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Nanobridization is a nano-inspired process by which scalable material structures can be designed and manufactured by combining the concept of ‘Nano Free Volume’ with specific material molecules defining a systemic density (nano-density). This approach explores nanotechnology from a porosity perspective rather than nanoparticles thus minimizing health concerns with nanotechnology, while providing nanoporosity throughout the entirety of the composite system. Nanobridization may be viewed as a density system transformation of material heterogeneity utilizing a unified class of materials such as Polynanomers and in developing next generation structures such as Featherweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP). Polynanomers are further defined by the incorporation of hollow carbon fibers, electrospun nano-fibers, nano-pores and carbon nanotubes (CNT) into this newly established type of matrix.