History of nanotechnolgy Introduction of nanotechnlogy
Conclusions Nanotechonolgy foretold
Concept first introduced by American physicist Richard P.
Feynman (1918-1988) Calculated that an encyclopedia set could be compressed to fit the head of a pin. He described such atomic scale fabrication as bottom up approach as opposed to top down approach we are accustomed to. I NTRODUCTION
Nanoscience is the study of phenomena and manipulation of materials at
atomic, molecular and macro-molecule scales, where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale.
Nanotechnology is the branch of science and engineering which deals
with creation of materials, devices, and systems through the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules. The original definition is technology that is built from single atoms and which depends on individual atoms for function.
The goal of nanotechnology is to control individual atoms and molecules
to create computer chips and other devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies permit. Current manufacturing processes use lithography to imprint circuits on semiconductor materials . The prefix ‘nano’ is derived from the Greek word for dwarf. One nanometer (nm) is equal to one-billionth of a meter, 10-9 m.
A human hair is approximately 80,000nm
wide, and a red blood cell approximately 7000nm wide. Atoms are below a nanometer in size. A nanometer-sized particle is also smaller than living cell and can be seen only with the most powerful microscope available today.
Nanotechnology is the technology of
preference to make things small, light and cheap, nanotechnology based manufacturing is a method conceived for processing and rearranging of atoms to fabricate custom products .if we rearrange the atoms in coal, we can get diamond. If we rearrange atoms of sand we can make computer chips etc.
The original definition this technology that
is built from single atoms and which depends on individual atoms for function. Nano technology simply refers to devices and materials fabricated on this type of scale.
To manipulate each individual atom of an
object is the basic idea of Nanotechnology.
Such devices and materials can be built in
two ways using Macroscopic Fabrication techniques. 1)Bottom up approach 2) Top Down approach
Nano technology is not confined to limited
number of fields. Every area of industry, Health and environment can be improved using this. With the Discovery of techniques to organize, characterize and manipulate individual elements of matter as well as the increasing insights into self organization principles of these elements the world wide industrial conquest of nanoscale dimensions began.
The prospect of injecting patients with machines to make
repairs, of rating super-strong and like materials for space exploration, of restoring environmental systems on a molecular level are all parts of the promise of Nanotechnolgy. Working of Nanotechnology: Atoms are the building blocks for all matter in our universe. You and everything around are made of atoms. Nature has perfected the science of manufacturing matter molecularly. For instance, our bodies are assembled in a specific manner from millions of living cells. Cells are nature’s nanomachines.
Nanotechnology is a hybrid science combining engineering
and chemistry. Atoms and molecules stick together because they have complementary shapes that lock together, or charges that attract. Just like with magnets, a positively charged atom will stick to a negatively charged atom. The goal nanotechnology is to manipulate atoms individually and place them in a pattern to produce a desired structure. There are three steps to achieving nanotechnology-produced goods:
Scientists must be able to manipulate individual atoms.
This means that they will have to develop a technique to grab single atoms and move them to desired positions. In 1990, IBM researchers showed that it is possible to manipulate single atoms. They positioned 35 xenon atoms on the surface of a nickel crystal, using an atomic force microscopy instrument. These positioned atoms spelled out the letters “IBM”. You can view this nano-logo on this page.
The next step will be to develop nanoscopic machines,
called assemblers, that can be programmed to manipulate atoms and molecules at will. It would take thousand of years for a single assembler to produce any kind of material one atom at a time. Trillions of assemblers will be needed to develop products in a viable time frame. In order to create enough assemblers to build consumer goods, some nanomachines, called replicators, will be programmed to build more assemblers. Trillions of assemblers and replicators will fill an area smaller than a cubic millimeter, and will still be too small for us to see with naked eye. Assemblers and replicators will work together like hands to automatically construct products, and will eventually replace all traditional labour methods. This will vastly decrease manufacturing costs, thereby making consumer goods plentiful, cheaper and stronger. In the next section, you will find out how nanotechnology will impact every facet of society, from medicines to computers.
Nano-technology in Medicine:
Nanomedicine may be defined as the monitoring, repair, construction
and control of human biological systems at the molecular level, using engineered nanodevices and nanostructures. However, the full promises of nanomedicine is unlikely to arrive until after the development of precisely controlled or programmable medical nanomachines and nanorobots which were first hypothesized by the Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman in 1959. Methods for designing and constructing these devices currently being actively pursued by many universities and government organizations in the United States, Europe and Japan, and also in the private sector by nanotechnology startup companies and nanotechnology seed capital firms.
One nanomachines are available, which are programmable and
controllable microscale robots comprised of nanoscale parts fabricated to nanometer precision will allow medical doctors to execute curative and reconstructive procedures in the human body at the cellular and molecular levels. The ability to direct events in a controlled fashion at the cellular level is the key that will unlock the indefinite extension of human health and the expansion of human abilities. Uses of nanotechonolgy Nanotechnolgy in medicine Nanotechnolgy in electronics Nanotechnolgy in food CONCLUSION
Nanotechnology is an umbrella term that covers many areas of
research dealing with objects that are measured in nanometers.
In the next 50 years, machines will get increasingly smaller..
Nanomachines to manufacture consumer goods at the molecular
level, piecing together one atom or molecule at a time to make baseballs, telephones and cars (which is the goal of nanotechnology).
As televisions, airplanes and computers revolutionized the world in
the last century, scientists claim that nanotechnology will have an even more profound effect on the next century.