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Nanoscience and nanotechnology – driving research and applications
Author(s) -
Correia A.,
Pérez M.,
Sáenz J. J.,
Serena P. A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physica status solidi (rrl) – rapid research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1862-6270
pISSN - 1862-6254
DOI - 10.1002/pssr.200750026
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , applications of nanotechnology , engineering ethics , engineering , materials science
Nanoscience and nanotechnology represent scientific‐technical areas that in less than twenty years have gone from being in the hands of a small group of researchers who glimpsed their great potential, to constitute one of the recognized pillars of scientific progress for the next decades. This paper illustrates how the irruption of the nanotechnologies will directly affect human beings by substantially improving diagnosis and treatment of diseases as well as our capacities to interact with our surroundings. Governments around the world have realized the important role that nanotechnology deserves, and during the last decade budgets allocated to research and development in nanotechnology have continuously increased. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)