A nanometer is small: really small. It is too small to see with the naked eye. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter or 1/50,000 the thickness of hair. In the time it took you to read this, your own fingernails have grown one nanometer!!!

Nanotechnology is the study and design of materials and systems at the nanoscale, the scale of atoms and molecules. Scientists study nanotechnology to find new behaviors and to create new technologies. Nanotechnology is in the early stages of development but is thought to be the next technological revolution. Nanotechnology contributes to the design of products, and nano products are already everywhere! Nanotechnology makes products cleaner, stronger and better. Stain resistant pants, self-cleaning windows, stronger and lighter car bumpers all use nanotechnology. Groups of physicists, chemists, materials scientists, biologists, engineers, IT researchers, meteorologists and engineers collaborate on nano science and new nano innovations.

Small wonders!

Big capabilities!