What is Nanotechnology What is nanotechnology? Nanotechnology is the study and use of structures between 1 nanometer and 100 nanometers in size. Website discussing the latest uses of nanotechnology in electronics, medicine, energy, consumer products and all other fields.
Nanotechnology Introduction Introduction to nanotechnology concepts and applications. Nanotechnology is the study and use of structures between 1 nanometer and 100 nanometers in size. Introduction to nanoparticles and nanotechnology applications.
Buckyballs What is a buckyball (C60): Discussion of the structure and properties of buckballs.
Carbon Nanotubes Carbon nanotubes were discovered in 1991. Where buckyballs are round, nanotubes are cylinders that haven’t folded around to create a sphere.
What is Graphene? What is graphene? Graphene is composed of sheets of carbon atoms that are only one atom thick. Graphene has the same structure of carbon atoms linked in hexagonal shapes to form carbon nanotubes, but graphene is flat rather than cylindrical.
Nanotechnology Definition Definition of Nanotechnology : Because nanotechnology is still evolving, there doesn’t seem to be any one nanotechnology definition that everybody agrees on.
Nanotechnology Lesson Plans Nanotechnology lesson plans created to help teachers provide an introduction to nanotechnology in a classroom setting.
Nanotechnology For Dummies, 2nd edition Nanotechnology For Dummies, 2nd edition: We have completely rewritten the book to cover nanotechnology basics plus recent advances in the field. Drawing on our experience in writing easy to understand information about nano on our website, UnderstandingNano.com, we authored this entry in the popular For Dummies series for those who want to learn nanotechnology basics and beyond.
Nanotechnology Cancer Treatment | Nanoparticle Cancer Treatment Nanotechnology in Cancer Treatment: Discussion of nanotechnology methods under developement to improve the efficiency and safety of cancer treatment and a listing of companies using nanotechnology to improve cancer treatment.
Nanotechnology Products Nanotechnology Consumer Products: A discussion of consumer products in which nanotechnology has been used to enchance performance
Chemical and Bacterial Sensors using Nanotechnology Chemical Sensors and Nanotechnology: Explanation of how nanotechnology is improving chemical sensors and a listing of nanotech companies working on chemical sensors
Nanoelectronics |Nanotechnology in Electronics Nanotechnology in Electronics (Nanoelectronics): Discussion of how nanotechnology can improve electronics devices and a list of nanoelectronics companies.
Nanotechnology and Energy Nanotechnology and Energy; Discussion of the ways nanotechnology is being used to increase energy resources
Environmental Nanotechnology Environmental Nanotechnology: Duscussion of how nanotechnology is being used to improve the environment. This includes cleaning up existing pollution, improving manufacturing methods to reduce the generation of new pollution, and making alternative energy sources more cost effective.
Nanotechnology in Medicine | Nanoparticles in Medicine Nanotechnology in medicine, could revolutionize the way we detect and treat damage to the human body and disease in the future, and many techniques only imagined a few years ago are making remarkable progress towards becoming realities.
MEMS MEMS: Explanation of how Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) work and a listing of products, companies producing MEMS devices, and resources for development of MEMS devices.
Nanotechnology in Manufacturing Nanotechnology in Manufacturing: A survey of ways that nanotechnology is helping manufacturers today
Nanotechnology Applications | Nanotechnology Uses Nanotechnology applications are providing significant changes in medicine, electronics, energy, etc. The Understanding Nanotechnology website is dedicated to providing clear and concise explanations of nanotechnology applications.
Nanotechnology in Space Nanotechnology in Space: Discussion of how nanotechnology may be used to reduce the cost of space flight and a listing of organizations developing nanotechnology applications to reduce spacecraft weight, improve engines, build the space elevator, produce lightweight solar sails and make spacesuits safer.
Nanomaterials Nanomaterials applications include improving material strength, the performance of batteries, solar cells, water filtration systems, catalysts, pollution cleanup methods, etc.
