Taba ea tšilafalo ea tikoloho e fetohile taba e chesang lefatšeng la kajeno.Tšilafalo ea tikoloho, eo haholo-holo e bakoang ke lik’hemik’hale tse chefo, e akarelletsa tšilafalo ea moea, metsi le mobu.Tšilafalo ena ha e felle feela ka ho senngoa ha mefuta-futa ea lintho tse phelang, empa e boetse e fella ka ho senyeha ha bophelo ba batho.Maemo a tšilafalo a ntseng a eketseha letsatsi le letsatsi a hloka ntlafatso e betere kapa li sibollo tsa theknoloji hang hang.Nanotechnology e fana ka melemo e mengata ea ho ntlafatsa mahlale a teng a tikoloho le ho theha theknoloji e ncha e betere ho feta theknoloji ea hajoale.Ka kutloisiso ena, nanotechnology e na le matla a mararo a ka sehloohong a ka sebelisoang mafapheng a tikoloho, ho kenyeletsa ho hloekisa (ho lokisa) le ho hloekisa, ho lemoha litšila (ho lemoha le ho lemoha), le thibelo ea tšilafalo.

Lefatšeng la kajeno moo liindasteri li ntlafalitsoeng le tse tsoetseng pele, tikoloho ea rona e tletse mefuta e fapaneng ea litšila tse tsoang mesebetsing ea batho kapa lits'ebetsong tsa indasteri.Mehlala ea litšila tsena ke carbon monoxide (CO), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), heavy metal (arsenic, chromium, lead, cadmium, mercury le zinki), hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds (volatile organic compounds le dioxin), sulfur dioxide le likaroloana.Mesebetsi ea batho, joalo ka oli, mashala le khase e tukang, e na le monyetla o moholo oa ho fetola mesi e tsoang mehloling ea tlhaho.Ntle le tšilafalo ea moea, ho boetse ho na le tšilafalo ea metsi e bakoang ke mabaka a sa tšoaneng, ho akarelletsa le ho lahloa ha litšila, ho qhalana ha oli, ho lutla ha manyolo, libolaea-lehola le chefo e bolaeang likokoanyana, lihlahisoa tsa mekhoa ea indasteri le ho chesoa le ho ntšoa ha libeso.

Lintho tse silafatsang li fumanoa li kopane moeeng, metsing le mobung.Kahoo, re hloka theknoloji e khonang ho beha leihlo, ho lemoha le, haeba ho khoneha, ho hloekisa litšila tse tsoang moeeng, metsi le mobu.Tabeng ena, nanotechnology e fana ka mefuta e mengata ea bokhoni le mahlale a ho ntlafatsa boleng ba tikoloho e teng.

Nanotechnology e fana ka bokhoni ba ho laola taba ho nanoscale le ho etsa lisebelisoa tse nang le thepa e itseng e nang le ts'ebetso e itseng.Liphuputso tse tsoang mecheng ea litaba tse khethiloeng tsa European Union (EU) li bontša tšepo e batlang e le e phahameng mabapi le menyetla ea menyetla / kotsi e amanang le nanotechnology, moo boholo ba bona bo 'nileng ba boleloa ka tebello ea ntlafatso ea boleng ba bophelo le bophelo bo botle.