Nanotechnology has potential to revolutionize maritime and naval warfare environment

Nanotechnology deals with the understanding, control and manufacture of matter in the nanoscale regime, usually between 1 nm to 100 nm, and exploiting them for a useful application. At this length scale unique properties and phenomena arise as a result of increased surface-to-volume ratio and dominance of quantum mechanical effects. Nanotechnology applications are affecting almost all aspects of human life – food, clothing, medicine, communication and so on. Some of them, like anti-bacterial textiles, self-cleaning coatings, bio-sensors etc, are available commercially.