Buckyball Uses and Applications| Fullerene Applications Buckyball: Clear explanations of over a dozen applications of buckyballs.These spherical carbon molecules are technically named fullerenes because they look like the geodesic domes created by Buckminster Fuller
Carbon Nanotube Applications and Uses Carbon nanotube applications and uses: The following survey of carbon nanotube applications introduces many of these uses.
Graphene Uses A survey of graphene applications and uses in solar cells, desalination, electronics, medical diagnostics, etc.
Nanocomposites Nanocomposites: Survey of nanocomposite applications in medicine, energy, materials, sensors and other fields.
Nanoparticles | Nanoparticle Applications Nanoparticles have one dimension that measures 100 nanometers or less. The properties of many conventional materials change when formed from nanoparticles. This is typically because nanoparticles have a greater surface area per weight than larger particles which causes them to be more reactive to some other molecules.
Nanofibers Nanofibers: Discussion of the use of nanofibers in medicine, energy, clothing, sensors and other fields.
Nanowires Nanowires: Discussion of the application of nanowires in energy, electronics, enviromental clean-upand other fields.
Quantum Dots and their Applications Quantum dots are semiconductor nanoparticles that glow a different colors depending upon their diameter. Applications of quantum dots include improved solar cells, LEDs, flat screen displays and medical imaging.
Nanotechnology Companies Nanotechnology company directory: Companies supplying nanomaterials or applying nanotechnology to various fields. Listing for each nanotechnology company includes a link to the company website.
Nanotechnology Resources for Teachers and Students Nanotechnology Resources for Teachers and Students: Listing of websites that support nanotechnology education, general nanotechnology information, and nanotechnology blogs
Nanotechnology College Degree Programs Nanotechnology College Degree Programs: A list of colleges and universities with degree programs in nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology Materials Nanotechnology can change the properties of many materials. This ranges from increasing the strength of materials to increasing the reactivity of materials.
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Nanotechnology Fabric Nanotechnology in fabric: Explanation of how nanotechnology is being used to improve fabrics and a listing of nanotechnology companies working on fabric.
Molecular Manufacturing Molecular Manufacturing: Explanation of how molecular manufacturing may result in devices like the Star Trek replicator and a listing of organizations working toward the developement of molecular manufacturing
Quantum Dots Quantum dots are semiconductor nanoparticles that glow a particular color after being illuminated by light. The color they glow depends on the size of the nanoparticle
Nanotube Companies Nanotube Companies: A directory of carbon nanotube manufacturing companies and companies applying carbon nanotubes in products.
Graphene Properties Graphene properties have caused researchers to consider using this material in several fields. Read about the properties of graphene here.
Graphene Companies Graphene Companies - A directory of graphene suppliers. Listing includes links to graphene company web sites.
Introduction to Nanotechnology Lesson Plan Introduction to nanotechnology lesson plan created to help teachers provide an introduction to nanotechnology in a classroom setting.
Introduction to Nanotechnology Student Handout Introduction to nanotechnology student handout created to help teachers provide an introduction to nanotechnology in a classroom setting.
Nanomedicine Lesson Plan Nanomedicine Lesson Plan created to help teachers provide an introduction to nanotechnology in a classroom setting
Nanotechnology in Medicine Student Handout Nanotechnology in medicine student handout created to help teachers provide an introduction to the application of nanotechnology to medicine in a classroom setting
Environmental Nanotechnology Student Handout Environmental nanotechnology student handout created to help teachers provide an introduction to environmental nanotechnology in a classroom setting
Nanotechnology Chemotherapy | Nanoparticles Chemotherapy The use of nanoparticles in chemotherapy offers some exciting possibilities, including the possibility of destroying cancer tumors with minimal damage to healthy tissue and organs. This page provides a survey of the nanotechnology based methods being developed to improve chemotherapy.
Nanoparticles in Cancer Hyperthermia Nanoparticles in cancer hyperthermia involves applying heat to tumors to attack cancer cells. This type of treatment can destroy cancer tumors with with minimal damage to the human body.
Nanoparticles in Radiation Therapy Nanoparticle radiation threrapy offers the possibility of destroying cancer tumors with minimal damage to healthy tissues.
