Nanotechnology For

Students
Jim Mason, Executive Director
Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative
jmason@okstatechamber.com
405-272-4420

www.oknano.com

The next Big Thing is very, very, very

small

Nanotechnology is an enabling
technology that will change the
nature of almost every humanmade object in the next century.
-National Science and Technology Council -2000
This means anything manufactured in Oklahoma will be
impacted by nanotechnology and it is happening more
quickly than most people might think!

WHAT IS NANOTECHNOLOGY?
Nanotechnology is
the manipulation of
matter at the
nanometer* scale
to create novel
structures, devices
and systems.

Structures
(e.g.materials)

Devices
(e.g. sensors)

*
1 millimeter = 1,000 micrometers;
1 micrometer = 1,000 nanometers
Source:
"Nanotech: The Tiny Revolution" by CMP
Cientfica (November 2001)

Systems
(e.g. NEMS)

Nanotechnology
is already making todays products:
Lighter
Stronger
Faster
Smaller
More Durable

HOW SMALL

Nanobatteries are
200 nm in diameter
2 billion could fit on
the surface of a nickel

 Rice University NanoKids

The NanoKids program is an educational
program headed by a Rice University
professor. The Web site includes a story
with NanoKids as the main characters. It
also includes fun activities for teachers to
use in teaching nanotechnology.
www.nanokids.rice.edu

Nanozone
This is a great Web site for teachers to
use in educating children about
nanotechnology. The Web site has a link
for teacher resources that includes previsit and post-visit activities and
worksheets. The Web site also includes
videos, puzzles and games.
www.nanozone.org

NASAs Web site

NASAs Web site features a page that
explores the idea of nanotechnology. The
Web site includes a gallery of images,
diagrams, Power Point presentations and
videos. This could possibly be used for
middle school students, but definitely for
high school students.
www.ipt.arc.nasa.gov/nanotechnology.html

 You Tube
Excellent
UC Berekely Excellent
Nanobots
Nanomedicine
Richard Feyman

 USDA www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/partners/
21/nanotechnology.html
Exploring the Nanoworld
National Cancer Institute
Nanomission

Nanotechnology for Students video

http://www.oknano.com/video/Nanotechnol
ogy for Students.wmv

Videos
When Things Get Small
This is a 27-minute video covering many important
nanotechnology concepts in a humorous and
entertaining way. www.ucsd.tv/getsmall
The NANO Revolution
Educators may request a free DVD copy of this
introductory video about nanotechnology aimed at
middle and high school students.
www.mrsec.virginia.edu

More videos
Nanotechnology: What is it?
This short 1-minute video has a young boy and girl who
quickly introduce the concept of nanotechnology.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2iSE6XlFXhA
"The Twinkie Guide to Nanotechnology"
The Twinkie Guide to Nanotechnology is an entertaining
new video featuring scientist Andrew Maynard which mixes
the iconic American snack cake with humor to unlock the
mysteries of nanotechnology.

Printed Material
"Big Things from a Tiny World"
12 page booklet from the National
Nanotechnology Initiative
Click here to view publication

Games

Nanoquest
A free, downloadable game where the player is shrunk to so
small that they find themselves in a nanoworld., this game
is aimed at getting 13- to 15-year-old children interested in
nanotechnology. www.nanoquest.ie
NanoMission
This educational online game educates students on the
basics of nanotechnology. You must register before you are
allowed to download the game. www.nanomission.org

Lessons for Teachers

What is Smaller than a Pygmy Shrew?
This lesson plan is from the University of Wisconsin and
designed to help middle school students better
understand the atomic world and the size, scale and
structure of objects in it. www.mrsec.wisc.edu
Ferrofluid: Nanomedicine
Middle school students will work together to explore
different methods of drug delivery, specifically focusing
on the possibilities of how cancer could be treated in the
future. www.mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/IPSE/educators

 Giant Magnetoresistance
Students will participate in a hands-on activity where the
concepts of nanotechnology and GMR will be
introduced. This program is tailored for middle school
students. www.mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/IPSE/educators
Nanoarchitecture: Forms of Carbon
This is a two-day activity where students will discover
how the properties of materials change when atoms are
connected in different ways. This program is also aimed
at middle school students.
www.mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/IPSE/educators

Economic impact of
nanotechnology
Market Size Predictions
(within six years)
$340B/yr Materials
$300B/yr Electronics
$180B/yr Pharmaceuticals
$100B/yr Chemical manufacture
$ 70B/yr Aerospace
$ 20B/yr Tools
$ 30B/yr Improved healthcare
$ 45B/yr Sustainability
$1 Trillion, growing to
$2.6 Trillion by 2014
*Estimates by industry groups, source: NSF
and LUX

So what does this have to do with me?

