Publisher's Synopsis
Numerous technological changes have taken place in the last 50 years; many of them were considered science fiction in the twentieth century. Geoffrey Hunt and Michael Mehta said nanotechnologies are making the jump from science fiction to science reality.1 Popular science fiction author Michael Crichton has written two best seller novels that include a discussion of nanotechnology and future possibilities. Nanotechnology is actually a family of nanoscale technologies and is a swiftly rising field whose dynamics and forecast pose many challenges not only to scientists and engineers but also to society at large. This Nanotechnology covers a broad assortment of procedures and uses that will make some products better, cheaper, and faster, and it will enable the creation of products and applications that are currently beyond our ability to envision. Although many have called nanotechnology the next industrial revolution, much research needs to be done to ensure the future safety of the world and the human race due to the use of this revolutionary technology at the nanoscale.
