Big things in small packages: opportunities and challenges await nano-engineered adhesives, sealants and coatings. (Research & Technology).

Adhesives Age,  April, 2003  by Derrick Dean

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RECENT ADVANCES in the design and manipulation of matter at the nanoscale have led to a blossoming of the field of nano-scale science and technology, and represents a new paradigm by which materials and devices can be developed. The ability to organize, characterize and manipulate matter at the nanoscale is expected to have far reaching technological and economic implications in the 21st century.

Advancements in scientific knowledge as well as a wide range of technologies in industries such as healthcare, conservation of materials and energy, biology, the environment and education are envisioned. The significant impact of this burgeoning field ...