The real winners in nanotechnology will be the
companies who adopt nano processes to improve their
existing and emerging products.
In 2006, the Oklahoma legislature decided to leapfrog
over other states and help Oklahoma companies be
among the first to gain this competitive advantage by
creating the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Sharing
Incentive Act.
In two years, Oklahoma has grown from 6 companies
involved in applications of nanotechnology to nearly 50
companies who are planning to utilize nanotechnology for
their products.

ONI VISION
Oklahoma companies
are world leaders in
creating new and
improved products
thorough applications of Nanotechnology.
Since 2006 we have grown from six identified
companies involved in nanotechnology to nearly
50 companies

The Nanotech Report

Nanotechnology was incorporated into more than
$30 billion worth of manufactured goods in
2005, and this figure is projected to grow
exponentially to more than $2.6 trillion in global
manufactured goods by 2014.
There are more than 1,000 nanotechnology
products currently on the market aimed at
improving consumers lives and another 400
products that include nano instruments and test
devices.

Nano shirt, slacks, tie, tennis racket, odor/ bacteria eliminating socks, nano
car wax, and 2004 Chevy Impala with nano enhanced side panels.

Products Anticipated
2004-7

burn and wound dressings, water filtration devices,

paints, cosmetics, coatings, lubricants, textiles, memory/storage
devices

2008-10 medical diagnostics, displays, sensors, drug delivery,

composite materials, solid state lighting, bio-materials, nano arrays,
more powerful computers, protective armor, chem-bio suits, and
chem-bio sensors

2011-15

-- nanobiomaterials, microprocessors, new catalysts,

portable energy cells, solar cells, tissue/organ regeneration, smart

implants

2016 and beyond molecular circuitry, quantum computing,

new materials, fast chemical analyses

Oklahoma Nano Legislation

The 2006 Oklahoma Nanotechnology Sharing
Incentive Act established the Oklahoma
Nanotechnology Applications Project (ONAP)
which provides $2 million to OCAST to be used
to promote and provide incentives to further
applications of nanotechnology.
26 Oklahoma companies shared ideas through
white papers on how they would seek to
incorporate nanotechnology into their existing or
emerging products. The first five winners were:

Access Optics
Access Optics makes the
lens for endoscopes and
other medical devices.
The ONAP program allowed
them to develop a much
better glass-to-metal seal
using nanotechnology.
They are the only company
in the world who solved this
problem and will soon make
the entire medical device.

Martin Bionics/OrthoCare Innovations

Martin Bionics was funded
to develop a dry prosthetic
device using a superhydrophobic powder
exclusively licensed from
Oak Ridge National Labs
They are the only prosthetic
company who may have
solved this industry
problem.

Rupture Pin Technologies

Rupture Pin Technologies, manufacturers oil and
gas pressure relief valves
and is solving an o-ring
blow-out problem using a
new o-ring design and
Carbon nanotubes to provide
strength and flexibility. This
will allow them to become a
world leader in this industry.

High Quality, High Volume Carbon Nanotubes

Southwest NanoTechnologies is fast
becoming the world
leader in high quality, high
volume, lower cost carbon
nanotubes using an
patented scalable process
that will allow them to
produce kilotons rather
than kilograms of high
quality carbon nanotubes.

Carbon Nanotubes
A single-walled
carbon nanotube
(SWNT) is unique
among solid state
materials in that
every atom is on
the surface.

Structurally, carbon
nanotubes are 100 times
stronger than steel and
can conduct electricity
better than copper.

Carbon Nanotube Composites

Nano Ridge Materials
has developed a
carbon nanotube
strengthened
composite that is 70%
stronger than metal
and 40% the weight.

This very strong

composite has
potential for aircraft
replacement parts.

XetaComp
XetaComp (Lawton)
manufactures nanoparticles of
titanium dioxide that enables the
production of a clear, nongreasy, non-oily sunscreen called
SunVex.
Their nanoparticles may soon be
in many other skin care products.

2008 ONAP Awardees

Four companies and four proof-of-concept
awarded a total of $1.5 million this month
XetaComp Technologies new personal
care products
IMTEC - Dental Implant research
EKIPS Nano laser for Breathmeter
Charlesson Optic treatments with nanoparticles

Aerogel: the worlds lightest solid

Aerogel is an ultra-low density solid, a gel in which the liquid
component has been replaced with gas. Nicknamed frozen
smoke, aerogel has a content of just 5% solid and 95% air,
and is said to be the lightest weight solid in the world.
Despite its lightness, aerogel can support over 2,000 times
its own weight. One of the
current applications is as
insulation for space suits.

