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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
1. An Introduction to Nanotechnology
Author : Simona E. Hunyadi Murph
Published in: Anisotropic and Shape-Selective Nanomaterials
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
Globalization of scientific knowledge and technological advances are sparking innovation and creativity across many fields at an unprecedented rate. Ground-breaking discoveries made in the mid-1980s, namely the development of scanning tunneling microscopy and the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, influenced scientists to envision the world at the atomic level and new paradigms emerged: nanoscience and nanotechnology. Through the manipulation of matter at the atomic level, today scientists can create novel materials with unique properties and functionalities. These new materials enable innovative technologies and applications across many fields from engineering to medicine.