It produces different products when assembled at that scale. This is what is the future unleashed by the nanotechnology revolution. The mankind has seen several technology revolutions in the past: industrial, agricultural, medical, and infotech in a course of two centuries. But through each of these, we have been able to exploit only a small fraction of the total possibilities. We have been still dealing with the matter at a bigger scale. The building blocks, our engineering skills and products were bigger than the nano size and hence had limitations in manipulation. It is this arrangement of atoms which defines the properties of matter. With its capacity to manipulate the smallest possible component of the matter, the nanotechnology has the potential to bring that cycle of technological revolution to completion: dealing with the matter atom by atom, molecule by molecule. It is this capacity of mankind to deal with matter at molecular level that will give the mankind a historical new ability to shape, process and create things which have never been thought of.

Nanotechnology in India: A Case Study of the Potential
While seeing through the society, economy and environment of India or for that matter any other country, we realize that there are inherent limitations in our present capacity to deal with the basics of the matter and nature. This breeds inherent inefficiencies in various activities and sectors. Whereas while putting things in the Nanotechnology framework, we see a world where, among others;

• Agriculture productivity is increased through better investigation of pests & diseases, targeted treatment trough precision farming, better forecasting of weather, minimizing the waste and maximizing the life cycle of agro products through nanotechnology;
• The processed foods stay fresh for months together: thanks to nanotech- enabled packaging and processing-impermeable coating, packaging etc. to cite a few initiatives.
• Rooftop solar generation enabled by nano solar cells; for each building just like you produce your vegetables in kitchen garden: common man’s dream realized through cheaper, durable solar cells.
• Imagine the savings on transmission lines and power stations and substations! Lighter wind and hydro energy turbines ensuring much higher revolution per minute thus producing more energy even with lesser water and wind availability. .
• Water proof nano sand reducing wastage of water in irrigation by 75%! just lay down beneath typical desert topsoil;
• The nano super sand stops water below the roots level of the plants and maintains a water table, giving greenery a constant water supply:
• Potable water for all: water purification with high precision Nanotechnology membranes, on a higher scale at a much lower cost.
• A nano submarine floats through the blood of human body treating the right cells instead of contaminating the whole body with antibiotic toxics and generating a host of side effects.
• A much lighter aircraft or a car made of nano materials which are lighter and cheaper, yet sturdier. And the bonus of fuel efficiency!
• A computer nano chip as powerful as all the computers of the today’s world put together. That too in a form of hand held device. And you know how powerful the computer chips already are.

This is just a glimpse of the potential; or rather a nano glimpse

SAiNSCE’s Commitment for nanotechnology Development
We are driven by the above belief that the nano-technology has immense potential across various sectors in bringing welfare to the society. This technology is going to drastically change production processes, communication systems and a host of other patterns of generation and consumption. It is, in fact, going to substantially change human life itself. This obviously gives lot of commercial potential to the technology. And seeing this happen is our passion; seeing this expand is our mission. The result: better life for us, better life for our children. All this is going to happen. And it should happen. We also believe that there is immense business potential in what is going to happen- with or without many of us participating in the process of making it happen.

This is why SAiNSCE feels that nano-science is not just a new science or an emerging technology; it’s a way of life in the 21st century. Seeing the nanotechnology commercialize fast is our strategy and business.