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The Polymer Science Monthly
Volume 29, 2004 - Issue 3
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Column: Nanostructured Materials

Pages 77-81 | Published online: 03 Jun 2010
 

Abstract

In 1960, Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists of his time [1], presented a visionary and prophetic lecture at a meeting of the American Physical Society. This famous lecture was entitled: "There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom" and it speculated on the possibilities and potentialities of nano-sized materials [2]. However, the development of nanotechnology could only start many years later, after adequate microscopy techniques for nano-sized materials imaging (e.g., STM, AFM, HR-TEM) were made available. In the last few years, nanotechnology has become the main focus of research activity in many countries and is a definitive new science.

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