Perspective Future Development of Nanomaterials

Abstract

Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and nanotechnology are revolutionising the world. Especially in the twenty-first century, it has gathered considerable interest from the society, academic world, researchers and the industrial sector. Nanotechnology is now an established scientific area that has undergone an exciting growth phase with a wide range of applications in different fields. Although the field of nanomaterials is mature and well established, the scale-up from research and development to commercialisation remains tedious due to the reliability and reproducibility of technology. To overcome the limitation, there is a need to standardise, validate and evaluate each stage of process development. Extensive research has been done at the institutional and investors level for the modernisation and smooth technology transfer. This chapter emphasises the significant progress, applications and challenges in nanotechnologies and ENMs. In the end, the application properties of this specific topic and future directions for research are discussed.