Week 8 Nanotech + Art

This week's subject of nanoscience is something that I have never even heard of but turns out is very much useful and important. One of the very first things I learned about this kind of science is the fact that it's a new way of thinking and using science. This is a more modern and adaptive piece of science that has a great effect on the field. This is some of the most up to date and ground breaking science that's going to allow scientists and technology to keep breaking through boundaries that were put in place.





Journal of Nanotechnology and nano science research. Uniscience Publishers. (2022, May 11). Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://unisciencepub.com/journal-of-nanotechnology-and-nano-science-research/

In order to understand what nanoscience is, the first thing you need to understand is that nano means dwarf while in science terms it is a billionth of a meter which is called a nanometer. The scale in which they use and reference is much different from the rest. This scale goes by the power of 10’s. Because of this unique scale it can be used to scale some like a water molecule to an antibody. Using and understanding nanometers are important when looking at and trying to learn about viruses. Chemists quite often are using the scale of a nanometer as it is diverse and gives scientists and chemists precise and effective measurements. This allows them to read the smallest pieces of matter that are important that not many technologies and or devices are able to measure. As you can imagine being able to understand viruses and other bacteria is quite important and nanoscience and the measuring template for nanometers allows them to do that.



Nanotechnology as a whole - lesson. TeachEngineering.org. (2022, May 18). Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://www.teachengineering.org/lessons/view/uoh_nano_lesson01



One fascinating part that I learned from listening to Dr. Grimzewski was what Richard Feynman said at a conference in 1959. He said in the future you'll be able to move an atom and touch one and he was foreshadowing the future ability of nanoscience and nanotechnology which would in fact allow you to do this.



Angeles, N. (2020, September 25). Microscale momentum: Nanoscience and nanotechnology. Medium. Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://medium.com/@nangeles/microscale-momentum-nanoscience-and-nanotechnology-199d83061624




John Curtin Gallery. Art.Base. (n.d.). Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://art.base.co/event/2104-art-in-the-age-of-nanotechnology#9


What is nanotechnology? National Nanotechnology Initiative. (n.d.). Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://www.nano.gov/nanotech-101/what/definition


National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin. US NSF - Nanoscience Research Area. (n.d.). Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://nsf.gov/news/overviews/nano/index.jsp


Sharon. (2019, September 19). Nanoscience: Thinking big, Working Small. Curious. Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://www.science.org.au/curious/nanoscience


Doe explains...Nanoscience. Energy.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://www.energy.gov/science/doe-explainsnanoscience

Comments

  1. sueyan_hungDESMA9May 20, 2022 at 6:09 PM

    Hi, I found your article so meaningful! I agree with you that using and understanding nanometers are crucial to learning about viruses. Chemists quite often are using the scale of a nanometer as it is diverse and gives scientists and chemists precise and effective measurements. This allows them to read the smallest pieces of matter that are important that not many technologies and or devices are able to measure. When I took a chemistry class, I learned about units that are important for measuring quantity.

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  2. Anastasia VoitMay 22, 2022 at 3:34 PM

    Hello, I like that you included in your post the definitions of nano tech terms to give a better understanding of the topic. I find it fascinating too that Feynman predicted the future basically. He was a really smart scientists. I learned a lot from his lectures. It is interesting that now we live in the world when we cannot imagine our lives without nano technology. Thank you for your post.

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  3. Jared KarrosMay 22, 2022 at 6:07 PM

    Hi Jack. I enjoyed reading and viewing your blog post. Similarly to you, nanotech is not something I was very familiar with prior to this week. After learning about however, I find it can be extremely useful in the present day and especially future. The fields it is able to be used in like medicine or food can be extremely beneficial for our future.

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  4. Sydney_Chiang_desma9May 22, 2022 at 8:51 PM

    Hi Jack, I really enjoyed reading your blog! I appreciated how you included definitions and explained the topic in depth. Nanotechnology has taken us so far and I think that it is cool to see what kind of things have been made with something so incredibly small. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. JamesMay 22, 2022 at 11:12 PM

    Hi Jack,
    I really enjoyed reading your blog this week. I really learned a lot from what you had to say about this week's topic. I liked how you talked about the future of nanoscience and nanotech and what is has to offer. The importance of this ever developing technology is crucial to our society and I am glad that you touched on that in your discussion blog post this week. Great work!

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