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SSPH011 Session 16 Electricity
SSPH011 Session 16 Electricity
SSPH011 Session 16 Electricity
Reactivity
Melting point Bulk Gold
Bulk Aluminum
Strength
Conductivity
Color
Nano Aluminum
Nano Gold
http://www.carterrecycling.com/myimages/aluminum_cans.jpg http://healthewoman.org/2008/11/11/how-healthy-is-your-workplace/
http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/nanolab/gold/images/goldp6.jpg http://texasenterprise.org/article/warren-buffet-and-new-calculus-gold
What is Nanotechnology?
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/pdf/c07.pdf
Have you heard about Nano Fabric and nano
paint?
water
air
nano-roughened surface
http://www.nisenet.org/catalog
An Interdisciplinary Endeavor
Nanoscience
& Nanotechnology
• nanorobots
• Nanodots
• Nanoshells
• Nanowires
• nanotubes
Nanomedicine
• Nanotechnology applied medically
• New breakthroughs in medicine
• Drug delivery: magnetic nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes
• Disease detection: nano quantum dots
• Cancer and virus detection: Gold nanoparticles & nanodots, carbon
nanotubes, silicon nanowires
• Imaging techniques Quantum dots
• Gene manipulation Nanowires
• Tissue regeneration: carbon nanotubes
Why Nanomedicine?
Virus Seeking Probes
• Nanotechnology offers great
advancements to medicine
• There is still a lot to be learned about
the human body and nanotechnology
offers a lot of help.
Artery Cleaner
Source: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/15jan_nano.htm
Source: http://www.e-spaces.com/Portfolio/trans/blood/index.html
Source: http://foresight.org/Nanomedicine/Gallery/index.html
nanorobots