Science and technology of nanomaterials: current status and future prospects

• Published in: Journal of materials chemistry Vol. 11; no. 12; pp. 2887 - 2894
• Main Authors: RAO, C. N. R, CHEETHAM, A. K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 01.01.2001
• Subjects: Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Exact sciences and technology; Materials science; Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization; Physics; Characterization; Scanning electron microscopy; State of the art; Reviews; Transmission electron microscopy; Investigation method; Simulation; Supramolecular structure; Modelling; Chemical synthesis; Nanostructured materials
• ISSN: 0959-9428
• DOI: 10.1039/b105058n

The science and technology of nanomaterials has created great excitement and expectations in recent years. By its very nature, the subject is of immense academic interest, having to do with very tiny objects in the nanometre regime. There has already been much progress in the synthesis, assembly and...