Nanotechnology is the technology of the 21st century. It is similar to the time when the semiconductor industry began many years back in our history. It is also similar to time when biotechnology started during the last century. In the case of nanotechnology, its potential applications is a combination of both semiconductor and biotechnology. Nanotechnology is not an independent technology just like molecular biology. Nanomaterials are independently synthesized using the basic sciences such as chemistry, physics and, for some nanoparticles, biology (with the use of bacteria and plants). Nanotechnology which involves the applications of nanomaterials, involves basic and applied sciences and engineering. For instance, some nanomaterials are now and will in the future be used in the semiconductor industry; they are being used and will be use to improve IC manufacturing. Some are now being used and in the future more nanomaterials will be used for medicine, molecular biology, food monitoring, bar coding, threat agents monitoring, counterfeit money monitoring, disinfection, environmental monitoring, paints and coating, catalysts for various reactions, agriculture improvements, etc. There are currently and enormous amount of work before we can harness the good things that can come out of nanotechnology which is still in its infancy stages of development. Give it five more years and a lot more of its commercial products will be available in the market for commercial use.

You can take a look at "Nanomaterials for Medical Applications" to have an idea of how vast its medical uses are. This book is not a compilations of published articles. This is a reference textbook type materials that discusses the various current applications and studies involving nanomaterials in medicine. It starts from the synthesis and characterization of the nanomaterials all the way to the various applications. It gives step by step methodologies to perform the experiments and a discussion of examples for each application as well. It also has patents status, nanotoxicity, government regulations, and future medical applications. I hope to be able to release another reference textbook in nanomaterials, which is not a compilations of published articles, that will discuss the current and future uses of nanomaterials in agriculture, food, in plants, virus, bacteria, and animals. This book will focus on applications in food, veterinary animals, microbiology, etc.

This is a very general ( and interesting) question. They can have enormous applications in different fields of study. Some of those I can imagine are:

I feel in near future, nanoparticles will be extensively used in as drug delivery systems specially magnetic nanoparticles since the provide more monitoring form outside compare to some other nanoparticles. Also, nanoparticles ( like CNT) will be more applied in synthesizing biopolymers as they can increase the mechanical properties of polymers, however the toxicity of such nanocomposites should be dissolved.

Applying nanotechnology in cancer therapy is and for sure will be an extensive field of study. Also, nanoparticles will be used more in brain diseases.

Nanoparticles can also revolutionize heat transfer systems. By making stable nanofluids and applying them in industrial scale, it is possible to increase the amount heat transferred by the same base fluid even up to 100 times. CNT nanofluids have high thermal conductivity. ferrofluid suspensions can also be applicable in MRI is industrial scales. Nanofuilds also can change rheological behavior of based fluids which still needs to explore and from the trend of studies in this field, I am sure more advances are yet to come.

Producing nanoscale catalysts also have gained many attentions and I feel it will be an important field of study in the future, since many works have yet to be done in this field.

Of course there are some more future applications of nanotechology I shortly described but I felt that you are seeking for field of study to start! so I mentioned those that I believe you might be interested. Good Luck!

I can simply say.....think of something and you will find nano is already there. In future, there will be nano giants with better properties and smarter applications.

Nanotechnology is already in energy storage field, but I think that will be even more important in the near future. Especially in electrodes for thin-film batteries.

Nano technology can be used in production of antimicrobial material.

Today applications of Nanotechnology is at experimental stage except few applications which are commercilised like applications in Solar cells, drug delivery system, themic fluids etc. This is mainly because possible difficulty in manufacturing at commercial scale. However, Claro Technologies, US has developed commercial scale manufacturing plant design and is seeking JV opportunities for R&D and manufacturing.

Nanoparticles are extensively used in drug delivery systems especially magnetic nanoparticles. Applying of nanotechnology in cancer therapy is and for sure will be an extensive field of study. Also, nanoparticles will be used more in brain diseases and in antimicrobial materials production as well.

