NNI Brochures
Nanotechnology in Action
May 2026
Nanotechnology serves as the foundation for key industries of the future such as artificial intelligence, quantum information science, and advanced manufacturing. Nanotechnology innovations are ensuring continued U.S. leadership in the semiconductor and strategic computing industries, and are advancing many other national priorities, including space exploration, energy, advanced communications (5G/6G), healthcare, agriculture, aviation, and national security.
Nanotechnology: Big Things from a Tiny World
March 2018
A general introduction to nanotechnology, suitable for all ages. Think small. Think really, really small—smaller than anything you ever saw through a conventional microscope at school. Think atoms and molecules, and now you’re there. You’re down at the nanoscale, where scientists are learning about these fundamental components of matter and are putting them to use in beneficial ways.
Nanotechnology and Energy: Powerful Things from a Tiny World
February 12, 2014
An educational overview of nanotechnology applications for the energy sector, written for general audiences. Think big. Really BIG. Think about all the people on Earth – over 7 billion of them and counting. Think about all the energy those people use every day: to light, heat, and cool homes, schools, and office buildings—to refrigerate and cook food – to power computers and communications – to fuel cars, buses, trains, and airplanes – to make fertilizer for increasing the yield of crops—and to manufacture products.
Big Things from a Tiny World
December 6, 2013
A trifold brochure introducing the Federal Government’s National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI).
NNI Brochure
October 28, 2011
A trifold brochure introducing the Federal Government’s National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI).
2011 NNI EHS Research Strategy Brochure
October 19, 2011
A brochure summarizing the 2011 research strategy for environmental, health, and safety aspects of nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology: Shaping the World Atom by Atom
September 1999
The emerging fields of nanoscience and nanoengineering are leading to unprecedented understanding and control over the fundamental building blocks of all physical things. This is likely to change the way almost everything—from vaccines to computers to automobile tires to objects not yet imagined—is designed and made.
