Types of nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is part of the new generation of innovation, sometimes called the “new industrial revolution”. The science and technology behind it will help transform various sectors, including aerospace, energy, information technology, medicine, national defence, and transportation. In this post, we talk with Dr. Mariana Arce, professor in the Degree in Physics, about the types of nanotechnology, the development of nanotechnology and its future. What is nanotechnology? Nanotechnology is a concept used to define the sciences and techniques that are applied at the nanoscale level (from 1 to 100 nanometers). The idea of nanoscience was born in the last century by the physicist Richard Feynman, who spoke of nanotechnology as the process of being able to individually manipulate and control atoms and molecules. The term nanotechnology was used for the first time in 1974 by the Japanese Norio Taniguchi. The improvement of new adequate techniques to work in the appropriate size such as ...