Rajat Banerjee

Nano-materials: Science of bottom-up and top-down

Abstract The most frequently used high tech words in the scientific world now are Computer, gene and nanometer. On 29 December 1959, Richard P Feynman [1] gave a talk at the annual meeting of the American Physical society that hasbecome one of the twentieth century’s classic science lectures titled “There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom”. He presented a technological vision of the miniaturization of materials, manipulating and controlling things on asmall scale called “Nanotechnology”. Feynman visualized a technology using a toolbox of nature to build nano-object by atom by atom or molecule by molecule. Taking into account of the future potential of nanoscience, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of the White House created the interagency working group on Nanoscience,Engineering and Technology (IWGN) in 1998. A grant of

Nano-fabricated materials in cancer treatment and agri-biotech applications: Buckyballs in quantum holy grails

497 million was granted to National Nanotechnology Institute (NNI) in the year 2001 and made it a top science and technology priority. Scientists are already developing nano-applications that will be bringing revolution in a host of products and services like battery storage capacity, computer chip minimization, drug delivery, facial creams, food processing, agricultural insect control, solar energy management and water purification. The United States have decided to spend US

Improved thermal properties of borosilicate glass composite containing single walled carbon nanotube bundles

3.7 billion during 2005–2008 and have spent almost US

A novel carbon rich crystalline (C) SiC-Si(n) interface using liquid polycarbosilane as a precursor - a unique Schottky junction

3 billion during 2002–2005. The European Union will spend US

Enhanced mechanical properties of single walled carbon nanotube-borosilicate glass composite due to cushioning effect and localized plastic flow

1.7 billion and the figures for other countries are - Japan (US

Cracking phenomena in lithium-di-silicate glass ceramics

3 billion), China (US

Critical fatigue behaviour in brittle glasses

240 million), Brazil (US

Study on elastic-plastic component in indentation fatigue of sodalime glass

25 million), India (US

Temperature dependent thermal properties of lead silicate glass composite containing single walled carbon nanotubes

23 million), South Africa (US

Wide visible and unique NIR fluorescence from SiC nanocrystals embedded in carbon rich SiC matrix derived from liquid polycarbosilane

6 million) and Argentina (US