Bio-nanotechnology: muse for scientists and engineers

摘要

The next step in the miniaturization path that provided us microchips, microcircuits and microelectronics is nanotechnology, which is one-thousandth of a micrometre (approximately the size of a molecule). The essence of nanotechnology is the ability to work at the molecular level, atom by atom, to create large structures or devices with vitally new molecular organization. Bio-nanotechnology is a branch of nanotechnology that uses biological materials, biological principles or applications.