纳米材料制备和应用研究中所产生的纳米技术很可能成为下一世纪前20年的主导技术。美国科学技术委员会,2000年3月向美国政府提出报告,把启动纳米技术的计划,看 Nanotechnology produced in nanomaterials preparation and applied research is likely to be the dominant technology in the first two decades of the next century. The U.S. Committee on Science and Technology, March 2000, presented a report to the U.S. government regarding the launch of nanotechnology programs.