stephen Fry

13. Kavli Foundation: Introduction to Nanoscience

14. NanoEngineering Supermaterials

15. What is nanotechnology?

16. Nano Pollution and Health

17. Nano, the next dimension (Film produced for European Commission)

18. Lotus Coating with Nano Glass

19. Coffee vs. Nano-Tex Fabric

20. Nanotechnology Carglass Coating by Percenta AG

21. IBM NANOTECHNOLOGY VERY COOL! Moving Individual Atoms with Tuning Forks for Memory

22. Nanotechnology - Age of Convergence

23. degrees that work: Nanotechnology

24. Applying traditional mechanical machining to 3D nanotechnology fabrication (1)

25. Applying Traditional Mechanical Machining to 3D Nanotechnology Fabrication (2)

26. Investigation on AFM-based micro/nano-CNC machining system

27. Forget spark plugs, start your car with nanotubes (Chehroudi_1)

28. Forget spark plugs, start your car with nanotubes (Chehroudi_2)

29. Basic Theory and operation of Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

30. AFM Operation Principle

31. Teach yourself about AFM

32. A NanoLeap into the Atomic Force Microscope

33. Conducting Tip Atomic Force Microscopy: Pt 1 of 2

34. Conducting Tip Atomic Force Microscopy: Pt 2 of 2

35. Scanning Electron Microscope: Pt 1 of 6

36. Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology (2004)

37. ON THE NATURE OF DISCOVERIES (2002)

38. Atomic Force Microscopy (2002)

39. "F2 Lasers Aren't Just for Lithography". While F2 lasers await their entrance into microchip manufacturing market, they're perfecting their chops in spectroscopy, optics characterization and micromachining.   Producing 70 nm critical dimension on chips: reaching the nanometer length scale in lithography. (2002)

40. "Nanoparticles cut  Tumor's Supply Line." (2002)

41. The first demonstration of an artificial, single-molecule machine that converts light energy to physical work.(2002)

42. Build LED display by  Self-Assembly. (2002)

43. Low K gets a delay. Semiconductor firms are still weighing their options among new insulating materials.  Dielectrics are used to insulate computer chips' aluminum or copper circuit lines from one another. The industry traditionally used silicon oxide, but SiO2 is not good enough insulator to prevent "cross talk" between the closely spaced copper wires of the latest generation of semiconductors. What insulator and processing methods should  be used  for chips with circuit lines of 180, 130, 100, 90, and 65 nanometer ? (2002)

44. Ultrafast and direct imprint of  nanostructure in silicon. (2002)

45. HP group announced that they had created the highest density electronically addressable memory, had combined memory with logic based on molecular switching, and also built the assembly using a candidate technology for volume manufacturing. This, they claimed to be "The first demonstration that molecular logic and memory can work together on the same nano-scale circuits". (2002)

46. Nanotube single-electron transistor operates at room temperature (2001)

47. Bridging the gap between the top-down approach of nanofabrication and the bottom-up approach of molecular science.  The procedure brings  together lithography and molecular-scale assemble in a complementary manner by allowing each fabrication method to work at the length scale at which it works best. (2001)

48. Top-down bottom-up tying, self-assembly, AFM, micro- and nano-fluidics, nanocolloids, micro fuel cell, lab-on-chip, molecular computers, etc. , all in one place. The group stated "it is now widely accepted that scanning probe techniques, including AFM, constitute a key enabling tool for nanotechnology. Another key element in nanotechnology is chemical self-assembly, the self-organization of small molecular components to form complex functional structures." (2001)

49. Nanotechnology: R&D challenges and opportunities for application in biotechnology

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