Products using nanomaterial and biomaterial technologies become common at TL F. They should not be confused with nanotechnology, which is a much more advanced technology which requires a much greater capability in cybernetics and nanomachines. Nanomaterials use particles and structures in the nanoscale, that is 1-100 nanmeters.
Nanomaterials are primarily passive or respond to macro stimuli as opposed to nanotech devices which are in reality nanomachines. Nanomaterials started to become available in the early 21st century. They were primarily constructed during this period through gross chemical engineering process and only later do manufacturing process utilize nanotech factories or other advanced techniques.
Nanomaterials provide a wide range of material characteristics. Nanomaterials are widely used in surface coatings, material finishes and films. An important aspect of nanomaterials is the quantum mechanical effects that allows the properties of nanomaterials to be vastly different from the same substances which do not have these properties.
Many devices at TLE and above use nanomaterials in their construction. In many cases the use of these materials allow devices to be smaller, lighter, and work better than using conventional materials. Such products range from use in the fields of medicine to electronics, fabrication, chemistry (where nanomaterials act as a catalyst) to optics.
