Nanotechnology development

Finally some future trends will be outlined in order to predict possible applications derived from today s micro and nanotechnology developments. 

Simultaneously, with the rapid growth of electrodeposition in microelectronics, a new trend based on the electrodeposition of materials, structures, particles, devices, etc., generally called nano-objects, with dimensions below 100 nm commenced. Nano-objects are fundamental for nanoscience investigations and nanotechnology development. A nano-object is of particular interest if it has physical properties that differ from objects that have macroscopic sizes. Quantization of energy, for example, is observed in systems with greatly reduced size, such as atoms, molecules, and nanostructures. 

Nanotechnology development has allowed that nanomaterials can be used in biomedical applications, and nanometer sized objects can interact with biological entities like cells, virus, protein, enzyme, etc. For this reason, many research projects has been focused in the development of nanosystems, nanoparticles and nanodevices for this applications. This area is relatively new, according to the ISI web of knowledge, the publications of the nanoparticles for biomedical applications started on 2000 year, and since that time they have increased exponentially (Figure 1). The nanoparticles (NPs) used for biomedical purposes generally include zero-dimensional nanospheres and one-dimensional nanowires and nanotubes. 

The technology of polyblends manufacturing forges ahead its development is directed to the simplification and cheapening of the production processes of composite materials with nanoparticles in their structure. However, new nanotechnologies develop very quickly what seemed impossible yesterday will be accessible to the introduction on a commercial scale tomorrow. The desired event of fast implementation of polyblends in mass production depends on the efficiency of cooperation between the scientists and the manufacturers in many respects. Today s high technology problems of applied character are successfully solved with the coordinated efforts of both the scientific and business worlds. 

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These examples concern miscible polymer blends. Most polymer pairs are, however, immiscible. This property becomes very useful when we turn our attention to block copolymers. Here chemically different polymers are covalently linked together. This precludes maaophase separation and instead nanophase separation occurs with the formation of well-ordered periodical nanostmctures. As such, they play an increasingly important role in current nanotechnology developments. Several applications have already been developed and many more are foreseen. Self-assembly leads to nano-ordered stmctures that may be used for template... 

This document reviews what is currently known about nanoparticle toxicity and control, but it is only a starting point. The document serves as a request from NIOSH to occupational safety and health practitioners, researchers, product innovators and manufacturers, employers, workers, interest group members, and the general public to exchange information that will ensure that no worker suffers material impairment of safety or health as nanotechnology develops. Opportunities to provide feedback and information are available throughout this document. 

A lengthy discussion on LCA is beyond the scope of this chapter. Rather the intent is to introduce nanotechnology developers to the concept of examining the full impact potential of their products and to search for appropriate alternatives where possible. Even if a full LCA is not completed for each product life cycle thinking (similar to product stewardship) about potential impacts should be incorporated into product design. 

The existence of sophisticated characterization techniqnes has allowed nanotechnology to advance in the last few years. The ability of stndying nanomaterial size, shape, snrface properties, composition, pnrity, stability and dispersion has been a fnndamen-tal feature in nanotechnology development. Here, we discnss the most fnndamental techniques used in this area. 

It is clear that the numerous nanomaterials/structures, available due to the different nanotechnologies developed and modified by different processes (synthesis, purification, integration, etc.), demand close examination when they are used for each application. It is fundamental to have a well-characterized material in order to access the variability of the numerous steps required in the design and development of the previously mentioned applications. For example, the nanocomposite material s preparation and evaluation require measurements that can follow the matrix before and after the addition of nanostructures (e.g. carbon nanotubes). There is a strong need for standard methods to characterize the nanomaterials in order to improve the capability of comparing different samples employed as raw materials. The requested protocol must be characterized by a standard procedure useful for performing a short nano-elements characterization, with high reliability levels. 

For new nanotechnology developments in the technical industries the application of phospholipids as an encapsulation tool may be of challenging interest. 

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