NanoRod

Submitted by : R.sriram
ECE B S1
Contents

 Introduction
 Discovery
 Uses
 Structure
 References
Introduction

 In nanotechnology, nanorods are one morphology of nanoscale objects. Each of their dimensions range from
1–100 nm. They may be synthesized from metals or semiconducting materials.
 A combination of ligands act as shape control agents and bond to different facets of the nanorod with
different strengths. This allows different faces of the nanorod to grow at different rates, producing an
elongated object.
Discovery

 In December of 1959, Richard Feynman gave a talk called “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom” at an
annual meeting of the American Physical Society at Caltech. In this famous lecture, Feynman laid the
conceptual foundations for the field now called nanotechnology
Uses

 Nanorods have been intensely used to fabricate nano-scale electronic devices, including field effect
transistor, ultraviolet photodetector, Schottky diode, and ultra-bright light-emitting diode (LED).
 One potential application of nanorods is in display technologies, because the reflectivity of the rods can be
changed by changing their orientation with an applied electric field.
Uses

 Nanorods absorb in the near IR, and generate heat when excited with IR light. This property has led to the
use of nanorods as cancer therapeutics.
 The nanorods absorb intense levels of light and convert the light to heat localized on the surfaces — a
process far more efficient than heating the entire volume of water. The method is low-cost and sustainable,
the researchers said, because it uses sunlight. The same part of the nanorod also acts as an electron-transfer
catalyst to promote destruction of micropollutants such as pesticides and pharmaceuticals
Structure
References
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