How do different countries tackle nanoscience research? Are all countries similar except for a trivial size effect, as science is often assumed to be universal? Or does size dictate large differences, as large countries are able to develop activities in all directions of research, while small countries have to specialize in some specific niches? Alternatively, is size irrelevant, as all countri...

in spite of the fact that cementitious and concrete materials are mainly used on a large scale and inhuge quantities for roads, dams, bridges and building constructions, the mechanical behavior of thesematerials depends to a great extend on structural elements and phenomena which are effective on amicro and nanoscale. although this is well known by researchers, material producers and engineersf...

We describe a coherent undergraduate educational program in nanoscience and nanoengineering at the University of Rochester (UR) based on Institute Optics Integrated Nanosystems Center resources. This project has three main outcomes: (1) developing curriculum offering Certificate Nanoscience Nanoengineering (CNSNE); (2) creating an exemplary model collaboration nanotechnology between university ...

Nanoscience emerged in the last decades of the 20th century with the general aim to determine those properties that appear when small particles of nanometric dimensions are prepared and stabilized.[...].

Abstract Nanoscience and nanotechnology are new frontiers for this century. Nanotechnology translates into the ability to manipulate material on a nanoscale. As in other sectors, recent developments field of nanoscience offer opportunities innovation food. Nanofoods considered foods grown, produced, processed or packaged using nanotechnological tools that incorporate nanomaterials improve nutri...

The emergence of thin film nanoscience as an identifiable field of investigation parallels the development and adaptation of surface structural and chemical probes to provide in situ real-time atomic-scale data during film growth. The next step in this evolutionary process, which evolving right now, is the addition of theory and modeling as standard approaches, used in combination with the abov...

The growth in investment on the effect of size in nanoscience and nanotechnology has been astounding. Of the $12.4B spent in 2006 worldwide Nanotechnology research funding [1], at least 50 % was spent on the effect of size for the development of nanomaterials and devices. The focus of nanoscience is to understand the influence of size on the material properties, while nanotechnology focuses on ...

C. J. Ho,1 J. L. Her,1 C. P. Sun,1 C. C. Yang,2 C. L. Huang,1 C. C. Chou,1 Lu-Lin Li,3 K. J. Lin,3 W. H. Li,2 J. W. Lynn,4 and H. D. Yang1,* 1Department of Physics, Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan 2Department of Physics and Center for Neutron Beam Applications, National Central University, Chung-Li 32054, Taiwan 3Department of Che...