Insulation

Nanoscale materials hold great promise as

insulators because of their extremely high
surface-to-volume ratio. This gives them the
ability to trap still air within a material layer of
minimal thickness. Insulating nanomaterials
may be sandwiched between rigid panels,
applied as thin films, or painted on as coatings .
Pioneer Builders (of Drumright) now offers
Nanosulate spray-on insulation with an
equivalent r-value of 50.

ARC Outdoors Broken Arrow

ARC Outdoors utilizes nano silver in making
cloth for special purposes and currently has a
line of anti-microbial clothing for hunters
because the nano silver cloth eliminates
odor/scent. These clothes are sold through
Bass Pro Shops, Cabalas and some Wal-Mart
stores.
ARC is working on developing a line of
hospital uniforms that also will be antimicrobial.

Nano Cable
The technology is based on
Nano Ridge Material and
carbon nanotubes which
Boeing (Long beach) are
conduct greater amounts of
partners on a $5.75 million
electric current than copper
Advanced Technology
while having only 1/6th the
Program to develop Nano
weight.
Cable by 2010. Nano Cable
is a lightweight, highly
conductive, electrical wire
By 2010, the market for
and cable that could bring
conductive polymer cable is
significant gains in fuel
expected to be 465 million
savings, energy efficiency
lbs per year, worth $1.4
and operating costs.
billion annually.

Nano Coatings
Self-cleaning
Scratch-resistant
Anti-icing and anti-fogging
Antimicrobial
UV protection
Corrosion-resistant
Waterproofing

Anti Stain Coatings

In 2002, Eddie Bauer apparel became the

first brand to employ Nano-Tex stain
resistance technology in its designs.
Nano-Tex has now expanded to bring
stain resistance to fabrics and other
interior finishes. Nano-Tex uses a process
that bonds to each fiber, making textiles
last longer, retain their natural feel
and breathe normally.

Behr Paints Offers NanoGuard

Behrs best line of paint uses
nanoparticles to provide a long lasting,
anti-fade, more durable house paint that
also prevents mildew.

Automotive Paint Mercedes-Benz

The 2007 MercedesBenz SL series cars
sport a protective
coating of
nanoparticles that
provides a three-fold
improvement in the
scratch resistance of
the paintwork.

Nanolight of Norman
Nanolight, Inc.- Nanolight, Inc. is a high-tech
company whose mission is to research and
develop semiconductor nanofabrication
techniques for implementation in cutting-edge
infrared laser and detector systems. The
company also assists others with product
development efforts by providing epitaxialrelated services and acting as a distributor for
nanofabrication equipment.

Self Healing Composites

Polymeric and composite
materials are subject to
weakening due to fatigue
cracking. A self-healing
composite has the
potential to defend
against material failure
due to fatigue and to
greatly improve product
safety and reliability.
Patent

6858659 - Office of Technology Management University of Illinois

Urbana Champian

Study of 200 Commercial Nano Products

in medical and health fields
Show enhanced platforms for drug development and
delivery
Nanoparticles such as colloidal gold, Quantum dots,
liposomes, dendrimers and fullerenes are being used in
pharmaceutical drug discovery and formulations for
encapsulating drugs for drug delivery
Other biophase materials offer promise for tissue
engineering products

Nanomedicine
NanoBioMagnetics is an Edmond,
Oklahoma company that has
demonstrated the ability to move
nanoparticles through the body to specific
cells. In the future, companies like
NanoBioMagnetics anticipate being able
to attach a drug to the nanoparticle and
then deliver it reliably to the site of a
cancerous cell and kill it.

Nano Workforce Trends

Before 2010, the market for
nanotechnology products and services is
estimated to reach $1 trillion in the U.S.
economy.
This market will require anywhere from
800,000 to two million new jobs.
Most of these workers will require at least
two year postsecondary degrees.

Nano Technician Training

OSU- Okmulgee has developed a Nano Instrumentation
program that is included as an additional certification to
their Electrical Engineering Associates program.
Tulsa Community College is offering electronic courses
for Nanotechnology and MEMS (Micro Electrical
Mechanical Systems).
Oklahoma City Community College offers
a Nanotechnology and MEMS program.
The Oklahoma State Dept. of Career and
Technology and OSU Okmulgee are
partnering on an NSF grant to create the
Oklahoma Nanotechnology Education
Initiative.

Nano Clearinghouse
The Oklahoma Nanotechnology Website
www.oknano.com will continue to grow as a
one-stop clearinghouse for information with
info on:

Grant opportunities and technologies available

Infrastructure, resources and incentives available
to nanotech companies
Collaboration opportunities
Updates on current nano activities
Oklahoma Nanotech companies
Researchers involved in Nanotech research
Nano information and Activities for students and
teachers

Getting Kids into Nano!