In July 2010, NSTC (National Scientific and Technology Council) published final draft of “Sustainable Nanomanufacturing” strategy. It is six page long, but here I will give summary of the summary so to speak.
Decade long research under National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) resulted in demonstration of different nanomaterials, and few nanoproducts. But this research was done in order to create systems products consisting of billions of nanocomponents.
Long term vision for nanomanufacturing is to create flexible, “bottom-up” or “top-down/bottom-up” continuous assembly methods that can be used to construct elaborate systems of complex nanodevices.
NSTC identified two thrusts:
Thrust 1: Design of scalable and sustainable nanomaterials, components, devices and processes
Future goals related to this thrust:
In 2 years establish industry/academic/government consortia.
In 4 years demonstrate material systems and processes for nanomanufacturing that are scalable, sustainable, efficient and safe.
In 8 years with industrial partners identification of such materials and processes appropriate for production, followed by technology transfer and/or technology adoption by US manufacturers.
Thrust 2: Nanomanufacturing measurement technologies
Future goals related to this thrust:
In 2 years establish industry/academic/government consortia.
In 4 years demonstration of a suite of generic measurement systems that are fast, robust, standardized/traceable, and operate in real-time/in-line.
In 8 years development and benchmarking of measurement systems and methodologies with industrial partners to allow transfer of measurement technology.
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