New Technology(Nano Technology)

 NANO TECHNOLOGY

The utilisation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes is known as nanotechnology, or just nanotech. The initial and most popular definition of nanotechnology, currently known as molecular nanotechnology, focused on the specific technological objective of accurately manipulating atoms and molecules for the creation of macroscale objects.The National Nanotechnology Initiative later created a more broad definition of nanotechnology, defining it as the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension scaled from 1 to 100 nanometers. This definition reflects the fact that quantum mechanical effects are significant at this quantum-realm scale, and as a result, the definition changed from a specific technological goal to a research category inclusive of all types of research and technologies that deal with the unique challenges that arise in quantum mechanics.

Richard Feynman, a renowned physicist, originally presented the ideas that gave rise to nanotechnology in 1959 in his lecture There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom, when he described the prospect of synthesis via direct atom manipulation.

Size comparisons of nanomaterials

Although it was not well known, Norio Taniguchi coined the phrase "nano-technology" in 1974. K. Eric Drexler coined the term "nanotechnology" in his 1986 book Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology, which put forth the concept of a nanoscale "assembler" capable of creating copies of itself and other objects of arbitrary complexity with atomic precision. Drexler was inspired by Feynman's ideas. Drexler co-founded The Foresight Institute in 1986 as well (with which he is no longer affiliated).

The National Nanotechnology Initiative in the United States, which formalised a size-based definition of nanotechnology and established funding for research on the nanoscale, and the European Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development in Europe are two examples of how governments have taken action to promote and fund research into nanotechnology.

By the middle of the 2000s, new and significant scientific interest started to take off. The creation of roadmaps for nanotechnology, which focus on the atomically precise manipulation of matter and outline current and projected capabilities, aims, and applications, has become a priority.