Web site References
A small selection of additional overview or introductory nanotechnology material has been collected to provide an introduction to topics and issues relevant to nanotechnology.
Introduction to Nanotechnology (by Nanoword.net)
Nanotechnology is defined as fabrication of devices with atomic or molecular scale precision. Devices with minimum feature sizes less than 100 nanometers (nm) are considered to be products of nanotechnology. More Information . . .
General Nanotechnology Web Sites
- Foresight Institute of Nanotechnology—Advancing Beneficial Nanotechnology
- National Nanotechnology Initiative
- National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)—Nanotechnology Shaping the World Atom by Atom
- Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems
Nanotechnology and Society
- Nanotechnology and Energy (Small Times newsletter)
- Nanotechnology and the Environment (Papers, Presentations, & Posters)
- Nanotechnology and Green Chemistry (L. C. McKenzie and J. C. Hutchison, Green nanoscience, chimica oggi Chemistry Today September 2004 PP:30-33).
- National Nanotechnology Initiative: University Education: Degrees in Nanotechnology
- Report of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Workshop
- National Initiative Status— 2005 report from Presidents Council of Science and Technology Advisors
- Nanotechnology Market Assessments: Nanomarkets provides information about where nanotechnologies may impact different areas.
Nanotechnology Roadmaps: Governments, technology groups and companies have looked at how nanotechnology can impact specific technologies and industries. A series of links provides a contact to some of the results of these technology road maps.
- NanoRoadMap Project - Energy
- NanoRoadMap - Health and Medical Systems
- MANCEF—Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation: 2nd Edition of International Micro-Nano Roadmap
- NanoMarkets Printable Electronics: Roadmaps, Markets and Opportunities
- NIH Roadmap for Medical Research: National Institutes of Health Nanomedicine
- EURON: European Robotics Research Network
- Quantum Information Science and Technology Expert Panel
- National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Vision for R&D in the Next Decade
Additional References
- Battelle Strategic Technologies: 2020 Technology Forecasts
- Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer, May 20, 2008
- Nanotechnology and U.S. Competitiveness: Issues and Options, May 15, 2008
- PNNL Environmental Biomarkers Systems Toxicology of Nanomaterials
- PNNL Micro Chemical and Thermal Systems
- PNNL Institutional Plan FY04-FY08
- PNNL Nanomaterial Safety Assessment