There is today the neologism << NanoTechnology >> around which much effervescence is consolidating. This scientific wave is complex in nature with multiple ramifications: The domain extends widely including in fact old and newer concepts. At this point of time, a focused perspective revealing the status and incidences of the domain on new materials, esp. dielectrics and their insulating possibilities, was certainly wishable. Thus, a personalized overview is given here, offering in the end a tentative definition of <>.

Nanoboxes with a porous MnO core and amorphous TiO2 shell have been synthesized via a wet-chemistry method for the first time.

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Recently, the formation of the ceramic−ionic liquid composite has attracted huge interest in the scientific community. In this work, we investigated the chemical reactions occurring between NASICON LAGP ceramic electrolyte and ionic liquid pyr13TFSI. This study allowed us to identify the cation exchange reaction pyr13-Li occurring on the LAGP surface, forming a LiTFSI salt that was detected by the nuclear magnetic resonance analysis. In addition, using 6 Li foils, we succeeded in demonstrating that both LAGP and LiTFSI:pyr13TFSI participate in the diffusion of Li ions by the formation of an ionic bridge between two species.