Prof. Richard A. L. Jones, Professor EPSRC, Professional Fellow & Senior strategic Advisor of Nanotechnology, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Sheffield said, "Nanoscience through engineering to application is one of 5 priority research themes for the UK in 2007. Key applications are expected in the area of Sustainable energy, Medicine & Healthcare and Information & Communication Technology [ICT]. Nanotechnology can help solve pressing social and economic problems but it needs partnerships between different academic disciplines, between academia and industry and between nations." He also said the grand challenge for 2008 is harvesting solar energy cheaply on a large scale using Nanotechnology.
Dr. G. Sundararajan, Director, ARCI, Hyderabad said, "The three challenges we face in commercialization of Nanomaterial technologies are bridging Research and Industry gap, skilled Human Resource and Health, Safety & Regulation issues."
Dr. Ajay P. Malshe, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Nanomech, USA said, "We have brought out many products developed using Nanotechnology to the market like NanoGlide, TuffTek, Guard-In-Fresh, Multicare, etc. We are very much excited about the prospects of nanotechnology for the humankind."
