A new study from the International Electrotechnical Commission and the Fraunhofer Institute in Europe has found that nanotechnology will bring significant benefits to the energy sector, especially to energy storage and solar energy. Improved materials efficiency and reduced manufacturing costs are just two of the real economic benefits that nanotechnology already brings these fields and that's only the beginning.

Nanotechnology is not a future science; it is a current assembly of different disciplines working to change how we live. The term nanotechnology itself is still not defined in any one way. The word and the science diverts in two different directions, according to who is speaking.