Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology (sometimes shortened to "nanotech") is the manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale. Nanotechnology as defined by size is naturally very broad, including fields of science as diverse as surface science, organic chemistry, molecular biology, semiconductor physics, microfabrication, etc. The associated research and applications are equally diverse, ranging from extensions of conventional device physics to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, from developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale to direct control of matter on the atomic scale.
Nanotechnology can be used to create many new materials and devices with a vast range of applications, such as in medicine, electronics, biomaterials and energy production.
A person who practices applied nanotechnology professionally is known as a nanotechnician, while the design of materials and goods using nanotechnology is known as nanodesign.
