24Nanotechnology: Key for Sustainable Future

Amit Kumar,1 Susmita Dey Sadhu,2 and Rajeev Singh1

1University of Delhi, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, Department of Chemistry, Material/Organometallics Research Laboratory, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi 110 021, India

2University of Delhi, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, Department of Polymer Science, Dwarka, New Delhi 110 075, India

24.1 Introduction

Tiny is beautiful is a known phrase of the past, but now it has to be replaced with tiny is not only beautiful but also powerful. It is an age of nanotechnology where everything is going smaller and smaller to create big impressions [1,2].

One aspect that is to be taken into consideration while defining nanotechnology is that the nanostructure ...

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