This document provides an introduction to nanotechnology, including that it involves science and engineering at the 1-100 nanometer scale. It discusses some nanotechnology devices like nano solar panels, nano surgeon gloves, and ultra capacitors. Nano solar panels can be cheaper to make and install due to print-like manufacturing and flexibility. Nano surgeon gloves contain electronic circuits and sensors that could be used for medical procedures. Ultra capacitors are being researched to allow cell phone batteries to recharge in seconds but currently only store 5% of the energy of lithium-ion batteries. The document concludes that nanotechnology will greatly evolve in upcoming years.
3. Nanotechnology is science, engineering,
and technology conducted at the Nano scale, which
is about 1 to 100 nanometers.
4. Nano science and nanotechnology
involve the ability to see and to control
individual atoms and molecules.
There are 25,400,000 nanometers in an inch.
A sheet of newspaper is about 100,000
nanometers thick.
7. Nanostructured solar cells are cheaper to
manufacture and easier to install .
They can use print-like manufacturing processes
and can be made in flexible rolls rather than discrete
panels .
Size has also been reduced due to Nano TECH
9. The electronic circuit in surgeon gloves is made up of
gold conductive lines and ultra-thin sheets of silicon.
Such gloves could be used in medical procedures such as
local ablations and ultrasound scans.
The fingertip device could be fitted with sensors for
measuring motion and temperature, with small-scale heaters
as actuators for ablation and other related operations.
11. A cell-phone battery that recharges in a few
seconds and we would never have to replace it .
But it has been under research and till now it
can store only about 5 percent as much energy as
lithium-ion batteries .