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Spot Moore s Law and nanomaterials research Masahiko Hara Laboratory Head Local Spatio Temporal Functions Laboratory RIKEN The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research Materials science and engineering represent important foundations upon which our society is based Our way of life depends to a great extent on advancement in these elds advancement which further presents us with an index for measuring the continuing progress of society The development of semiconductor devices during the last century opened up a completely new vista in materials research and brought about a whole new range of unprecedented capabilities such as large computer memory capacities and the rapid processing of huge amounts of data In accordance with what is known as Moore s Law propounded in 1965 by Gordon Moore co founder of Intel the number of transistors per integrated circuit has roughly doubled every 18 to 24 months since the technology was developed Miniaturization and what is today popularly termed nanotechnology are Continue to download »
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EU nanotechnology R D in the field of health and environmental impact of nanoparticles Compiled by Pilar Aguar and Jos Juan Murcia Nicol s Unit G4 Nano and Converging Sciences and Technologies European Commission Research DG Version 28 January 08 http cordis europa eu nanotechnology Page 1 of 124 The present publication is based on the information that was available at the time and cannot be guaranteed to be complete The views expressed in this document are entirely those of the Authors and do not engage or commit the European Commission in any way Page 2 of 124 Introduction I am glad to present this publication on nanotechnology research funding addressing in particular the health and environmental impact of nanoparticles Nanotechnology presents itself as a scientific and technology approach of paramount importance Recently winner of the Nobel Prize on physical sciences nanotechnology shows already a huge potential of applications At the same time some concerns have been raised regarding the potential of 
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