Recognized Applications of Nanoscience:

-Ultrasmall, highly parallel, computers with multi-teraflop speed
-Image information processors, e.g., extraction and recognition
-Low-power personal and autonomous communication and computation devices
-high-density information storage devices, e.g., terabit/cm2 nonvolatile memory
-Lasers and detectors for weapons and countermeasures
-Optical (infrared, visible, ultraviolet) sensors for improved surveillance and targeting
-Integrated sensor suites for chemical and biological agent detection
-Catalysts for enhancing and controlling energetic reactions
-Synthesis of new compounds (e.g., narrow-bandgap materials)
-Designer materials with combinations of properties that do not currently exist