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Who coined the term 'nanotechnology'?
The term was coined in 1974 by Norio Taniguichi of of Tokyo Science University to describe semiconductor processes such as thin-film deposition that deal with control on the order of nanometers. His definition still stands as the basic statement today: "Nano-technology mainly consists of the processing of separation, consolidation, and deformation of materials by one atom or one molecule."
Nanotechnology deals with...
The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiatve (NNI) provides the following definition:
... the understanding and control of matter at dimensions between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel nanotechnology applications. Encompassing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology, nanotechnology involves imaging, measuring, modeling, and manipulating matter at this length scale.
A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. A sheet of paper is about 100,000 nanometers thick; a single gold atom is about a third of a nanometer in diameter. Dimensions between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers are known as the nanoscale. Unusual physical, chemical, and biological properties can emerge in materials at the nanoscale. These properties may differ in important ways from the properties of bulk materials and single atoms or molecules.
We found another good definition that is practical and unconstrained by any arbitrary size limitations (source):





The design, characterization, production, and application of structures, devices, and systems by controlled manipulation of size and shape at the nanometer scale (atomic, molecular, and macromolecular scale) that produces structures, devices, and systems with at least one novel/superior characteristic or property.
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology ("nanotech") is manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale. 


The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal of precisely manipulating atoms and molecules for fabrication of macroscale products, also now referred to as molecular nanotechnology. 



A more generalized description of nanotechnology was subsequently established by the National Nanotechnology Initiative, which defines nanotechnology as the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 



100 nanometers. This definition reflects the fact that quantum mechanical effects are important at this quantum-realm scale, and so the definition shifted from a particular technological goal to a research category inclusive of all types of research and technologies that deal with the special properties of matter which occur below the given size threshold. It is therefore common to see the plural form 



"nanotechnologies" as well as "nanoscale technologies" to refer to the broad range of research and applications whose common trait is size. Because of the variety of potential applications (including industrial and military), governments have invested billions of dollars in nanotechnology research. Through 2012, the USA has invested $3.7 billion using its National Nanotechnology Initiative, the European Union has invested $1.2 billion, and Japan has invested $750 million. 




Nanotechnology as defined by size is naturally very broad, including fields of science as diverse as surface science, organic chemistry, molecular biology, semiconductor physics, energy storage,  microfabrication,  molecular engineering, etc. The associated research and applications are equally diverse, ranging from extensions of conventional device physics to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly,  from developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale to direct control of matter on the atomic scale.




Scientists currently debate the future implications of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology may be able to create many new materials and devices with a vast range of applications, such as in nanomedicine, nanoelectronics, biomaterials energy production, and consumer products. 




On the other hand, nanotechnology raises many of the same issues as any new technology, including concerns about the toxicity and environmental impact of nanomaterials,  and their potential effects on global economics, as well as speculation about various doomsday scenarios. 




These concerns have led to a debate among advocacy groups and governments on whether special regulation of nanotechnology is warranted.

Nanotechnology innovation into SMEs Workshop. University of Burgos. July 2012
The University of Burgos, and the group of Advanced Materials, Nuclear Technology and Bio/Nanotechnology, directed by Dr. Santiago Cuesta-López, have organized an International Workshop of Research and Innovation into SMEs, in the framework of new Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Industry. The Workshop took place last 18th July 2012 in Hospital del Rey, Burgos (Spain).
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Small Science With a Big Future: Breakthroughs in Nanotechnology
October 22, 2010 - Stanford professor Kathryn Moler lectures on nanotechnology and the opportunities for innovation it provides. She discusses its use in building organic solar cells as well as its potential to improve medical care. This lecture was part of the "Classes Without Quizzes" series during the 2010 Reunion Homecoming Weekend at Stanford University.
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Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology-The Next Generation of Innovation
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology is a global leader in advanced nano materials discovery and engineering in energy, environment, healthcare, and electronics. https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-nanotechnology
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Smart Materials thanks to Nanotechnology. Braz Costa at BMW Welcomes.
The Portuguese Centre of Nanotechnology and Smart Materials drives the development of new materials in order to contribute to product or innovation through all the necessary stages of development. The resulting products come with completely new functionalities. Braz Costa (CEO ceNTI) Keynote: "Designing and Engineering new Functional and Smart Surfaces", recorded at BMW Welcomes - topic: Smart Materials.
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Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology - Inside the TechConnect World Innovation Conference
Innovation Workshop student reporter Kurien attended the TechConnect World Innovation conference in Washington DC to see how business is driving innovation. Nanotechnology has the potential to impact all areas of our lives. Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology is an educational video created by Fairfax County Public Schools to target middle school science curriculum on investigating matter.
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Nanotechnology drives product innovation - nanotechweb.org
James Tyrrell, editor of nanotechweb.org, interviews Ian Gilmore, a science fellow at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), to find out more about key and emerging nanoanalytical techniques. In this clip, filmed on location at NPL's site in Teddington, UK, Ian Gilmore takes viewers on a tour of custom and off-the-shelf systems, which are helping to drive innovation by providing scientists and engineers with a vivid picture of nanoscale phenomena.
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IIT Center For Nanotechnology Innovation@NEST, ITALY (MIT-LS 2014)
IIT Center for Nanotechnology Innovation@NEST MIT-LS 2014 Pitch Presentation - March 31, 2014 Center for Nanotechnology Innovation@NEST is a center of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia embedded in the NEST laboratory of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. It is an interdisciplinary R&D center dedicated to the investigation and exploitation of phenomena at the nanoscale.
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Innovative Nanotech Engineering Designs
Nanotech, just in time for the holidays at University of Nevada, Reno One-of-a-kind products designed and built by mechanical engineering students RENO, Nev. -- What's on your Christmas list? Solar powered music in your motorcycle helmet, an automated food dish for Fido or a high-performance ski built with nano-materials in the core and solar panels on the tops to power your electronic devices while skiing?
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