The paper contains a brief review of the modern status of nanotechnology. We present a general description of nanotechnology research, viz., the financing, growth of the number of publications, and the contribution of Russian scientists. The methods of nanomaterial manufacturing and diagnostics, properties of nanomaterials, and their applications are considered separately. The main attention is devoted to carbon nanomaterials: carbon nanotubes and fullerenes. We stress the close connection between nanotechnology and molecular physics.
62.25.-g Mechanical properties of nanoscale systems
65.80.+n Thermal properties of small particles, nanocrystals, and nanotubes
81.07.-b Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization
Department of Molecular Physics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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