National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
Committee on Technology (CT)
The Interagency Working Group on Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology (IWGN)

Nanotechnology Research Directions: IWGN Workshop Report

Vision for Nanotechnology Research and Development in the Next Decade

Edited by M.C. Roco, S. Williams, P. Alivisatos

September 1999

WTEC, Loyola College in Maryland

This report also available to the public at http://itri.loyola.edu/nano/IWGN.Research.Directions/.

• Front Cover, cover letter from Dr. Neal Lane
• Table of Contents, Executive Summary, Technical Findings, Recommendations, and Introduction to Nanotechnology for Non-Specialists
• Chapter 1. Fundamental Scientific Issues for Nanotechnology
• Chapter 2. Investigative Tools: Theory, Modeling, and Simulation
• Chapter 3. Investigative Tools: Experimental Methods and Probes
• Chapter 4. Synthesis, Assembly, and Processing of Nanostructures
• Chapter 5. Applications: Dispersions, Coatings, and Other Large Surface Area Structures
• Chapter 6. Applications: Nanodevices, Nanoelectronics, and Nanosensors
• Chapter 7. Applications: Consolidated Nanostructures
• Chapter 8. Applications: Biological, Medical, and Health
• Chapter 9. Applications: Energy and Chemicals
• Chapter 10. Nanoscale Processes and the Environment
• Chapter 11. Infrastructure Needs for Research and Development and Education
• Chapter 12. Agency Funding Strategies
• Appendices: (A) List of Participants and Contributors; (B) IWGN Reference Materials; (C) Glossary; (D) Index of Authors; (E) Index of Main Topics

This document was prepared under the guidance of the NSTC/CT. Any opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the Interagency Working Group on Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration or individual funding agencies.

Copyrights reserved by individual authors or their assignees except as noted herein. Reproduced by permission. This work relates to NSF Cooperative Agreement ENG-9707092, awarded to the International Technology Research Institute at Loyola College, World Technology (WTEC) Division. The U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive and nontransferable license to all exclusive rights provided by copyright.

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