New Science & Novel Materials in the Nano Regime

Novel properties and behaviors have been found to emerge as the size of the material is reduced from the bulk to the nanometer or sub-nanometer regime. These include atomic clusters containing ten to several thousand atoms, nanoscale materials, mono-layers and multi-layers clusters deposited on surfaces and the nanocrystal superlattice.  Further, the properties evolve with size, dimension and composition. These developments have provided hope that novel materials with entirely new properties could be synthesized. This new era of nano-technology is expected to revolutionize the science and technology in the 21st century.