A community portal about Below 100 Nanometers with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Nanotechnology is a field of applied science and technology covering a broad range of topics. The main unifying theme is the...
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A community portal about Below 100 Nanometers with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Nanotechnology is a field of applied science and technology covering a broad range of topics. The main unifying theme is the control of matter on a scale below 100 nano meters, as well as the fabrication of devices on this same length scale. It is a highly multidisciplinary field, drawing from fields such as colloidal science, device physics, and supramolecular chemistry. Much speculation exists as to what new science and technology might result from these lines of research. Some view nanotechnology as a marketing term that describes pre-existing lines of research.
Nanotechnology refers broadly to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying theme is the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, normally 1 to 100 nanometers, and the fabrication of devices within that size range. It is a highly multidisciplinary field, drawing from fields such as applied physics, materials science, interface and colloid science, device physics, supramolecular chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering... Read Full Story
New data from a Chinese-Danish collaboration shows that organic nanoscale wires could be an alternative to silicon in computer chips. The discovery has just been published in the respected scientific journal, Advanced Materials. Nanochemists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Nano-Science Center, Department of Chemistry, at the University of Copenhagen, have developed nanoscale electric contacts out of organic and inorganic nanowires. In the contact they have crossed the wires... Read Full Story
An hour before noon and I'm just now having my first cup of coffee. I decided to try Emerald's Vanilla Bean BAM! flavored coffee with two spoons of sugar (not salt this time!) and a bit of questionable milk in a Circle City Tickets mug. It's very strong and nothing like the description on the box. That's what I get for being sold out by a brand name... or perhaps it's the bad milk...??? Nevertheless, the sun is shining bright today and temperatures will be high 70's, but the best news of... Read Full Story
Nanotechnology is characterized as the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. This is the basic definition used by the U.S., Canadian, European and Japanese governments and academicians – the areas of the world that are leading the pack with regard to research and development. Nanotechnology encompasses nanoscale science, engineering and technology, and involves imaging, measuring, modeling, and... Read Full Story
There continues to be much discussion on the potential benefits of nanotechnology (manipulation of matter of less than 100 nanometers) in food. The applications range from use to improve food safety (e.g., nanosilver acts as an antibacterial agent), to improved food packaging, to controlled delivery of nutrients. Here's the deal, in a nutshell: we know very little about the actual implementation/delivery of such applications (meaning, in most cases it's highly theoretical/speculative); much... Read Full Story
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A breakthrough in deposition technology could revolutionize several industries with the creation of a new type of ink and deposition method Read Full Story