Breaking the Skin Barrier Researchers have developed nanoparticles that can be used to deliver drugs through the skin and target diseased cells for problems such as melanoma.
Carbon Nanofiber Flame Retardant for Upholstered Furniture Carbon Nanofiber Flame Retardant: Researchers from the NIST and Texas A&M University have developed a carbon nanofiber coating for the foam used in funiture that is a very effective flame retardant.
Cleaning and Nanotechnology Cleaning: Explanation of how nanotechnology is improving cleaning products and a listing of nanotechnology companies developing or currently selling cleaning products.
Nanotechnology in Food Nanotechnology in Food: Discussion of how nanotechnology is being applied to food science
Nanotechnology in Building Materials Nanotechnology in buliding materials: Discussion of the ways that nanotechnology is being applied to building materials.
Solar Cells| Nanotechnology in Solar Cells Nanotechnology in Solar Cells: Discussion of how nanotechnology can reduce the cost of solar cells and a listing of companies working in this area
Nanotechnology in Batteries (Nano Battery) Nano Battery: Discussion of how nanotechnology is being used to improve the performance of batteries and a listing of companies using nano techniques to increase battery power density, reduce recharge times, improve safety and increase shelf life.
Nanotechnology in Fuel Cells Nanotechnology in Fuel Cells: Discussion of how nanotechnology can improve fuel cells and a listing of companies working in this area.
Fuel - Nanotechnology Fuel and Nanotechnology: Explanation of how nanotechnology can improve the availability of fuels such as gasoline and diesel and links to nanotechology companies
Air Pollution and Nanotechnology Air Pollution Reduction Using Nanotechnology: Discussion of how nanotechnology can be used to reduce air pollution and a listing of companies working
Water Pollution Water Pollution Reduction Using Nanotechnology: Discussion of how nanotechnology can be applied to cleaning polluted water and a listing of companies working in this area
Nanotechnology in Medical Diagnostic Techniques Nanotechnology in medical diagnosis offers the possibility of faster diagnosis of a disease and the detction of a disease at an earlier stage.
Nanoparticles in Antibacterial Treatments Nanoparticle antibacterial treatments offers exciting possibilities, including the ability for using nanoparticles to treat antibiotic resistant infections, treat staph infections, release antibiotics when a infection starts in a wound.
Nanotechnology in Wound Healing Nanotechnology based wound healing includes the ability to use nanoparticles to induce clotting to reduce bleeding, bandages that apply electric pulses to accelerate healing, and nanoparticles that can reduce internal bleeding.
Nanomedicine Companies and Products Nanomedicine Company Directory: Listing of companies applying nanomedicine to drug delivery, companies applying nanomedicine to diagnostic techniques and companies applying nanomedicine to therapy techniques.
Nanorobots in Medicine - Nanomedicine Nanorobots in Medicine - Long term developments in nanomedicine will be based on the ability to build nanorobots. These nanorobots could actually be programmed to repair specific diseased cells.
Nanotechnology vs Heart Disease Nanotechnology vs Heart Disease : Discussion of nanotechnology techniques that are being applied to curing heart disease.
Nanotechnology Treatments of Diabetes Nanotechnology treatments of diabetes offers some exciting possibilities such as glucose monitoring that does not require a blood sample and a potential vaccine for Type 1 diabetes.
Nanotechnology Kidney Disease Treatments Nanotechnology kidney disease treatments offers some exciting possibilities. Including the ability to target drug delivery to treat kidney disease, and developing an artifical kidney
Life Extension through Nanotechnology Life extension; nanotechnology can extend our lives in two ways: by eradicating life-threatening diseases and by repairing damage to our bodies at the cellular level.
Carbon Nanotubes in Energy Applications Carbon nanotubes are being used in energy applications to improve the efficiency or reduce the cost of batteries, solar cells, catalysts and fuel cells.
Breast Cancer Treatment using Nanotubes Breast Cancer Treatment: Lab tests have demonstrated the capability of destroying breast cancer tumors using nanotubes, a tumor sensitive antibody and an infrared laser.
