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Acronyms
2D | two-dimensional |
3D | three-dimensional |
AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
ABET | Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology |
ACS | American Chemical Society |
AFOSR | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
AI | artificial intelligence |
AIM Photonics | American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics |
AIST | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
ARPA-E | Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy |
ARS | Agricultural Research Service |
caNanoLab | Cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory |
CEN | European Committee for Standardization |
CMOS | complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor |
CNDN | Canada’s National Design Network |
CNST | Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology |
CNT | carbon nanotubes |
COR | Communities of Research |
CPSC | Consumer Product Safety Commission |
CRDS | Center for R&D Strategy |
CVD | chemical vapor deposition |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DOI | Department of the Interior |
DOJ | Department of Justice |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
DRL | Data Readiness Level |
DURIP | Defense Research Instrumentation Program |
EC | European Commission |
EDF | Environmental Defense Fund |
EFRC | Energy Frontier Research Center |
EFTA | European Free Trade Agreement |
EHS | environmental health and safety |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
EPO | European Patent Office |
EPP | European Network of Pilot Production Facilities |
ERC | Engineering Research Center |
ERI | electronics resurgence initiative |
EU | European Union |
EUON | EU Observatory of Nanomaterials |
EUV | extreme ultraviolet lithography |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FinFET | fin field effect transistor |
FLC | Federal Laboratory Consortium |
ForLab | Forschungslabore Mikroelektronik Deutschland |
FP7 | Seventh Framework Programme |
FY | fiscal year |
GDP | gross domestic product |
H2020 | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme |
HGST | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies |
HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
HT | high technology |
IC | intelligence community |
ICE | Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IMEC | Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre |
IoT | Internet of Things |
ISO | International Standards Organization |
JCAP | Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis |
LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
LETI | Laboratoire d’électronique et de technologie de l’information |
MEXT | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology |
MGI | Materials Genome Initiative |
MINATEC | Micro and Nanotechnology Innovation Campus |
MNE | multinational enterprise |
MREFC | Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction |
MRI | Major Research Instrumentation |
MRS | Materials Research Society |
MURI | Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative |
NAMI | Nano and Advanced Materials Institute |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NBCI | Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative |
NCC | nanocrystalline cellulose |
NCE | Networks of Centers of Excellence |
NCI | National Cancer Institute |
NCL | Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory |
NCN | Network for Computational Nanotechnology |
NCSES | National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics |
NEN | Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship Network |
NEWT | Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment |
NIA | Nanotechnologies Industry Association |
NIFA | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NIL | Nanoparticle Information Library |
NIMS | National Institute for Materials Science |
NINT | National Institute for Nanotechnology |
NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NKI | Nanotechnology Knowledge Infrastructure |
NNCI | National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure |
NNCO | National Nanotechnology Coordination Office |
NNI | National Nanotechnology Initiative |
NNIN | National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network |
NNMI | National Network for Manufacturing Innovation |
NNN | National Nanomanufacturing Network |
NQI | National Quantum Initiative |
NREL | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
NSB | National Science Board |
NSEC | Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center |
NSET | Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
NSI | Nanotechnology Signature Initiative |
NSRC | Nanoscale Science Research Center |
NSTC | National Science and Technology Council |
NTPJ | Nanotechnology Platform Japan |
NTRA | NanoTechnology Research Association |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
PCA | Program Component Area |
PCAST | President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology |
PV | photovoltaic |
QD-LED | quantum-dot light emitting displays |
QED-C | Quantum Economic Development Consortium |
QIS | quantum information science |
R&D | research and development |
REU | Research Experiences for Undergraduates |
ROI | return on investment |
RSC | Royal Society of Chemistry |
RSL | regional, state, and local |
S&E | science and engineering |
SAIT | Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology |
SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
SIG | Shared Instrumentation Grants |
SINANO | Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics |
SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
SME | small and medium-sized enterprise |
SPIE | International Society for Optics and Photonics |
SPIRE | Sustainable Process Industry Through Resource and Energy Efficiency |
SRC | Semiconductor Research Corporation |
STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
STTR | Small Business Technology Transfer |
TIA | Tsukuba Innovation Arena (formerly Tsukuba Innovation Arena for Nanotechnology [TIA-nano]) |
TTO | technology transfer office |
UCI | University of California, Irvine |
UCSD | University of California, San Diego |
USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
USFS | U.S. Forest Service |
USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
USPTO | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
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