National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC)

The National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) is a government-affiliated organization under the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI). Established on 13 August 2003, its core mission is to build, support, and promote national nanotechnology capability, disseminate knowledge to the public, transfer technologies to industry, and raise public awareness, literacy, and understanding so that citizens are prepared to engage with nanotechnology today and in the future. These efforts align with the objectives of Thailand’s current National Economic and Social Development Plan. Nanotechnology is a new trend in technological developments in the 21st century. It involves the process of creating, synthesizing, controlling, and making use of very small materials or structures at the nanometer scale. Nanotechnology will create the materials with special properties that can be transformed to the innovation in all fields of science and technology. This technology will help raising the quality of life of the Thai people as well as enhance the capabilities of the Thai industries to be competitive with others around the world.