Nanotechnology

Rey Luna

SECSECSecret Engineering SocietySecret Engineering Society

Nanotechnology

Functional systems at the molecular scale

ability to construct items using techniques and tools being developed today

High performance products

How big are they?

• 2 billion could fit on the surface of a nickel

11 NickelNickel

Where is it today?

• Batteries

• Films

• Chemical Synthesis

• Diamonds

• Jobs

• Drugs (Medicine)

22BatteriesBatteries

33 DiamondsDiamonds

77MedicineMedicine

Issues with Nanotech

• Pollution and New Health Problems

• Potential Loss of Privacy from tiny new surveillance devices

• Loss of more U.S. jobs.

• Loss of Privacy

55GraphGraph

Limitations

• Too small for electronic beams

• Not as fancy

• Visibility

How do we see Nanoparticles?

• Cytoviva

• combining fluorescence and high resolution optical imaging

• unparalleled level of microscopy performance.

88 CytovivaCytoviva

Where is the USA?

• 5The U.S., Japan, South Korea, and Germany dominate in

nanotechnology today – but Taiwan and China are rising!!!

What is Nanotech to Me?

• Nanotechnology is our future. In a 1-2 scores, everything will be done with nanotechnology. There will be great advances in our way of life.

Bottom Up Philosophy

• I think that this means building things one atom at a time.

66One atom at a time

One atom at a time

How will it impact our Future?

• Better Lifestyle

• Easier Lifestyle

• Stronger Materials

•Better Jobs

•Better Technology

Thank You

Thank You

George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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