ABSTRACT
One of the important areas for future investments in the research identified by the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is the “beyond nano,” which notes that advances at the nanoscale will be meaningless if they cannot be interfaced well with the technology at
larger material components, systems, and architectures to produce usable devices. Achieving the objectives of the NNI will require the integration of nano-objects and nanoscale phenomena into larger hierarchical systems. In order to integrate the nanoscale materials as part of larger material components, it is very essential to determine the influence of the nanophases on the properties of the larger material systems.
