2. Nanotechnology will change the nature of almost every human-made object in the next century.

4. Most commonly, nanotechnology is regarded as the science of working at length scales below 100 nanometers (billionths of a meter)

5. Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter at the nanometer scale to create innovative structures and devices.

6. Nanotechnology is already making products: LighterStrongerFasterSmaller More Durable

8. A single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) is unique among solid state materials in that every atom is on the surface.

10. Nanoparticles show enhanced platforms for drug development and delivery Examples are: colloidal gold, Quantum dots, liposomes, dendrimers and fullerenes are being used in pharmaceutical drug discovery and formulations for encapsulating drugs for drug delivery Other biophase materials offer promise for tissue engineering products

11. Will create at least two million new jobs. Will create at least two million new jobs. Estimated to reach $1 trillion in the U.S. economy