The future is of nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology is the technology of the 21st century. It is similar to the time when the semiconductor industry began many years back in our history. It is also similar to time when biotechnology started during the last century. In the case of nanotechnology, its potential applications is a combination of both semiconductor and biotechnology. Nanotechnology is not an independent technology just like molecular biology. Nanomaterials are independently synthesized using the basic sciences such as chemistry, physics and, for some nanoparticles, biology (with the use of bacteria and plants). Nanotechnology which involves the applications of nanomaterials, involves basic and applied sciences and engineering. For instance, some nanomaterials are now and will in the future be used in the semiconductor industry; they are being used and will be use to improve IC manufacturing. Some are now being used and in the future more nanomaterials will be used for medicine, molecular biology, food monitoring, bar coding, threat agents monitoring, counterfeit money monitoring, disinfection, environmental monitoring, paints and coating, catalysts for various reactions, agriculture improvements, etc. There are currently and enormous amount of work before we can harness the good things that can come out of nanotechnology which is still in its infancy stages of development. Give it five more years and a lot more of its commercial products will be available in the market for commercial use.

You can take a look at "Nanomaterials for Medical Applications" to have an idea of how vast its medical uses are. This book is not a compilations of published articles. This is a reference textbook type materials that discusses the various current applications and studies involving nanomaterials in medicine. It starts from the synthesis and characterization of the nanomaterials all the way to the various applications. It gives step by step methodologies to perform the experiments and a discussion of examples for each application as well. It also has patents status, nanotoxicity, government regulations, and future medical applications. I hope to be able to release another reference textbook in nanomaterials, which is not a compilations of published articles, that will discuss the current and future uses of nanomaterials in agriculture, food, in plants, virus, bacteria, and animals. This book will focus on applications in food, veterinary animals, microbiology, etc.

Now the nanotechnology entered into the dyeing industry also. Nano emulsions, nano-hydrophobic coating to protect the paints from moisture. Dyes with nano size showed better dyeing performance as compared to bulk dyes.

The new advances in biotechnology, genetic engineering, genomics, proteomics, and medicine will depend on how well we master nanotechnology in the coming decades. Nanotechnology could provide the tools to study how the tens of thousands of proteins in a cell (the so-called proteome) work together in networks to orchestrate the chemistry of life. Specific genes and proteins have been linked to

numerous diseases and disorders, including breast cancer, muscle disease, deafness, and blindness. Protein misfolding processes are believed to cause diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, cystic fibrosis, ‘‘mad cow’’ disease, an inherited form of emphysema, and many cancers. Nanotechnology has also the potential to dramatically change the field of diagnostics, therapy, and

drug discovery in the postgenomic area. The combination of nanotechnology and optical molecular probes are being developed to identify the molecular alterations that distinguish a diseased cell from a normal cell. Such technologies will ultimately aid in characterizing and predicting the pathologic behavior of diseased cells as well as the responsiveness of cells to drug treatment. The combination of biology and nanotechnology has already led to a new generation of devices for probing the cell machinery and elucidating molecular-level life processes heretofore beyond the scope of human inquiry. Tracking biochemical processes within intracellular environments can now be performed in vivo with the use of fluorescent and plasmonic molecular probes and nanosensors. Using near-field scanning microscopy and other nanoimaging techniques, scientists are now able to explore the biochemical processes and submicroscopic structures of living cells at unprecedented resolutions. It is now possible to develop nanocarriers for targeted delivery of drugs that have their shells conjugated with DNA constructs and fluorescent chromophores for in vivo tracking.

Nanotechnology can be decisive for future development of mankind. But the questions of two faces of nanotechnology should be always taken into consideration: benefits should not be surpassed by damages to the environment and/or human health.

In the near future, nano scale devices with novel properties could be used to make agricultural systems “smart”. For example, devices could be used to identify plant health issues before these become visible to the farmer. Such devices may be capable of responding to different situations by taking appropriate remedial action. If not, they will alert the farmer to the problem. In this way, smart devices will act as both a preventive and an early warning system.There is an increasing interest in the use of fungi for these processes, and fungi may have the potential to present relatively rapid and environmentally ‘clean’ nanobiofactories for metallic nanoparticles.

we are using our Organic Nanometal Polyaniline in printed circuit board finishing (millions of square meters of PCB every year), corrosion prevention and some other areas.

Nanotribology is new and will be vast field of nanotechnology in future