Nanotechnology Initiative

Five major themes underlie the National Nanotechnology Initiative ... 

Nanomaterial research is one of the richest branches of nanotechnology. But scientists and government officials have been impressed with the potential of all the approaches to small-scale science and technology. Achieving this potential will require a lot more research—and money to fund this research. To help meet this need, the U.S. government launched the National Nanotechnology Initiative in 2001, as described in the sidebar on pages 56-57. 

National Nanotechnology Initiative. Available online. URL http // www.nano.gov/. Accessed May 28, 2009. The Web site for the National Nanotechnology Initiative, formed in 2001 to coordinate federal government funding for nanotechnology research, presents facts and figures on nanotechnology, updated research news, discussions of societal and safety issues, information on research centers, and much more. 

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The National Nanotechnology Initiative was launched in 2000 by President Clinton and followed in 2003 by the 21st Century Nanotechnology R D Act that was signed into law by President Bush (7). Our planned federal investment of approximately four billion dollars over a four-year period is not unique. Similar... 

General information about the National Nanotechnology Initiative is available on the web at URL http //www.nano.gov. ... 

Home pagefor the U. S. government-sponsored National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). 

In the United States, the federal government has responded to such hopes with a relatively modest level of funding. The National Nanotechnology Initiative received a total of 464 million in 2001, its first year of operation, an amount that increased gradually over the years to 1,303 billion in FY (fiscal year) 2006. President George W. Bush then reduced his request for FY 2007 to 1,278 billion. Much research is also paid for by private funds, of course, hut overall the enthusiasm of some researchers for the promise of nanotechnology has not been matched by the levels of funding needed to attain those results. 

One could estimate the importance of development of nanotechnologies from the fact that next year after signing National Nanotechnological Initiative, the US Government allocated for this purpose 500 million dollars. 

The field of nanotechnology has generated a lot of recent interest, and focused research programs have been initiated in almost all industrialized countries in the last five years. In 2000 the U.S. launched the National Nanotechnology Initiative, with plans to nearly double the nanoscale R D effort. Nano-technology is an extremely diverse topic, but some of the best examples of existing nanoscale R D are in the area of epitaxial heterostructures for laser diodes and LEDs grown by CVD. - Many of... 

National Science and Technology Council. National Nanotechnology Initiative [cited March 10, 2003] . 

This research was supported by Iranian Nanotechnology Initiative and Research Office of University of Kurdistan. 

Soler-Illia, G.J.A.A. Sanchez, C. Lebeau, B. Patarin, J. Chemical strategies to design textured materials from microporous and mesoporous oxides to nanonetworks and hierarchical structures. Chem. Rev. 2002, 102, 4093 138. Committee for the Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, National Research Council. In Small Wonders, Endless Frontiers A Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative National Academies Press Washington, DC, 2002. 

E3-05-12, Health Care and Energy Materials Laboratory, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative, Eaculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576, Singapore... 

Roco MC. The US National Nanotechnology Initiative after 3 years 2001-2003. J Nanopart Res 2004 6 1-10. 

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