Una revolució en petit. Mig segle de Nanotecnologia

Mini-revolution: Half a Century of Nanotechnology.Nanoscience has progressed over the last 50 years from a scattered set of basic but outstanding breakthroughs to hundreds of research groups world-wide, continuously announcing the discovery of novel nanomaterials and fascinating nanodevices. Nanotechnology is becoming real; in fact,many of these advances have become part of our daily life. This article describes the basic features characterizing current research in nanotechnology and its main application sectors. In addition, this study also covers other issues like funding or public perception of this multidisciplinary fiel