FAQs: Nanotech
What is Nanotechnology gives a brief definition of nanotechnology and the nanoscale.
For more detailed information about nanotechnology and nanoscience and what it entails, see Frequently Asked Questions.
To see a visual representative of just how small the nanoscale is, see The Size of Nano.
The Benefits section is an overview of the ways in which nanotechnology will change the world we live in. For detailed examples of the ways in which nanotechnology is being used now and how it will be used in the future, see Products and Applications.
Nanoscale science was enable by great advances in microscopy. To learn more about these tools and the Nobel Prize winning scientists who developed them, see Nano and Microscopy.