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Changing Research Priorities In Nanoscale Science And Engineering
(Seminar/Conference)
Mike Roco
Senior Advisor, National Science Foundation and National Nanotechnology Initiative
Twenty years is the estimated time scale to develop nanotechnology from basic interdisciplinary concepts in 2000 to create a general purpose technology with mass and sustainable use by 2020. The current research context is defined by the outcomes in the last ten years, what has worked and has not, and most importantly how we prepare now for the future (see "Nanotechnology Research Directions for Societal Needs in 2020", NSF/WTEC report, Springer 2011, www.wtec.org/nano2). The research priorities in science and engineering are changing to better measure and simulate at the atomic level with femtosecond precision, understand simultaneous phenomena at the nanoscale, engineer nanosystems with increased complexity and dynamic behavior, better integrate with other fields of knowledge and technology, and create fundamentally new processes and products for industry, medicine, sustainability and quality of life.
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