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1: Description of the National Nanotechnology Initiative
1: Description of the National Nanotechnology Initiative
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; the National Science Foundation (NSF) ; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; the Central Intelligence Agency; and three White House offices (the National Economic Council, the Office of Management ant!
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has developed a definition of nanotechnology to guide federal agencies in the reporting of their respective research efforts. Contained in Circular A- 1 1, 1465-xx, NNI research activities are defined as follows: Research and technology development at the atomic, molecular, or macromolecular levels, in the length scale of approximately 1-100 nanometer range, to provide a fundamental understanding of phenomena and materials properties at the nanoscale and to model, create, characterize, manipulate, and use structures, devices, and systems that have novel properties and functions because of their small or intermediate size.
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NN] is coordinated through NSET activities, direct interactions among program officers from the participating agencies, periodic management meetings and program reviews, and joint scientific ant} engineering workshops.
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