3. Modern Chemistry
Nanotechnology – The science of extremely
small structures. Applications in Cancer
research, electronics, and energy.
Computer technology – Producing thinner
screens for products, making heat resistant
plastics and adhesives, fiber optics.
Energy – Solar, Gas, Coal.
Editor's Notes
Biologists say cells are the building blocks of life, but electrons and protons are the building block of chemistry. Everything is made of elements, and elements are made of electrons. Our DNA is chemistry. Above is Cytosine, Adenine, thymine, and guanine. They are made up of carbons, oxygens, nitrogens and hydrogens – and of course a phosphate backbone. 5 elements make up your entire genetic code, which is the reason you have limbs, have speech, can hear, and have a brain or any function you can think of. These elements ‘code’ your body. Just like a computer program.
Some more technology based examples…
I would like everyone to think up one example of modern chemistry.
After, show the slide
Nanotechnology – helping in cancer research, This has resulted in the design of experimental systems that kill cancerous cells with normal visible light, but leave normal cells unharmed. Also, body tissue can be reproduced or repaired using nanotechnology, which could eventually develop into treatments to replace or repair organs.
Computer technology is the product of chemistry. Think of everything involved in computers. Someone came up with the coating for the wires, the wires themselves, the chip material, the covering on the outside of the machine. Engineers may have designed computers, but it is the chemists that made the components
Energy is a huge in the field of chemistry, particularly in modern times when we are trying to find new ways of harnessing energy. Chemistry made solar cells, found out how combustion reactions worked, and learned how to apply them usefully
