Nano tracking and targeting the new trends 

Wearable, digestible and indigestible sensors will be widely adopted in the next two decades, where smart pills made from naturally occurring material will be used to monitor things in the stomach.

Such systems can measure body temperature and notify patients and healthcare professionals.

The future generation may not use tiny bits of conductive metals, crucial components of modern electronics. Circuit boards may be made up of hand, disposable antennas, paper electronics and a wide range of other items.

Huge developments are being made in this sector. Israeli communications tech startup NSLComm launched the first nanosatellite NSLSat-1 on July 5, fitted with an innovative antenna and offering high-performance, affordable communication features.

The company develops flexible and expandable dish antenna fabrics, which can provide higher throughput for smaller satellites, almost 100 times faster than some of the best-performing nanosatellites.

Researchers at the University of Illinois are trying to make conductive ink of silver nanoparticles, which could shrink when it comes in contact with acid. It has greater viscosity to flow from a pen and can be found in different shapes and chemical structures.

Some nanoparticles can get an early cancer warning and track earlier disease stages. Other developments have been made in the healthcare sector, where the nano-influenced consumer goods increased from 50 in 2005 to over 1600 in the last five years.

Everywhere from sports equipment to transportation - computers and satellites are being used.

Sunscreens may contain such NPs, which can be suspended in the option and rendered nano by manufacturing. Such coatings can protect skin from external impact and can be used to protect carpets, clothes and repel dirt.

There is a huge scope for growth in the current 21st century, hailed as the nano century, where researchers have been studying the properties industries use to develop commercial products.

Huge scope for investment and expansion is present in the field. The area developed from tiny robots to molecular gearwheels in 2000 to real applications.

Initially, the work started in the US, and then several other researches in the field were carried out by scientists in the EU, Japan and other countries. It has proven that such technologies have essential implications that can help to increase productivity, improve health and extend the limits of sustainable developments.

It provides newer ways to deliver drugs and provide services through molecular memories, responsive surfaces, delivery control systems, metal detection, scavenging, self-assembling and various other recharge transfer pathways.

The University of Manchester is working towards developing nanomaterials as biomarkers to detect medical conditions like cancer.

There is a lack of risk assessment in the area. No specified regulator regimes are mentioned for it in the UK or Europe. Still, its manufacturing is regulated by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 for risk assessment.