Malabanan, Annabelle B.

COE-1202

Questions for Reflection

Chapter 3B

1. What are other examples of nanostructures?

 Some of these are electrical leads, dielectric coating, conductive coating,
isotropic channel, anisotropic channel, encapsulation, wave guide, membrane,
cantilever, intercalated mesoporous materials, synthesis and properties of
silicon/magnesium silicon nitride diatom frustule replicas, one-pot synthesis of
gold nanoparticle functionalised mesoporous silica, and controlled graphene
formation on semiconductors.

2. What tools can manipulate nanostructures?

 They have designed, fabricated, and characterized microfabricated grippers with
electrostatic actuation, which were then successfully used pick-and-place
manipulation of nanostructured materials. They are also using an optical
tweezer which can trap and manipulate a large number of particles, showing
great application prospects in the fields of particle assembly and construction of
three-dimensional cell microstructure.

3. How can nanotechnology address problems in the environment?

 Nanotechnology has the capacity to act on environmental protection through
understanding and control of emissions from a wide range of sources,
development of new green technology that lessen the production of unwanted
products and remediation of waste sites and polluted water sources. It has the
possibility to remove the contaminants from water supply and air and also
mitigate pollutants in environment. Thus, nanotechnology has a big contribution
in addressing the problems around us.

4. How can nanotechnology be used in the prevention and treatment of illnesses?

 The use of nanotechnology in the field of medicine could result in a way that we
can detect and treat damage and disease in human body. One of the application
of this involves employing nanoparticles to deliver drugs, heat, light to specific
types of cells. Particles are engineered so that they are attracted to diseased
cells, which allows direct treatment of those cells. This technique reduces
damage to healthy cells in the body and allows for earlier detection of disease.

5. What is another example of a nanotechnology and how does it work?

 Another example of these are being used in electronics wherein the carbon
nanotubes replaces silicon as a material for making smaller, faster and more
efficient microchips and devices, as well as lighter, more conductive and
stronger quantum nanowires. This leads to the development of flexible
touchscreens.