Nanotechnology Research Directions for Societal Needs in 2020

1. The Long View of Nanotechnology Development: The National Nanotechnology Initiative at 10 Years
Mihail C. Roco

2. Investigative Tools: Theory, Modeling, and Simulation
Mark Lundstrom, P. Cummings, M. Alam

3. Enabling and Investigative Tools: Measuring Methods, Instruments, and Metrology
Dawn A. Bonnell, Vinayak P. Dravid, Paul S. Weiss, David Ginger, Keith Jackson, Don Eigler, Harold Craighead, Eric Isaacs

4. Synthesis, Processing, and Manufacturing of Components, Devices, and Systems
Chad A. Mirkin, Mark Tuominen

5. Nanotechnology Environmental, Health, and Safety Issues
André Nel, David Grainger, Pedro J. Alvarez, Santokh Badesha, Vincent Castranova, Mauro Ferrari, Hilary Godwin, Piotr Grodzinski, Jeff Morris, Nora Savage, Norman Scott, Mark Wiesner

6. Nanotechnology for Sustainability: Environment, Water, Food, Minerals, and Climate
Mamadou Diallo, C. Jeffrey Brinker

7. Nanotechnology for Sustainability: Energy Conversion, Storage, and Conservation
C. Jeffrey Brinker, David Ginger

8. Applications: Nanobiosystems, Medicine, and Health
Chad A. Mirkin, André Nel, C. Shad Thaxton

9. Applications: Nanoelectronics and Nanomagnetics
Jeffrey Welser, Stuart A. Wolf, Phaedon Avouris, Tom Theis

10. Applications: Nanophotonics and Plasmonics
Evelyn L. Hu, Mark Brongersma, Adra Baca

11. Applications: Catalysis by Nanostructured Materials
Evelyn L. Hu, S. Mark Davis, Robert Davis, Erik Scher

12. Applications: High-Performance Materials and Emerging Areas
Mark Hersam, Paul S. Weiss

13. Developing the Human and Physical Infrastructure for Nanoscale Science and Engineering
James Murday, Mark Hersam, Robert Chang, Steve Fonash, Larry Bell

14. Innovative and Responsible Governance of Nanotechnology for Societal Development
Mihail C. Roco, Barbara Harthorn, David Guston, Philip Shapira

15. Selected Bibliography (2000–2009)
Mihail C. Roco, Chad A. Mirkin, Mark C. Hersam

Keywords: Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Nanochemistry