  TeV/m acceleration gradients using crystals as originally envisioned by R.
Hofstadter, an early pioneer of HEP, have remained unrealizable. Fundamental
obstacles that have hampered efforts on particle acceleration using
bulk-crystals arise from collisional energy loss and emittance degradation in
addition to severe beam disruption despite the favorable effect of particle
channeling along interatomic planes in bulk. We aspire for the union of
nanoscience with accelerator science to not only overcome these problems using
nanostructured tubes to avoid direct impact of the beam on bulk ion-lattice but
also to utilize the highly tunable characteristics of nanomaterials. We pioneer
a novel surface wave mechanism in nanostructured materials with a strong
electrostatic component which not only attains tens of TeV/m gradients but also
has focusing fields. Under our initiative, the proof-of-principle demonstration
of tens of TeV/m gradients and beam nanomodulation is underway. Realizable
nanostructure accelerators naturally promise new horizons in HEP as well as in
a wide range of areas of research that utilize beams of high-energy particles
or photons.
