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Challenge driven

Nature Nanotechnology talked to Michael A. Meador, director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office in the US, about the way in which the US National Nanotechnology Initiative operates and how this has changed since its launch in 2001.

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Challenge driven. Nature Nanotech 11, 401–402 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.73

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