Carbon Nanotubes in Medicine Medical applications for carbon nanotubes in range from sensors for early detection of imflammatory disease to building lenses that can concentrate sound waves enough to blast diseased tissue from outside the patients body
Nanotube 'sponge' has potential in oil spill cleanup Researchers have found that adding boron atoms during the growth of carbon nanotubes causes the nanotubes to grow in a sponge like material that can absorb many times it's weight in oil.
Carbon Nanotubes in Materials Carbon nanotubes are being used to make strong lightweight materials, make lightweight deicing coating and even make materials that will bend under electrical voltage to create aircraft wings that morph, or change their shape.
Nanocomposite Companies Nanocomposite Companies: A directory of nanocomposite companies that are producing nanocomposites for applications in electronics, energy, materials, sensors and other areas.
Nanoparticle Companies Nanoparticle Companies: A directory of nanoparticle manufacturing companies and companies applying nanoparticles in products.
Iron Nanoparticles Iron nanoparticles retain iron’s magnetic properties. These magnetic nanoparticles have increased surface area allowing the iron nanoparticles to be useful in both medical imaging and cleaning up pollutants in groundwater
Iron oxide nanoparticles Iron oxide nanoparticles, like bulk iron oxide, are paramagnetic, however the size of iron oxide nanoparticles allow them to go where larger particles never could.
Gold Nanoparticles Gold nanoparticles have significantly different properties than bulk gold allowing gold nanoparticles to be used for medical uses such as localized heat treatment or to catalyze air pollutants.
Platinum Nanoparticles Platinum nanoparticles are more effective catalysts than bulk nanoparticles because a higher percentage of platinum atoms are available to react with other molecules.
Silica Nanoparticles Silica nanoparticles form the framework of silica aerogels.
Silver Nanoparticles Silver nanoparticles are used as a anitmicrobial agent, to kill bacteria in applications ranging from wounds to food stroage containers.
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles Titanium dioxide nanoparticles are photocatalysts, which means that they have the capability to use energy in light to catalyze reactions with other molecules at reduced temperatures.
Magnetic Nanoparticles and their Applications Magnetic nanoparticles can be directed with a magnetic field, this allows, for example, delivery of drugs to a tumor. Magnetic nanoparticles also can improve the sensitivity of medical imaging techniques that use magnetic signals.
Synthesis of Nanoparticles Nanoparticle synthesis methods include plasma source,spark, laser ablation, CVD and ball milling.
Lithium sulfur battery using hollow nanofibers The next step beyond lithium-ion batteries may be lithium sulfur batteries , which have the capability of storing several times the energy of lithium-ion batteries.
Nanowire Solar Cells Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley have demonstrated an inexpensive process for making solar cells. These solar cells are composed of cadmium sulfide nanowires coated with copper sulfide.
Nanotechnology Companies - Water Quality Nanotechnology Companies - Water Quality: This directory contains information on companies using nanotechnology to improve water quality.
Regulation of Nanotechnology Materials Regulation of Nanotechnology Materials; discussion of the steps various goverments are taking to regulate products containing nanomaterials.
Nanoparticles and Chemotherapy Nanoparticles and chemotherapy: Discussion of how nanoparticles can be used in chemotherapy and information on clinical trials.
Targeted Drug Delivery That Hits the Mark Targeted drug delivery using nanorods that accumulate in a tumor and heat up the tumor when illuminated by a infrared laser. Heating up the tumor allows drug carring naoparticles to more accurately target the tumor.
Nanoparticles reboot blood flow in brain Nanoparticles composed of polyethylene glycol hydrophilic coarbon clusters have shown to reduce the effect of brain injuries by combining with free radicals, and restoring the blood chemistry to normal.
Drug Delivery Through Cell Membranes using Nanoparticles and Laser Energy Drug delivery through cell membranes using carbon nanoparticles and laser energy to blast a hole in the membrane of each cell. The hole quickly seals, however it is open long enough for drugs in the surrounding fluid to pass into the cell.