Nanoscale science and technology, often referred to as" nanoscience" or" nanotechnology,"
are science and engineering enabled by our relatively new ability to manipulate and …

The United States, which made a major early commitment to nan-otechnology in 2000, has
been the world's research leader, but as the promise of nanotechnology has grown the …

A succession of breakthrough discoveries at the nanoscale and the transforming vision
formulated in 1999, which inspired the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in the US …

energy production, environmental management, transportation, communication,
computation, and education. As the twenty-first century unfolds, nanotechnology's impact on …

Represents the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology's (PCAST) first
assessment of the Federal Government's nanotechnology research efforts. Examines four …

33, 67 (2001) 5 years, nanotechnology has catapulted from being a specialty of a relative
handful of physicists and chemists to a worldwide scientific and industrial enterprise. In the …

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) was created in 2000 to focus and coordinate
the nanoscience and nanotechnology research and development (R&D) activities being …

Governance of emerging science and engineering: The case of Nanotechnology Page 1
PREPRINT Handbook on Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology, 2nd ed., Taylor and …

Government planners are keeping the ball rolling at a swift pace on the National
Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). Since July, they have issued an implementation plan, and …

Enhanced abilities to understand and manipulate matter at the molecular and atomic levels
promise a wave of significant new technologies over the next five decades. Dramatic …