Nanotechnology to Nanomanufacturing : Emerging Models

Scalable Nanomanufacturing—A Review

This article describes the field of scalable nanomanufacturing, its importance and need, its research activities and achievements. The National Science Foundation is taking a leading role in fostering basic research in scalable nanomanufacturing (SNM). From this effort several novel nanomanufacturing approaches have been proposed, studied and demonstrated, including scalable nanopatterning. Thi...

Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing

Hybrid Nanomanufacturing Process for High-Rate Polymer Nanofiber Production

Nanotechnology and nanomaterials have the potential to revolutionize existing and create entirely new industries. Unique physical, mechanical, chemical, and biological properties of nanomaterials have been extensively documented in the last two decades. However, most nanomaterials are discontinuous in nature, creating problems with their processing and manipulation into devices and raising heal...

Introduction to the special topic on nanomanufacturing

The semiconductor industry introduced sub-100-nanometer technology to consumers more than a decade ago, in the early 2000s. The field of ‘nanotechnology’ has since expanded rapidly, drawing on methods and materials from integrated electronics while adding many others, such as quantum dots, nanowires and self-assembly, and targeting applications in optoelectronics, biomedical devices, sensors, f...

Nanotechnology: What it can do for drug delivery.

Every so often, a new term comes along that represents an emerging scientific trend. Biotechnology, genetic engineering, tissue engineering, gene therapy, combinatorial chemistry, high throughput screening, and stem cells are some examples of past terms. Recently, nanotechnology has become a popular term representing the main efforts of the current science and technology. Nanotechnology, which ...