What is nanotechnology?

• An invitation to enter a new field of physics: A lecture on nanotechnology that Richard Feynman gave in 1959 (Zyvex)
• Definition of 'nano' (Wikipedia)
• Nanotechnology (Wikipedia)
• The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)
• Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN)
• The billion year technology gap (The Daily Galaxy)
• The Fermi death sentence (Nanotechnology Now)
• Explaining nanotechnology to a 5th grader (YouTube)
• Your fingernail grows a nanometre every second (NNCI)
• Bottom-up versus top-down approaches (Wikipedia)
• Meet the nanomachines that could drive a medical revolution (Phys.org)
• Nanoparticles (Wikipedia)
• Scanning electron microscope (Wikipedia)
• How to move an atom (IBM Research)
• 20 years of moving atoms one by one: Including how they made the IBM logo out of 35 xenon atoms (Wired)
• Scientists measure how light affects individual atoms for the first time (nanowerk)
• Current applications of nanotechnology (Wikipedia)
• How nanotechnology is changing the future of medicine (MUO)
• Applications of nanotechnology in medicine (Australian Science)
• Convergence Science Network
• Stentrode (ABC, Catalyst)
• The world's first international race for molecular cars, the Nanocar Race (Phys.org)
• Nanoparticles & sunscreen (Cancer Council Australia)
• Titanium dioxide (Wikipedia)
• Nanoparticles are all around us: Naturally-occurring vs man-made (sustainable nano)
• Nanoparticles in nature: Toxic or harmless? (EarthSky)
• Gold nanoparticles can be red or blue/purple (Wikipedia)
• "Properties such as melting point, fluorescence, electrical conductivity, magnetic permeability, & chemical reactivity change as a function of the size of the particle" (NNI)
• Buckminsterfullerene, or buckyballs (Wikipedia)
• Have buckminsterfullerenes (buckyballs) been put to any practical uses? (Scientific American)
• It doesn't seem that any real use has been found for buckyballs yet (Wikipedia)
• Carbon fibre (Wikpedia)
• Carbon nanofibre (Wikipedia)
• Did Bucky Fuller really design a soccer ball? (treehugger)
• How can graphite & diamond be so different if they are both composed of pure carbon? (Scientific American)
• Spiders sprayed with carbon nanotubes spin superstrong webs (Phys.org)
• Spiders ingest nanotubes, then weave silk reinforced with carbon (MIT Technology Review)
• Space elevator (Wikipedia)
• Sorry Johnny, carbon nanotubes may be too weak to get a space elevator off the ground 🙁 (New Scientist)
• LiquiGlide™: MIT's non-stick coatings leave zero waste behind (YouTube)
• What is soap? (World of Molecules)
• Hydrophobic & hydrophilic: "Better understanding of how surfaces attract or repel water could improve everything from power plants to ketchup bottles" (MIT News)
• Origin of 'philately' (Online Etymology Dictionary)
• Origin of 'haemophilia' (Online Etymology Dictionary)
• Nanotechnology haemostatic gauze stops nosebleeds (nano werk)
• Wrapping sponges in graphene nanoribbons allows for Joule heating to help clean up oil spills (Phys.org)
• Molecular nanotechnology: The next industrial revolution (Foresight Institute)
• Researchers use novel materials to build smallest transistor with 1-nanometer carbon nanotube gate (Phys.org)
• Combating climate change (Nature Nanotechnology)
• 7 ways nanotechnology could provide the solutions to combat climate change (The World Nano Foundation)
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