About nano
''There's plenty of room at the bottom'' - Richard Feynman's famous talk from 1959, first introduced the idea of manipulating and controlling things on a small scale to the scientific community.
So what is nanomaterials science?
Nanomaterials are materials constructed using nanoscale building blocks with molecular precision. Such materials possess improved physical and chemical properties, which change with particle size, and can be controlled by manipulating the building blocks.
Functional nanomaterials refer to those materials with essential functional properties that are useful in processes such as adsorption, ion-conducting, separation, catalysis, biomaterials and biosensing.
One of the hallmarks of nanotechnology is to be able to tailor design materials at the molecular level.
Such functional nanomaterials will underpin and enable innovative technologies in clean energy, environment and health care industries - which are critical to the economic and sustainable future of Australia and the world.
