Science and technology roadmaps for nanotechnology
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Posted On: 05/05/2015 7:44:15 AM
Science and technology roadmaps for nanotechnology
Eleven science and technology themes are identified in the roadmap. These are: fundamental science, health and environment, production, electronic devices, spintronics, photonics and optoelectronics, sensors, flexible electronics, energy conversion and storage, composite materials, and biomedical devices. The roadmap addresses each of these areas in turn, with timelines. …
•A common theme in many areas seems to point to reliable and inexpensive fabrication as a major problem to be solved.
.......from the Conclusions of the report:
… the availability of a product for the end user is strictly dependent on the different pace of the material development. The cheapest GRMs and with the least stringent requirements could be the first available on the market …
The target is to develop novel applications, planned thanks to each GRM unique properties, rather than try to replace other materials in existing applications. GRMs will replace existing standard materials only if the properties of the new components are amply competitive to justify the cost for changing current industrial processes.
Given the above, it seems that this report, at the very least, helps to document the opportunities and needs for a general purpose APM. Beyond that, closer study might reveal possible areas of synergism between furthering the development and commercialization of these existing nanotechnologies and steps to develop more capable APM technologies.
—James Lewis, PhD
http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=6561
Eleven science and technology themes are identified in the roadmap. These are: fundamental science, health and environment, production, electronic devices, spintronics, photonics and optoelectronics, sensors, flexible electronics, energy conversion and storage, composite materials, and biomedical devices. The roadmap addresses each of these areas in turn, with timelines. …
•A common theme in many areas seems to point to reliable and inexpensive fabrication as a major problem to be solved.
.......from the Conclusions of the report:
… the availability of a product for the end user is strictly dependent on the different pace of the material development. The cheapest GRMs and with the least stringent requirements could be the first available on the market …
The target is to develop novel applications, planned thanks to each GRM unique properties, rather than try to replace other materials in existing applications. GRMs will replace existing standard materials only if the properties of the new components are amply competitive to justify the cost for changing current industrial processes.
Given the above, it seems that this report, at the very least, helps to document the opportunities and needs for a general purpose APM. Beyond that, closer study might reveal possible areas of synergism between furthering the development and commercialization of these existing nanotechnologies and steps to develop more capable APM technologies.
—James Lewis, PhD
http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=6561
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