ABSTRACT
Nanotechnology is one of the most exciting new technologies of the twenty-first century. With its increasingly important and diverse impact on a variety of sectors such as biotechnology, energy, electronics, and consumer goods, it promises to transform our lives within this decade. As its ubiquitous prefix implies, nanotechnology entails the creation of functional materials, devices, and systems through the control of matter at the scale of 1 to 100 nanometers, as well as the exploitation of novel properties and phenomena at the same scale.1
