NanoEnergetics: Hype, Reality and Future

Nanoscience and nanotechnology have become part of the lay vernacular over the last decade, with the promise of a fantastic new world of medicine, ultra fast computers and energy independence; an exciting sci-fi future. Nano has pervaded the popular press, and authors have found it a useful tool in fiction literature, albeit very often with a foreboding tonality that to some portends a frightening future.