One of the 21st century's most promising technologies is nanotechnology. Nanomedicine, an offshoot of nanotechnology, refers to highly specific medical intervention at the molecular scale for curing disease or repairing damaged tissues, such as bone, muscle, or nerve. Nanotechnology is a collective term referring to technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0.1-100 nm. A nanome...

Recent rapid advances in nanotechnology and nanoscience offer a wealth of new opportunities for diagnosis and therapy of cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic diseases and sleep disorders. To review the challenges and opportunities offered by these nascent fields, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a Working Group on Nanotechnology. Working Group participants discussed ...

Nanotechnology is based on manipulations of individual atoms and molecules to build complex atomic structures. Quantum nanotechnology is a broad concept that deals with a manipulation of individual quantum states of atoms and molecules. Quantum nanotechnology differs from nanotechnology as a quantum computer differs from a classical molecular computer. The nanotechnology deals with a manipulati...

This paper aims to assess the diffusion of nanotechnology knowledge within the Turkish scientific community using co-citation and co-word analysis techniques. We retrieved a total of 10,062 records of nanotechnology papers authored by Turkish researchers between 2000 and 2011 from Web of Science (WoS) and divided the data set into two 6-year periods. We identified the most prolific and collabor...

To assess worldwide development of nanotechnology, this paper compares the numbers and contents of nanotechnology patents in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), European Patent Office (EPO), and Japan Patent Office (JPO). It uses the patent databases as indicators of nanotechnology trends via bibliographic analysis, content map analysis, and citation network analysis on nanot...

Organizations around the world have called for the responsible development of nanotechnology. The goals of this approach are to emphasize the importance of considering and controlling the potential adverse impacts of nanotechnology in order to develop its capabilities and benefits. A primary area of concern is the potential adverse impact on workers, since they are the first people in society w...

Nanotechnology comprises one of the fastestgrowing research and development areas in the world (National Science and Technology Council 2006). Like many areas of scientific and technological exploration, nanotechnology exists on the borders between disciplines including physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, medicine, ICT and engineering. It has been nearly half a century since Nobel P...

Nanotechnology, or nanoscience, refers to the research and development of an applied science at the atomic, molecular, or macromolecular levels (i.e. molecular engineering, manufacturing). The prefix "nano" is defined as a unit of measurement in which the characteristic dimension is one billionth of a unit. Although the nanoscale is small in size, its potential is vast. As nanotechnology expand...

Nanotechnology is a new technology just in its infancy and being researched in labs all over the world. In principle any device that is manufactured to a nano-meter or even micro-meter scale would be considered to be nanotechnology. Nanotechnology refers to technology that is on a very small scale (atomic levels). It it not to be confused with what you see in science faction films, as the scien...