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Innovation Incentive Initiative - Nanotechnology |
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Nanoscience and nanomedicine are interdisciplinary fields with the potential to revolutionize research disciplines in the physical and life sciences, engineering, and medicine. Many funding agencies and companies are currently supporting academic/research projects in these areas. It is estimated that there are over one hundred major companies in Ohio with products that could be improved by breakthroughs in nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is just beginning to emerge from the laboratory into the commercial arena and early investments in it will have enormous potential for long-term economic improvement of this region, especially in the automotive, aerospace and biomedical industries.
Typical applications for nanostructures in science and engineering include chemical and biological sensors, opto-electronics, electronics, computers, and catalysis. The health effect of nano particles is also a critical and timely area of study. Nanotechnology offers unprecedented opportunities in medicine in areas such as diagnostics, drug delivery, imaging and therapy. The size range of nanoparticles is ideal for manufacturing biosensors capable of interrogating individual cells. Targeting sick organs with drugs which will not affect healthy tissues is also possible using quantum dots and carbon nanotubes. A new generation of contrast agents capable of penetrating individual cells is being developed. These advances are coming to life thanks to fruitful collaborations between scientists, engineers and medical doctors. Nanoscale devices are becoming more and more important to the electronics and photonics industry. Integrated electronic and photonic devices continue to become denser and smaller and the quantum limit is being rapidly approached. Collaborations between physicists, chemists and engineers are necessary to enable the next generation of devices to be built.
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