The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Research and Development Leading to a Revolution in Technology and Industry

摘要

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a U.S. Government research and development (R&D) program of twenty-five agencies working together toward the common challenging vision of "a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the nanoscale leads to a revolution in technology and industry that benefits society." The combined, coordinated efforts of these agencies have accelerated discovery, development, and deployment of nanotechnology towards agency missions and the broader national interest. Established in 2001, the NNI involves nanotechnology-related activities by the 25 agencies shown in Table 1,15 of which have budgets for nanotechnology R&D for 2011.