List of nanotechnology topics

: "For a gentler introduction to nanotechnology, see List of basic nanotechnology topics"This is a hierarchical list of (all) topics related to nanotechnology. Items marked with an asterisk (*) appear more than once in the list.

General

* History of nanotechnology
* Implications of nanotechnology
** Health implications of nanotechnology
*** Nanotoxicology*
** Environmental implications of nanotechnology
** Societal implications of nanotechnology
** Regulation of nanotechnology
* List of nanotechnology applications
** Energy Applications of Nanotechnology
** Potential applications of carbon nanotubes
* List of nanotechnology organizations
** Nanotechnology education
* Nanotechnology in fiction
* Nanotechnology on seminor

Nanomaterials

Fullerenes and carbon forms

* Allotropes of carbon
* Aggregated diamond nanorods
* Buckypaper
* Carbon nanofoam
* Carbon nanotube
** Nanoknot*
** Nanotube membrane
* Fullerene chemistry
** Bingel reaction
** Endohedral hydrogen fullerene
** Prato reaction
* Fullerenes in popular culture
* Endohedral fullerenes
* Fullerite
* Graphene
** Graphene nanoribbon
* Potential applications of carbon nanotubes
* Timeline of carbon nanotubes

Nanoparticles and Colloids

* Colloid
* Diamondoids
* Nanocomposite
* Nanocrystal
* Nanostructure
** Nanocages
** Nanocomposite
** Nanofabrics
** Nanofiber
** Nanofoam
** Nanoknot
** Nanomesh
** Nanopillar
** Nanopin film
** Nanoring
** Nanorod
** Nanoshell
** Nanotube
** Quantum heterostructure
** Sculptured thin film
* Quantum dot

Nanomedicine

* Lab-on-a-chip
* Nanobiotechnology
* Nanosensor
* Nanotoxicology*

Molecular self-assembly

* DNA nanotechnology
** DNA computing
** DNA machine
** DNA origami
* Self-assembled monolayer
* Supramolecular assembly

Nanoelectronics

* Break junction
* Chemical vapor deposition
* Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
* Nanocircuits
* Nanocomputer
* Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)
* Surface micromachining

Molecular electronics

Nanolithography

* Dip Pen Nanolithography
* Electron beam lithography
* Ion-beam sculpting
* Nanoimprint lithography
* Photolithography

Molecular nanotechnology

* Grey goo
* Mechanosynthesis
* Molecular assembler
* Molecular modelling
* Nanorobotics
** Smartdust
** Utility fog
* Nanochondria
* Programmable matter
* Self reconfigurable
* Self-replication

Devices

* Micromachinery
* Nano-abacus
* Nanomotor
* Nanopore
** Nanopore sequencing
* Quantum point contact
* Synthetic molecular motors

Microscopes and other devices

* Atomic force microscope
* Scanning tunneling microscope
* Scanning probe microscope
* IBM Millipede

Institutions and corporations

:"See List of nanotechnology organizations."

Persons involved in nanotechnology research

* [http://www.chem.rice.edu/FacultyDetail.cfm?RiceID=602 Vicki Colvin] Director for the [http://cben.rice.edu Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Rice University]
* Norio Taniguchi - coined the term "nanotechnology"
* Richard Feynman - gave the first mention of some of the distinguishing concepts in a 1959 talk
* Eric Drexler - was the first to theorise about nanotechnology in depth and popularised the subject
* Robert Freitas - nanomedicine theorist
* Ralph Merkle - nanotechnology theorist
* Sumio Iijima - discoverer of nanotubes
* Richard Smalley - co-discoverer of buckminsterfullerene
* Harry Kroto - co-discoverer of buckminsterfullerene
* Erwin Müller - invented the field ion microscope, and the atom probe.
* Gerd Binnig - co-inventor of the scanning tunneling microscope
* Heinrich Rohrer - co-inventor of the scanning tunneling microscope
* Chris Phoenix - co-founder of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
* Mike Treder - co-founder of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
* Phaedon Avouris - first electronic devices made out of carbon nanotubes
* Akhlesh Lakhtakia - conceptualized sculptured thin films
* Alex Zettl - Built the first molecular motor based on carbon nanotubes
* Andre Geim - Discoverer of 2-D carbon film called graphene

Related fields

Subfields

* Bionanotechnology
* Green nanotechnology
* Nanoengineering
* Nanoarchitectonics

Overlaps

* Calculus
* Chemistry
* Computer science
* Engineering
* Miniaturization
* Physics
* Protein engineering
* Quantum mechanics
* Self-organization
* Science
* Supramolecular chemistry
* Tissue engineering

Miscellaneous

* Catalyst
* Macromolecule
* Mesh networking
* Monolayer
* Nanometer
* Photonic crystal
* Potential well
* Quantum confinement
* Quantum tunneling
* Self-assembly
* Self-organization
* Technological singularity