AFM | atomic force microscopy |
AI | artificial intelligence |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
CMOS | complementary metal oxide semiconductor |
CMP | chemical mechanical planarization or chemical mechanical polishing |
CNTs | carbon nanotubes |
CPSC | Consumer Products Safety Commission |
CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
CVD | chemical vapor deposition |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DPN | dip-pen nanolithography |
DRAM | dynamic random access memory |
IBEA | Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives |
IDD | implantable drug delivery |
LEDs | light-emitting diodes |
MEMS | microelectromechanical systems |
MMS | molecular microswitch |
MOSFET | metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
MURI | Multi-University Research Initiative |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NBIC | nano-bio-info-cogno |
NBs | nanobelts |
NCN | Network for Computational Nanotechnology |
NDA | nondisclosure agreement |
NDC | negative differential conductance |
NEMS | nanoelectromechanical systems |
NER | Nanoscale Exploratory Research |
NIEHS | National Institute of Environmental Health Studies |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NIL | nanoimprint lithography |
NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
NIRTs | Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NNCO | National Nanotechnology Coordination Office |
NNI | National Nanotechnology Initiative |
NNIN | National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network |
NNUN | National Nanofabrication Users Network |
NSE | Nanoscale Science and Engineering |
NSECs | Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers |
NSEE | Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education |
NSET | Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
NSP | Nanotechnology Standards Panel |
NSRCs | Nanoscale Science Research Centers |
NUE | Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education |
NWs | nanowires |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
OTT | office of technology transfer |
PECVD | plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition |
ROADMs | reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers |
SAA | Space Act Agreement |
SAM | self-assembling monolayer |
SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
SEM | scanning electron microscopy |
SET | single-electron transfer |
SOI | silicon on insulator |
SPIONs | superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles |
SPM | scanning probe microscopy |
STM | scanning tunneling microscope |
STTR | Small Business Technology Transfer |
SWNTs | single-walled nanotubes |
TEM | transmission electron microscopy |
URETI | University Research, Engineering and Technology |
USPTO | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
