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Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001)
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Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001)
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A revolution is occurring in science and technology, based on the
recently developed ability to measure, manipulate and organize
matter on the nanoscale - 1 to 100 billionths of a meter. At the
nanoscale, physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and
engineering converge toward the same principles and tools. As a
result, progress in nanoscience will have very far-reaching impact.
The nanoscale is not just another step toward miniaturization, but
a qualitatively new scale. The new behavior is dominated by quantum
mechanics, material confinement in small structures, large
interfacial volume fraction, and other unique properties, phenomena
and processes. Many current theories of matter at the microscale
have critical lengths of nanometer dimensions. These theories will
be inadequate to describe the new phenomena at the nanoscale. As
knowledge in nanoscience increases worldwide, there will likely be
fundamental scientific advances. In tum, this will lead to dramatic
changes in the ways materials, devices, and systems are understood
and created. Innovative nanoscale properties and functions will be
achieved through the control of matter at its building blocks:
atom-by-atom, molecule-by molecule, and
nanostructure-by-nanostructure. Nanotechnology will include the
integration of these nanoscale structures into larger material
components, systems, and architectures. However, within these
larger scale systems the control and construction will remain at
the nanoscale."
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