chapter 1 An Overview of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience / chapter 2 Impact of Nanotechnology on Telecommunications / chapter 3 Nanotechnology in Fiber-Optic Telecommunications: Power-Control Applications / chapter 4 Nanotubes and Their Applications in Telecommunications / chapter 5 Silicon Nanostructures for Optical Communications / chapter 6 Nanostructured Optoelectronic Materials for Short-Wavelength Devices / chapter 7 Nanophotonics for Emerging Optical Networks / chapter 8 Crystalline Colloidal Array Photonic Crystal Optical Switching / chapter 9 Processing of MEMS and NEMS / chapter 10 System-Level Modeling of Nano-Electromechanical Systems / chapter 11 MEMS-Based Wireless Communications / chapter 12 Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata: The Prospective Technology for Digital Telecommunication Systems / chapter 13 High-Electric-Field-Initiated Information Processing in Nanoelectronic Devices / chapter 14 Packaging and Assembly of Microelectronic Devices and Systems / chapter 15 An Architectural Perspective on Digital Quantum Switching / chapter 16 Powering the Future with Nanotechnology / chapter 17 Commercialization of Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Issues