what is the latest application of nanotechnology?
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Definitely the semiconductor and transistor industry.  Just recently, intel was able to make CPU's with 60nm transistors, thus able to fit 33% more transistors than the previous 90nm technology, which allows for a faster and more efficient CPU.
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One really easy answer is DNA sequencing. Nanotechnology deals with objects measured in the billionths of a meter. Most say objects less than 100 nanometers. Therefore, although the length of a DNA Strand is way to long to be considered Nanotechnology the individual base pairs fit into nanotechnology perfectly.
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Mork from Ork... \n\nNano Nano
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21st Century Modern Inventions:\nhttp://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa063002a.htm\n\nWow... there are some pretty cool inventions.  Check it out!
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the manipulation of individual molecules.\n\nfor applications, see below.
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an existence where everything becomes smaller, and we can accomodate a lot more in the same place that can't hold much now..and of course wireless technology. And a lot of involvement of non-humans in industrial processings..\n  that is, as the other guy has said, more and more towards nanotechnology.
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I'm not sure about cars in our pockets, but nanotech is already happening, and yes it is changing our lives. In its simplest form, materials tailored at the nanolevel (a primitive nanotech) are already in stores. Nanomedicine, especially lab-on-a-chip technology is partially available and promises to revolutionize the way we do medicine. I don't know about some of the crazier promises (smart fog and such), but research at the nanoscale is changing our lives and will continue to do so.
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Nanotechnology orignated by Richard P. Feynman in 1959
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Nanotechnology is a hybrid science combining engineering and chemistry. Atoms and molecules stick together because they have complementary shapes that lock together, or charges that attract. Just like with magnets, a positively charged atom will stick to a negatively charged atom. As millions of these atoms are pieced together by nanomachines, a specific product will begin to take shape. The goal of nanotechnology is to manipulate atoms individually and place them in a pattern to produce a desired structure. \n\nSome upcoming technology you might be interested in: Pervasive computing, mobile computing, biotechnology
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Nanotechnology has a lot of scope\nIt can take artificial intelligience 2 new heights\nIt can completely dh world around us by creating Smart devices tht may also rival Human Brains\nSomething tht will surely get better with nanotechnology is Computer softwares & also huge memories could b stored in very tiny chips........the possibilities r endless\nSo keep Imagining
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The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules. \n\nA basic definition: Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. This covers both current work and concepts that are more advanced. In its original sense, 'nanotechnology' refers to the projected ability to construct items from the bottom up, using techniques and tools being developed today to make complete, high performance products.
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I have read that future nanotechnology may involve many small machines building small structures.\n\nToday, though, nanotechnology isn't quite that exotic.  For example, lithography is often used in microprocessor production to create patterns on semiconductor surfaces by focusing light through a pattern mask.  The surface is covered by a material called photo-resist that changes when hit by the light.  Then the photo-resist is etched away with acid leaving the very small pattern that was focused on the surface.  Then a layer of material is applied (metal for wire connections, transistor parts, etc).  Many additional layers are required before the processor is completed.\n\nAlso, there are other technologies such as electron beam lithography, molecular beam epitaxy and probably quite a few others.  Basically, it is just shooting a tighly controlled beam of electrons or molecules at a surface to create patterns.\n\nI think there are other areas of nanotech involving chemistry and microbiology.  I just know a few things about electrical engineering nanotech, though.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photolithography\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_beam_epitaxy\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_beam_lithography
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It is the cross disciplinary study of merging nanotechnology and genetics; i.e using nanostructure to create nanometer size machine. For example, a nanosize red blood cell would be used to cure some ailments.
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Nanotechnology has a wide variety of applications. One recent focus of research is the use of nanoparticles in imaging technologies. Nanoparticles can also be used to destroy cancer cells. This is achieved by injecting the particles into the tumor and exciting them with UV light. The particles vibrate and destroy the cancer.
