Concerns and Challenges of Nanotechnology

Authors: B S Murty P Shankar Baldev Raj B B Rath James Murday

Publish Date: 2013

Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 214-223

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Abstract

One of the most oft quoted but extremely important sayings can be traced to the late physicist Richard A Feynmann The expression “There is plenty of room at the bottom” captured the minds of generations of scientists and triggered a whole new science and revolutionary technology Nearly five decades after Feynmans lecture nanotechnology enhanced products are increasingly used in routine as well as highend cuttingedge technology applications More exciting possibilities exist in biomedical energy and environmental related applications Nanoengineered materials have witnessed extensive application in pollution control purification and desalination of water and in effective waste management of hazardous byproducts It is a popular belief that the nanorevolution is set to have a far larger global econotechnopolitical impact than the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century or the information technology revolution of the twentieth century

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