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Nanotech Challenges and Opportunities

Posted April 11, 2009 8:34 AM

A recent symposium on the scientific and technical challenges facing nanotechnology proved a popular and important event. The need to control and understand phenomena on the nanometer scale was discussed by four panelists who addressed the following topics: advances in low-cost functional materials, the environmental aspects of nano-science, and high-tech semiconductor manufacturing.

What significant challenges face the nanotechnology field today? What will researchers in the field face in the near future? And, how has nanotechnology impacted the laboratory equipment industry?

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Re: Nanotech Challenges and Opportunities

02/01/2010 1:20 PM

This past summer I was a part of a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and the focus was nanotechnology. From that experience alone I learned that many people even in the Math, Science, and Engineering fields are not aware of the advancements of nanotechnology. Now that there are less expensive and readily available materials such as Silicon, cost has decreased for semiconductor manufacturing. An advantage is that nano-science proves to be fairly harmless to the environment. Lastly, since devices such as transistors are getting smaller and smaller high-tech and high-speed electronics are advancing rapidly. Now I have greater appreciation for what nanotechnology research can do for our society.

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