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| | | NSTI - India National Science & Technology Programme | | | The India National Science and Technology Initiative (NSTI) was launched in October 2001 when many of other Asian countries also launched their nanoscience and technology national programs or initiatives.
Similar to other nanoscience and technology initiative, the Thrust of the Program in the India NSTI include
1. Research Areas - Synthesis and Assembly, Characterization, Applications (Nanolithgraphy & Electronics, Drug/Gene Targeting Delivery, DNA chip, CNT, Nanostructured High Strength Materials, Quantum Structures and etc.)
2. Education- Advanced Schools, Symposium and Traing Workshops for Research Scholars/Students for Human Resource Development (HRD).
3. Industry - Strength Interaction with Industries in Every Area Possible such as DDS, Nanoelectronics, Nanopowder/particle Production, and Surface Coatings such as Paints and Pigments.
| | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in India | | | Major Research centers of excellence and basic research projects have been supported and established under this programme so far. Significant results have been reported from these projects. Extensive studies on semiconductor nanocrystals have been undertaken in several projects. As semiconductor particles exhibit size-dependant properties like scaling of the energy gap and corresponding change in the optical properties, they are considered as front runners in the technology important materials.
Several projects look into synthesis of potential nanomaterials including CdSe, ZnO etc. Size-tunable, organic-soluble industrially important CdS, AlN, GaN and InN nanocrystals were prepared by employing novel solvothermal techniques and some of the soft chemical routes. In another project it was reported that the flow of various liquids and gases over a mat of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) bundles generate electrical signals. This opens up series of technologically important areas of research and devises. Negative differential resistance in a one-dimentional molecular wire with odd number of atoms attached between two macroscopic electrodes at some critical bias has generated considerable interest in device applications in the electronics industry.
In a direction to develop microfluidic devices, interesting results have been obtained in another project. It has several applications in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceutical industry, drug delivery, intelligent pneumatic systems, information technology etc. Centres for Nano Technology in specific areas were established
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