Nanotechnology at the Leading Edge

Download or read book Nanotechnology at the Leading Edge written by Eugene V. Dirote and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanotechnology is a "catch-all" description of activities at the level of atoms and molecules that have applications in the real world. A manometre is a billionth of a meter, about 1/80,000 of the diameter of a human hair, or 10 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom. Nanotechnology is now used in precision engineering, new materials development as well as in electronics; electromechanical systems as well as mainstream biomedical applications in areas such as gene therapy, drug delivery and novel drug discovery techniques. This book presents the latest research in this frontier field.