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Nanotechnology is the branch of technology concerned with dimensions and tolerances of fewer than 100 nanometers, particularly the industrial manipulation of individual atoms and molecules and supramolecular scale.
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Applied Technology Review | Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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Nanotechnology manipulates matter at the molecular or atomic level to create new materials and gadgets.
FREMONT, CA: Nanotechnology is the branch of technology concerned with dimensions and tolerances of fewer than 100 nanometers, particularly the industrial manipulation of individual atoms and molecules and supramolecular scale. Nanotechnology is significantly enhancing, even revolutionizing, numerous technologies and industry areas, including information technology, homeland security, medical, transportation, energy, food safety, and environmental science. It affects nearly all industries. Research and development in nanotechnology involve imaging, measuring, modeling, and manipulating matter between 1 and 100 nanometers.
Healthcare
Nanomedicine is medical nanotechnology. Nanotechnology enables earlier diagnosis, more tailored treatment options, and higher therapeutic success rates in gene therapy, wound treatment, and so on. A nanoparticle can deliver medication directly to cancer cells instead of the whole body, minimizing damage to good tissue. It could transform how doctors treat cancer and reduce chemotherapy's toxicity. Nanomedicine researchers are developing needleless immunizations, and regenerative medicine includes bone and neural tissue engineering. Graphene nanoribbons may help repair spinal cord damage.
Energy
Nanotechnology has improved alternative energy approaches to meet the world's energy needs. Scientists are researching ways to generate clean, inexpensive, renewable energy sources and reduce energy use and environmental harm. Nanotechnology improves catalysis for fuel production from crude oil. Higher-efficiency combustion and less friction minimize fuel consumption in automobiles and power plants. Nanotechnology can use to make solar panels more efficient, leading to cheaper solar power in the future. Nanotechnology improves battery charging, efficiency, weight, and power density.
Environmental
Nanotechnology cleans the environment and detects impurities. It provides economical, clean drinking water by detecting and treating water contaminants quickly and cheaply. Nanoparticles are produced to purify groundwater from industrial water pollution, and nanoparticles are employed to improve groundwater and rivers' quality. Nanotechnology-enabled sensors and solutions can detect and identify chemical or biological agents in the air and soil with greater sensitivity.
Transportation
Nanotechnology offers to improve the transportation infrastructure and develop multifunctional materials that will contribute to building and maintaining lighter, safer, smarter, and more efficient vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, and ships. Nanoscale sensors continuously monitor the structural integrity and performance of bridges, tunnels, rails, and parking structures over time. Nanoelectronics can also support an enhanced transportation infrastructure that can communicate with vehicle-based systems to help drivers onboard electronics.