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Molecular nanotechnology ("MNT") is an anticipated manufacturing technology that would allow precise control and positional assembly of molecule-sized building blocks through the use of nano-scale manipulator arms. Molecular nanotechnology is usually considered distinct from the more inclusive term "nanotechnology", which is now used to refer to a wide range of scientific or technological projects that focus on phenomena or properties of the nanometer scale (around 0.1-100nm). Nanotechnology is already a blossoming field, but molecular nanotechnology - the goal of productive, molecular-scale machine systems - is still in the preliminary research stage.\n\nNanotechnology was first introduced in 1959, in a talk by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom". Feynman proposed using a set of conventional-sized robot arms to construct a replica of themselves, but one-tenth the original size, then using that new set of arms to manufacture an even smaller set, and so on, until the molecular scale is reached. If we had many millions or billions of such molecular-scale arms, we could program them to work together to create macro-scale products built from individual molecules - a "bottom-up manufacturing" technique, as opposed to the usual technique of cutting away material until you have a completed component or product - "top-down manufacturing".\n\nFeynman's idea remained largely undiscussed until the mid-80s, when the MIT-educated engineer K. Eric Drexler published "Engines of Creation", a book to popularize the potential of molecular nanotechnology. Because MNT would allow manufacturers to fabricate products from the bottom up with precise molecular control, a very wide range of chemically possible structures could be created. Since MNT systems could put every molecule in its specific place, molecular manufacturing processes could be very clean and efficient. Also, because every little bit of matter in an molecular nanotechnology system would be part of a nano-scale manipulator, nanotechnological systems could be far more productive and maintain much higher throughputs than modern manufacturing techniques, which use macro-scale manipulators to fabricate products.\n\nTo initiate an MNT revolution would require an "assembler" - a reprogrammable nano-scale manipulator capable of creating a wide range of molecular structures, including a complete copy of itself. The first assemblers will only function effectively in lab-controlled environments, such as a vacuum. The advent of self-replicating molecular nanomachines could quickly lead to "desktop nanofactories", tabletop appliances that consume modest amounts of power and contain the software required to manufacture an interesting range of useful products. The arrival of MNT would revolutionize wide sectors of human activity, including manufacturing, medicine, scientific research, communication, computing, and warfare. When full-blown molecular nanotechnology will arrive is currently unknown, but many experts foresee its arrival between 2010 and 2020.
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Necessary technical break-through occurs gradually. A decade back, nano-technology was beyond imagination but today it is realistic. Same way, few years from now we end up with new technology which we havent heard now. \nTechnology is like ladder, you have to make one step at-a-time to reach next step.
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The science of developing materials at the atomic and molecular level in order to imbue them with special electrical and chemical properties. Nanotechnology, which deals with devices typically less than 100 nanometers in size, is expected to make a significant contribution to the fields of computer storage, semiconductors, biotechnology, manufacturing and energy.\n\nEnvisioned are all kinds of amazing products, including extraordinarily tiny computers that are very powerful, building materials that withstand earthquakes, advanced systems for drug delivery and custom-tailored pharmaceuticals as well as the elimination of invasive surgery, because repairs can be made from within the body.\n\nLarry Bock, CEO of Nanosys, who helped launch more than a dozen successful biotech companies in his career, believes that nanotech will impact even more industries than biotech. In an excerpted article from the March 2003 Nanotech Report, he compared nanotechnology with the microelectronics industry. Bock said that "a single chemistry graduate student can create novel devices and device architectures not even imaginable or manufacturable by today's biggest microprocessor companies. That is because these devices are fabricated chemically, or from the bottom up. Existing microelectronics technology is fabricated by etching wafers, or from the top down."\n\nBy 2020, scientists at Rutgers University believe that nano-sized robots will be injected into the bloodstream and administer a drug directly to an infected cell. This robot has a carbon nanotube body, a biomolecular motor that propels it and peptide limbs to orient itself. Because it is composed of biological elements such as DNA and proteins, it will be easily removed from the body. For more information, see http://bionano.rutgers.edu/Mavroidis_Final_Report.pdf.