Nanomaterials

Introduction

Nanomaterials are structures at the nanometre-scale (a nanometre is 10 power of -9 of one metre), a scale, comparable to that of atoms and molecules.Evidence shows that the same substance behaves differently at nanoscale compared to its larger-scale counterpart. This allows the development of light-weight materials with high strength, high conductivity or high chemical reactivity. Nanotechnologies are often viewed as one of the critical technologies of the 21st Century, and have been identified by the European Commission[1] is seen as one of six Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) which are expected to act as significant drivers of innovation,…