Presented By Ritesh Sinha E.C.E,8th sem Roll-08182003041 Reg no.

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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Is it a boon or bane?

Content
Definition
Why Nanotechnology Origin Studies involved Molecules self assembly Application in day today life Health and environmental concern

What is Nanotechnology?
Nanotechnology commonly known as NANOTECH in short. Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular level molecular self assembly. It deals with molecular self assembly.

Why Nanotechnology or Nanotech?

The word Nano is mainly originated from nanometer. Nanometer is the unit of length in metric system.

1 nanometer (nm) equal to one billionth of a meter. (1/1000000000 of a meter , or 0.000000001 m , 109 nm)

Origin Nanotechnology
Buckminsterfullerene C60, also known as the buckyball.

It is a representative member of the carbon structures known as fullerenes.

Nanotechnology is a relatively recent development in scientific research and still under development.

Area of Physics involved?

Nanoelectronics.
Nanomechanics. Nanophotonics. Nanoionics.

Molecular self assembly

Molecular self assembly is a synthetic chemistry to create small molecular almost any structure.

The basic principal to create the molecular

structure is based Watson-Crick base paring of DNA strand.

Application in day today life

Titanium dioxide in sunscreen, cosmetics, surface coatings. Carbon allotropes used to produce gecko tapes.
Silver in food packaging, clothing, disinfectants. Zinc oxide in sunscreens and cosmetics, surface coatings, paints and outdoor furniture varnishes

Implications of Nanotechnology
Medicine
Environment Energy Information and communication Heavy Industry Consumer goods and

many more.

Medicine
Diagnostics

Drug Delivery

Tissue Engineering.

Environment
Filtration
Ultra Filtration Magnetic Filtration Membrane Filtration.

Energy
Reduction in energy consumption.

Increase in efficiency in energy consumption.

Enhanced renewable energy solution.

Information and Communication

Memory storage
Novel semi conductor devices Display Quantum Computers

Heavy Industry
Aerospace
Catalysis Construction Nano particles in steel Nano particles in glass Nano particles in coatings

Consumer goods
Food

Nano-food

And other household products

Health & environmental concern

Nanoparticles products may have unintended consequences.
Silver nanoparticles destroys beneficial

bacteria with help in decomposing organic matter. There are a risk of nanoparticles or nanotubes being released during disposal, destruction and recycling. Asbestos nanoparticles causes bronchitis.

Bibliography
www.google.com
www.nanotechnow.com Basic concept of nanotechnology by S.

Morelo Nanotac Gamble by Andrew scneider. Nanotechnology and nanotoxicology by Suh WH, Suslick KS,stucky GD.

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