List of nanotechnology topics

For a gentler introduction to nanotechnology, see List of basic nanotechnology topics

This is a hierarchical list of (all) topics related to nanotechnology.

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General

Main article: Nanotechnology

• History of nanotechnology
• Implications of nanotechnology
  • Nanotoxicology
• List of nanotechnology applications
  • Energy Applications of Nanotechnology
  • Potential applications of carbon nanotubes
• List of nanotechnology organizations
  • Nanotechnology education
• Nanotechnology in fiction

Nanomaterials

Main article: Nanomaterials

Fullerenes and carbon forms

Main article: Fullerene

• Allotropes of carbon
• Aggregated diamond nanorods
• Buckypaper
• Carbon nanofoam
• Carbon nanotube
  • Nanoknot*
• Fullerene chemistry
  • Bingel reaction
  • Endohedral hydrogen fullerene
  • Prato reaction
• Fullerenes in popular culture
• Endohedral fullerenes
• Fullerite
• Graphene
• Potential applications of carbon nanotubes
• Timeline of carbon nanotubes

Nanoparticles and Colloids

Main article: Nanoparticle

• Colloid
• Diamondoids
• Nanocomposite
• Nanocrystal
• Nanostructure
  • Nanocages
  • Nanocomposite
  • Nanofabrics
  • Nanofiber
  • Nanofoam
  • Nanoknot
  • Nanomesh
  • Nanopillar
  • Nanopin film
  • Nanoring
  • Nanorod
  • Nanoshell
  • Nanotube
  • Quantum heterostructure
  • Sculptured thin film
• Quantum dot

Scanning probe microscopy

Main article: Scanning probe microscopy

Microscopes and other devices

• Atomic force microscope
• Scanning tunneling microscope
• IBM Millipede

Processes

• Dip Pen Nanolithography
• Feature-oriented scanning

Nanoelectronics

Main article: Nanoelectronics

• Break junction
• Chemical vapor deposition
• Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
• Nanocircuits
• Nanocomputer
• Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)
• Surface micromachining

Molecular electronics

Main article: Molecular electronics

Nanolithography

Main article: Nanolithography

• Dip Pen Nanolithography
• Electron beam lithography
• Ion-beam sculpting
• Nanoimprint lithography
• Photolithography

Molecular nanotechnology

Main article: Molecular nanotechnology

• Grey goo
  • Grey goo in fiction
• Mechanosynthesis
• Molecular assembler
• Nanorobotics
  • Smartdust
  • Utility fog
• Nanochondria
• Programmable matter
• Self reconfigurable
• Self-replication

Devices

• Lab-on-a-chip
• Micromachinery
• Nano-abacus
• Nanomotor
• Nanopore
  • Nanopore sequencing
• Nanosensor
• Quantum point contact
• Synthetic molecular motors

Institutions and corporations

See List of nanotechnology organizations.

Persons involved in nanotechnology research

• Vicki Colvin Director for the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Rice University
• Norio Taniguchi - coined the term "nanotechnology"
• Richard Feynman - gave the first mention of some of the distinguishing concepts in a 1959 talk
• Eric Drexler - was the first to theorise about nanotechnology in depth and popularised the subject
• Robert Freitas - nanomedicine theorist
• Ralph Merkle - nanotechnology theorist
• Sumio Iijima - discoverer of nanotubes
• Richard Smalley - co-discoverer of buckminsterfullerene
• Harry Kroto - co-discoverer of buckminsterfullerene
• Erwin Müller - invented the field ion microscope, and the atom probe.
• Gerd Binnig - co-inventor of the scanning tunneling microscope
• Heinrich Rohrer - co-inventor of the scanning tunneling microscope
• Chris Phoenix - co-founder of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
• Mike Treder - co-founder of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
• Phaedon Avouris - first electronic devices made out of carbon nanotubes
• Akhlesh Lakhtakia - conceptualized sculptured thin films
• Alex Zettl - Built the first molecular motor based on carbon nanotubes
• Mamuka Matsaberidze - Researcher of technology of medicinal preparations against HIV/AIDS

Related fields

Subfields

• Bionanotechnology
• DNA nanotechnology
• Molecular self-assembly
• Nanobiotechnology
• Nanoengineering
• Nanomedicine
• Synthetic molecular motors

Overlaps

• Calculus
• Chemistry
• Computer science
• Engineering
• Miniaturization
• Physics
• Protein engineering
• Quantum mechanics
• Self-organization
• Science
• Supramolecular chemistry
• Tissue engineering

Miscellaneous

• Catalyst
• Macromolecule
• Mesh networking
• Monolayer
• Nanometer
• Photonic crystal
• Potential well
• Quantum confinement
• Quantum tunneling
• Self-assembly
• Self-organization

See also

• Technological singularity
• Transhumanism