| Research on nanostructured materials has enjoyed a tremendous development in recent years, touching multiple areas of knowledge, and has produced innovative scientific and technological breakthroughs. The European Commission has already played an important role in the support of research on nanostructured materials at European level during the so-called Fifth Framework Programme and it will keep paying increased attention to this area under the current Sixth Framework Programme. The EC funded research projects and networks in this field are mainly focused on the development on novel nanostructured materials, in particular nano-composites and multifunctional thin-films, having radically new nanostructures and exhibiting chemical and physical properties that are significantly different from those of conventional materials, and thus potentially leading to promising technological applications. |
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