Nanotech Plus, LLC - Is Nanotechnology used today?

Nanotechnology isn't science fiction. It's already in use today. Lots of products being manufactured today involve some type of nanotechnology, only it's often not identified as such. Furthermore, some existing applications have been forced into the realm of nanotechnology in order to improve performance. Thus there are really two tracks of nanotechnology development. The first track involves existing products and applications that are running headlong into the transition from conventional materials to quantum materials. These industries include integrated circuits, disk drives, and optics. To some of the people in these industries, they're already doing nanotechnology whether they like it or not. Some people have labeled this "old nanotechnology" because it's really applying a new label to an existing industry.

The second nanotechnology track is based on starting with nanoengineered materials from the outset in order to solve a problem where conventional materials just won’t work. These applications have grown rapidly in the past couple of decades, especially products such as lithium ion batteries and solar cells which are part of renewable energy. However, nanoengineered materials such as graphene are also being incorporated into coatings on larger and larger scales - such as for commercial marine antifouling applications and to reduce hull drag. The lines between these two tracks are getting blurrier…