Nano-scale

Nanotechnology, literally, is a technology which deals with existing materials with ultra-small size, nano-size.

What is nano-size? If one recalls the knowledge from secondary school. One would find that nano scale is a scale of size which is millionteth time of a size of a meter. (10^-9 times 1 meter). This significant reduction of the size causes a great deal of change of the properties of the substance, molecules, atoms, etc. Hence, a completely new field is being proposed and this technology is being applied to many things which we deal with in our daily lives.

According to Science Daily, to educate the people about this potential cutting edge technology, the National Science Foundation has invested $20 million to fund for an exhibition at 100 museums around US. From this we know that how Nanotechnology can become an important part in our daily lives in the future.

Currently, the field of Nanotechnology has penetrated the field of Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Health Products, Water filters, Energy Systems, etc. Therefore this potential field is to be taken into strong consideration and as an undergraduate student, I want to study more on it and update myself and all of you more understanding about Nanotechnology.