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Nano:
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A prefix that means very,
Nanoscience
very, small.

Nanometre
Nanotechnol

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Nano-Produ

Nanomedicine
Nanoscience
Nanobots
A part of science that studies
Nanoscience
small stuff.
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Its not
not biology,
biology, physics
physics or
or
chemistry.
chemistry. Its
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all sciences
sciences that
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Nanotechnol

Nanonanometre length scale.

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Nanomedicine
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The art and science
of making
Nanoscience
useful stuff that does stuff on the
Nanometre
Nanotechnol
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Includesadvances
advancesin
in
all
industries,
all industries,
including
includingthe
the
electronic,
electronic,chemical,
chemical,
and
pharmaceutical.
and pharmaceutical.

Understanding Size

1 metre

source: CERN http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm

Understanding Size

10 centimetres

source: CERN http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm

Understanding Size

1 centimetre

source: CERN http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm

Understanding Size

100 micrometres

source: CERN http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm

Understanding Size

10 micrometres

source: CERN http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm

Understanding Size

1 micrometre

source: CERN http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm

Understanding Size

100 nanometres

source: CERN http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm

Understanding Size

10 nanometres

source: CERN http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm

Understanding Size

1 nanometre

source: CERN http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/microcosm

Top-down
microelectronics

Nanotechnology
Nanotechnologyis
isthe
the next
next
step
step after
after miniaturisation.
miniaturisation.

nanoelectronics

Bottom-up
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or
smoke
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smoke.

Ultimate Nanotechnology would be to build at

the level of one atom at a time and to be able to
do so with perfection.

Natures Toy box.

ATOMIC LEGO
Molecular assembly is like a Lego set of 90 atoms that we
can use to build anything from the bottom up! You just
use every atom that you want. All of the elements in the
periodic table can be mixed and matched,

Nanoscience
Nanoscience would
would probably
probably be
be
boring
boring if
if small
small things
things were
were just
just like
like
big
big things.
things.

But they arent. Pencil lead, for example takes on all sorts of shapes if kept
from becoming a solid

When carbon is a pure solid it is found as graphite or diamond.

On the nano scale. Carbon takes on very different structures.

Size Matters

Its not just how big you are

Its what you can do with it