Here's a NOVA on high strength materials:
NOVA | Making Stuff
What are the atomic structures that are the strongest materials?
Here's another program on miniaturization of materials:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/ma...-stuff-smaller
And here's their program on making stuff cleaner:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/ma...-stuff-cleaner