自1857年法拉第首次觀察到納米金溶膠的尺寸和顏色之間的對應關系以來，納米技術已經過160年的快速發展。與眾多領域的交叉融合之后，納米技術繁衍催生了一大批新興學科，不斷煥發出新的生機和活力。
以史為鏡，可以知道興替。溯源，是為了更好的發展。有鑒于此，我們從納米相關技術的發展長河中，精選了30篇開山之作，供大家交流探討,并歡迎補充。
特別聲明：由于年代久遠，部分事件可能會有爭議，歡迎大家留言指正！
1. 首次提出單分子薄膜概念
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2. 首次提出近場光學顯微鏡概念
E. H.Synge. A suggsted method for extending the microscopic resolution into the ultramicroscopic region. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin PhilosophicalMagazine and Journal of Science. 1928, 6, 356–362.
3. 發明分子束外延技術
J. R. Arthur, J. J. LePore. GaAs, GaPand GaAsxP1?x epitaxial films grown by molecular beamdepositions. J. Vac. Sci. Technol, 1969, 6, 545.
4. 首次發現表面增強拉曼散射
Martin Fleischmann et al. Raman Spectraof Pyridine Adsorbed at a Silver Electrode. Chemical Physics Letters. 1974, 26,163–166.
5. 首次提出分子二極管的想法
Aviram, Arieh; Ratner, Mark A.Molecular rectifiers. Chemical Physics Letters. 1974, 29, 277–283.
6. 首次合成半導體量子點
Rossetti, R., Nakahara, S., Brus, L. E.Quantum size effects in the redox potentials, resonance Raman spectra, andelectronic spectra of CdS crystallites in aqueous solution. The Journal of Chemical Physics 1983, 79 ,1086–1088.
7. 發現富勒烯
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8. 發現巨磁電阻
Baibich, M. N.; Broto; Fert; Nguyen VanDau; Petroff; Etienne; Creuzet; Friederich; Chazelas. Giant Magnetoresistanceof (001)Fe/(001)Cr Magnetic Superlattices. Physical Review Letters 1988, 61, 2472–2475.
9. 發明染料敏化太陽能電池
Brian O'Regan and Michael Gr?tzel. Alow-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2films. Nature 1991, 353, 737–740.
10. 發現碳納米管（的重要性）
Sumio Iijima. Helical microtubules ofgraphitic carbon. Nature 1991, 354, 56–58.
11. 發明分子梭
Peter R. Ashton, J. Fraser Stoddar etal. The self-assembly of a highly ordered [2]catenane. J. Chem. Soc., Chem.Commun., 1991,0, 634-639.
12. 發明介孔分子篩
C. T. Kresge, M. E. Leonowicz, W. J.Roth, J. C. Vartuli and J. S. Beck. Ordered mesoporous molecular sievessynthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism. Nature 1992, 359, 710–712.
13. 發現量子圍欄
Michael F. Crommie, Christopher P.Lutz, Don M. Eigler. Confinement of Electrons to Quantum Corrals on a MetalSurface. Science 1993, 262, 218-220.
14. 發明微接觸印刷術
James L. Wilbur, Amit Kumar, Enoch Kim,George M. Whitesides. Microfabrication by microcontact printing ofself-assembled monolayers. Adv. Mater. 1994, 6, 600-604.
15. 首次合成模板納米線
Dmitri Routkevitch, Martin Moskovits etal. Electrochemical Fabrication of CdS Nanowire Arrays in Porous AnodicAluminum Oxide Templates. J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 14037-14047.
16. 首次提出MOF概念
O. M. Yaghi et al. HydrothermalSynthesis of a Metal-Organic Framework Containing Large Rectangular Channels. J.Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 10401-10402.
17. 發明納米孔基因測序
John J.Kasianowicz, Daniel Branton et al. Characterization of individualpolynucleotide molecules using a membranechannel.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 1996, 93, 13770–13773.
18. 發現光異常透射
T. W. Ebbesen et al. Extraordinaryoptical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays. Nature 1998, 391,667–669.
19. 發明電子墨水
Barrett Comiskey, Joseph Jacobson etal. An electrophoretic ink for all-printed reflective electronic displays.Nature 1998, 394, 253–255.
20.首次合成晶態納米線
Alfredo M. Morales, Charles M. Lieber. Alaser ablation method for the synthesis of crystalline semiconductor nanowires.Science 1998, 279, 208–211.
21. 發明分子馬達
Nagatoshi Koumura, Ben L. Feringa etal. Light-driven monodirectional molecular rotor. Nature 1999, 401, 152–155.
22. 發明浸筆微刻技術
Richard D. Piner, Chad A. Mirkin et al."Dip-Pen" Nanolithography. Science, 1999, 283, 661-663.
23. 發明納米線激光器
M. Huang, P. Yang et al.Room-temperature ultraviolet nanowire nanolasers. Science 2001, 292, 1897-1899.
24. 首次提出聚集誘導發光概念
JingdongLuo, Zhiliang Xie, Daoben Zhu, Ben Zhong Tang et al. Aggregation-inducedemission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole. Chem. Commun., 2001, 18, 1740-1741.
25. 發現荷葉效應的本質
L. Feng, L. Jiang et al. Super‐Hydrophobic Surfaces: From Natural to Artificial. Adv. Mater. 2002,14, 1857-1860.
26. 首次實現金屬表面納米化
W. P. Tong, K. Lu et al. Nitriding Iron at Lower Temperatures. Science 2003, 299, 686-688.
27. 發現石墨烯
Novoselov, K. S.; Geim, A. K. et al. Electric Field Effect in Atomically Thin Carbon Films. Science 2004, 306, 666–669.
28 發明納米發電機
ZhongLin Wang et al. Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Zinc Oxide NanowireArrays. Science 2006, 312, 242-246.
29. 發明DNA折紙術
PaulW. K. Rothemund. Folding DNA to create nanoscale shapes and patterns. Nature 2006,440, 297–302.
30. 首次將鈣鈦礦納米晶引入太陽能電池
Akihiro Kojima, Tsutomu Miyasaka et al.Organometal Halide Perovskites as Visible-Light Sensitizers for PhotovoltaicCells. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 6050–6051.
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