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STS Module 7
STS Module 7
Module 7
Mary Ann T. Tarnate
Biodiversity the Nano World Melvin Miape
Marco Memis
Instructor
Email Address:
maryann.tarnate@deped.gov.ph
melvsmiape@gmail.com
memis.marco@gmailcom
Module Duration:
February 16- February 23, 2022 Contact Number:
09276033138
09290431139
09270831059
GE008
Science, Technology, and Society
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MODULE 7
The Nano World
Sources:
https://jamesjmurray.blog/2015/01/28/nanoparticles-to-cure-and-to-kill/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X14sRtcHJXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUDWK4MGcr0
Lesson Objectives: At the end of this module, the students are expected to:
1. define nanotechnology and characterize nanoscale;
2. describe the various uses of nanotechnology;
3. discuss concerns on the use of nanotechnology; and
4. explain the status of the use of nanotechnology in the Philippines.
Week 10
ACTIVITY NO.1
WATCH and LEARN! Watch the video on the next page by accessing the provided link
and answer the succeeding questions. This video will give you a brief background about
nanotechnology.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLa8DQkKlyU&t=37s
Guide Question
What are the significant contributions of Nanotechnology that were mentioned in the
video? Give at least 30 examples.
Scientific researchers have designed and developed new technological tools that greatly
improve different aspects of our lives.
Scientists and engineers were able to build materials with innovative properties as they
manipulate nanomaterials.
The concepts of nanotechnology and nanoscience started in December 29, 1959 when
Physicist Richard Feyman discussed a method in which scientists can direct and control
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individual atoms and molecules in his talk “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom” during
the American Physical Society meeting at the California Institute of Technology.
The term “nanotechnology” was coined by Professor Norio Taniguchi a decade after the
dawn of the use of ultraprecision machining (NNI, 2017).
Various activities of the cells take place at the nanoscale. The deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) serves as the genetic material of the cell and is only about 2 nanometers in
diameter. Furthermore, the hemoglobin that transports oxygen to the tissues throughout
the body is 5.5 nanometers in diameter.
https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/141230138292222344/
The various types of nanomaterials are classified according to their individual shape and
sizes. They may be particles, tubes, wires, films, flakes, or shells that have one or more
nanometer-sized dimensions.
One should be able to view and manipulate them so that we can take advantage of their
exceptional characteristics.
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https://www.slideshare.net/NANOYOUproject/the-nanoscale-8751578
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDvhVSXxnjw
1. Electron microscope
o German engineers Ernst Ruska and Max Knoll built the first electron microscope
during the 1930s.
o This type of microscope utilizes a particle beam of electrons to light up a specimen
and develop a well-magnified image.
o Electron microscopes produce higher and better resolution than older light
microscopes because they can magnify objects up to a million times while
conventional light microscopes can magnify objects up to 1,500 times only.
o Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM)
are the two general types of electron microscope.
Nanomanufacturing
It refers to scaled-up, reliable, and cost-effective manufacturing of nanoscale materials,
structures, devices, and systems.
It also involves research, improvement, and incorporation of processes for the
construction of materials. Therefore, nanomanufacturing leads to the development of
new products and improved materials. There are two fundamental approaches to
nanomanufacturing, either bottom-up or top-down (NNI, 2017):
1. Bottom-up fabrication. It manufactures products by building them up from
atomic- and molecular-scale components. However, this method can be time-
consuming. Scientists and engineers are still in search for effective ways of putting up
molecular components that self-assemble and from the bottom-up to organized
structures.
2. Top-down fabrication. It trims down large pieces of materials into nanoscale. This
process needs larger amounts of materials and discards excess raw materials.
There are new approaches to the assembly of nanomaterials based from the application
of principles in top-down and bottom-up fabrication These include:
o Dip pen lithography. It is a method in which the tip of an atomic force microscope
is "dipped" into a chemical fluid and then utilized to "write" on a surface, like an old-
fashioned ink pen onto paper.
o Self-assembly. It depicts an approach wherein a set of components join together to
mold an organized structure in the absence of an outside direction.
o Chemical vapor deposition. It is a procedure wherein chemicals act in response to
form very pure, high-performance films.
o Nanoimprint lithography. It is a method of generating nanoscale attributes by
"stamping" or "printing" them onto a surface. Molecular beam epitaxy is one manner
for depositing extremely controlled thin films.
o Roll-to-roll processing. It is a high-volume practice for constructing nanoscale devices
on a roll of ultrathin plastic or metal.
o Atomic layer epitaxy. It is a means for laying down one-atom-thick layers on a surface.
With the use of these techniques, nanomaterials are made more durable, stronger, lighter,
water-repellent, ultraviolet- or infrared- resistant, scratch-resistant electrically conductive,
anti-reflective, antifog, antimicrobial, self-cleaning, among others.
It is not impossible that in the near future, computers that are better, more efficient, with
larger storage of memory, faster, and energy-saving will be developed.
Soon, the entire memory of a computer will be saved in a single tiny chip. Moreover,
nanotechnology has the potential to construct high-efficiency, low-cost batteries and solar
cells.
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U.S. federal nanotechnology R&D. The NNI budget in 2008 and 2009 were
$1.4 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively.
2. European Commission
● In February 2008, the EC officially launched the European Nanoelectronics
Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC).
3. Japan (Nanotechnology Research Institute, under the National Institute for
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST)
4. Taiwan (Taiwan National Science and Technology Program for Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology)
5. India (Nanotechnology Research and Education Foundation)
6. China (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology)
7. Israel (Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative)
8. Australia (Australian Office of Nanotechnology)
9. Canada (National Institute for Nanotechnology or NINT)
10. South Korea (Korea National Nanotechnology Initiative)
11. Thailand (National Nanotechnology Center or NANOTEC)
12. Malaysia (National [Malaysia] Nanotechnology Initiatives of NNI)
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STUDENT’S REFLECTION
1. In your own opinion, how can nanotechnological products help to promote the
UN Sustainable Development Goals?
2. What are the factors that need to be considered before manufacturing materials through
nanotechnology?
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