Describes using "nano-containers" for making self healing materials. Most promising applications so far are rust inhibitor or lubricant in automobile materials.
http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=2067.php
Properties at nano level different from "bulk"
From: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/nanotechnology/7842/7842research.html
Another key aspect of nanotechnology is that
nanoscale materials offer different chemical and physical, and that these properties could form the basis of new technologies. For example, scientists have learned that the electronic--and hence optical--properties of nanometer-size particles can be tuned by adjusting the particle size. Thus,
properties than the bulk materials
when gold metal is reduced to nanosize rods, its fluorescence intensity is, according to a recent study by chemistry professor Mostafa A. El-Sayed's group at Georgia Institute of Technology. The study found that the wavelength of the emitted light increases linearly with the rod length, while the light intensity increases with the square of the rod length [Chem. Phys. Lett., 317, 517 (2000)].
enhanced over 10 million-fold
Nano Uses in agri-food industry
A brief summary of a report that describes nanotechnology uses (or potential uses) in agri-food industry: http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3605&content_type_id=8&issue_name=Nanotechnologies&issue=46&page=8&name=Grantee%20Reports&WT.srch=1&source=google
** Includes a link to a downloadable, searchable database on nanotech in agri-food.
The detailed report: http://www.pewtrusts.org/pdf/Nanotech_agfood_090406.pdf
Nano in space applications
http://www.nanotech-now.com/Space-Nanotechnology-VDI.htm
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