GUEST EDITORIAL

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Nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, medicine, biomedical engineering, materials science, and number of other disciplines. Extensive research on synthesis, processing, and fabrication of nanomaterials has been done over the past decade to develop new and efficient smart materials and devices. It is well known that materials exhibit some unique properties at the nanoscale, completely different from the properties of bulk materials. Bulk silver is non-toxic, whereas silver nanoparticles show antimicrobial activity. There is an immense potential to improve devices if material properties at the nanoscale could be understood and designed by controlling the assembly of small structures. Current applications of nanoscience and nanotechnology exist in areas such as electronics, automobile, pharmaceuticals, textiles, polymers, optoelectronics, agriculture, and space technology. …