The document discusses Alberta's strategy to become a global leader in nanotechnology. It outlines 3 key goals: 1) Collaborate with industry to commercialize nanotech solutions in energy, health, agriculture; 2) Attract and retain top talent; 3) Build infrastructure like research centers. The strategy aims to generate $20 billion in new economic activity by 2020 through nanotech-enabled products and applications.

4. Why is the nanometer length scale significant? The wavelike properties of electrons inside matter are influenced by variations on the nanometer scale. It is possible to vary fundamental properties of materials ( e.g., melting temperature, magnetization, and charge capacity) without changing the chemical composition by patterning matter on the nanometer length scale. Life works at the nanometer scale. The systematic organization of matter on the nanometer length scale is a key feature of biological systems. Nanotechnology promises to allow us to place artificial components and assemblies inside cells, and to make new materials using the self-assembly methods of nature. This is a powerful new combination of materials science and biotechnology. By virtue of their size, nanoscale components have very high surface areas. Thus, they are ideal for use in composite materials, reacting systems, drug delivery, solar cells, and energy storage. The finite size of material entities, as compared to the molecular scale, determine an increase of the relative importance of surface tension and local electromagnetic effects, making nanostructured materials harder and less brittle. The interaction wavelength scales of various external wave phenomena become comparable to the material entity size, making materials suitable for various opto-electronic applications.

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15. Is nanotechnology a means to an end? Sustainability Nanotechnology

31. Alberta Landscape NINT (National Institute for Nanotechnology) CEIN (Center of Excellence for Integrated NanoTools) MSTRI (Microsystems Technology Research Initiative) AMIF (Advanced Microsystems Integration Facility) ACSES (Alberta Center for Surface Engineering & Science) CIHM (Center for Intelligent Health Monitoring) INRF (Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility) Protein Gene Discovery Centre Institute for Biomolecular Design NanoFab (Open Access Fabrication Facility)