Nanomaterials have some dimension in the range of around 1-100nm, and can consist of particles, quantum dots, nanorods, nanotubes, as well as other composites and nanostructured materials.

Materials with sizes in this range can have unique chemical, electrical, optical, thermal and structural properties.  Some well-known examples are the variation of the color of gold particles and the variation of absorption and emission of quantum dots as the particle size changes.  

This page lists a few resources developed or recommended by the NCN Nanomaterials team. You can find other resources by browsing through the list with the tag [[Tag(nanomaterials)]], or by using the nanoHUB search box. Resources for specific materials are available: [[Tag(nanocomposites)]], [[Tag(nanoparticles)]], [[Tag(quantumdots)]], [[Tag(nanorods)]], [[Tag(nanotubes)]], [[Tag(nanostructure)]].

== Selected Resources ==

 * [[Resource(6806)]]
 * [[Resource(6805)]]
 * [[Resource(6808)]]
 * [[Resource(6809)]]
 * [[Resource(6810)]]

== Special Inititatives ==

 * [[Resource(3617)]]
 * [[Resource(2754)]]
 * [/resources/5838 Modeling and Simulation of Materials]
 * [/resources/3944 Overview of Computational Nanoscience]

== Recommended Links ==

 * [http://www.mrsec.northwestern.edu/ Northwestern University Materials Research Science & Engineering Center]
 * [http://www.mcc.uiuc.edu/ Materials Computation Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign]
 * [http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/ Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center]
 * [[Resource(2035)]]

== Announcements ==