~ NANOTECHNOLOGY ~ Nanoscience and nanotechnology are the study and application of extremely small things and can be used across all the other science fields, such as chemistry, biology, physics, materials science, and engineering. It’s hard to imagine just how small nanotechnology is. One nanometer is a billionth of a meter, or 10-9 of a meter. Here are a few illustrative examples: ** There are 25,400,000 nanometers in an inch ** A sheet of newspaper is about 100,000 nanometers thick ** On a comparative scale, if a marble were a nanometer, then one meter would be the size of the Earth Nanoscience and nanotechnology involve the ability to see and to control individual atoms and molecules. Everything on Earth is made up of atoms—the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the buildings and houses we live in, and our own bodies.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:21:38 +0000
Trending Topics
© 2015