Advanced Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Smart nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is rapidly entering the world of smart materials and taking them to the next level. Smart materials are defined as materials with properties engineered to change in a controlled manner under the influence of external stimuli. Some of the external stimuli are temperature, force, moisture, electric charge, magnetic fields and pH. The self-assembly of peptides has enormous applications in the fields of medicine and electronics. Bio-inspired engineered systems have been designed based on the mechanistic perceptions obtained from natural systems for novel self-assembled structures.  In the biological system, each cell type is programmed to display different levels of smartness.