NANOTECHNOLOGY TRENDS

Nanotechnology is a clear example of innovation having a huge potential to promote sustainability. The possibility to exploit this technology for the manipulation of atoms and molecules, in order to create new materials with enhanced physical properties, has triggered a real revolution in the area of materials.

Two major issues still limit large scale applicability of nanotechnologies in many industrial sectors: the high costs of production of some nanoparticles and the processes required for an effective integration of nanomaterials to obtain end-products with enhanced performances.