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Re:Nano-nonsense: 25 years of charlatanry (2010) by sergj on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:13AM (#32724515)
Modern nanotechnology is a multi disciplinary approach using effects on the nanoscale for new technologies. Therefore people from different fields come together to synthesis, simulate, analyse etc. nanoparticles/systems. Of course in the media nanotechnology is this big catch all word, where everybody immediately thinks about self replicating nanomachines - this is still fiction. Eventhough nanotechnology has not fullfilled this science fiction promise of atom precise manipulation the result are still astonishing. Just to name a few: Computerchips, memorychips, displays, catalysts, composite materials, surface coatings…
Re:Nano-nonsense: 25 years of charlatanry (2010) by api on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:15AM (#32724549)
I think the argument is that the parts that work are just rebranding of chemistry, physics, and materials engineering.
Re:Nano-nonsense: 25 years of charlatanry (2010) by patrick0d on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:48AM (#32724912)
The parts of chemistry that work are just rebrandings of physics and the parts of physics that work are just rebrandings of math. Nanotech is a subset of physics with connections to solid state physics, quantum mechanics, materials science, optics etc. I don't get why people say nanotech is charlantry when the semiconductors chip manufacturing industry is top down nanotech manufacturing.
Re:Nano-nonsense: 25 years of charlatanry (2010) by chaosite on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:39AM (#32724808)
Isn't that basically what "multi-disciplinary" means?

Additionally, scientific niches rebranding themselves is a thing that happens, for examples when Computer Science rebranded itself from Mathematics and Electrical Engineering.

Re:Nano-nonsense: 25 years of charlatanry (2010) by djbusby on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:20AM (#32724602)
Always has been