Nanoparticles have huge potential across many industrial areas, particularly in electronics, information technologies and healthcare. Not only do they offer the attractive possibility of more effect for much less mass, but in many cases the product effect can be quite different from that achievable with micron sized particles, for example, their optical, mechanical, thermal and electrical properties show step changes at particular sub-micron particle size thresholds. Nano sized particles of various materials have a high potentiality to improve the performance of numerous kinds of products, or to create functional new materials.

Current application areas for nanotechnologies are secondary battery production, fuel cells, magnetics, toners, engineering polymers, cosmetics, DDS (drug delivery systems), food, recycling, functional films, catalysts and electronic components (semi-conductors, condensers etc).