What is Nanotechnology and why is it so important? Nanotechnology is the study that focuses on processing the materials on the atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale.In the recent two decades, scientists started developing the capability to control matter at the level of single atoms and small groups of atoms and to characterize the properties of materials and systems at that scale.The importance of nanotechnology is that it will enhance or even revolutionize, a lot of technology and industry sections such as, engineering, biology, chemistry, and Nanotechnology in medical field considered to be the most important sector that nanotechnology must improve. There are many physical distinguishing qualities of nanoparticles, which influence their functions. The size of the nanoparticles is incredibly small. They have a novel structure, optical, and electronic properties that many large molecules lack. They also have high solubility, which may be used to reinvestigate bulk drugs that have poor solubility. This feature may provide the ability to convert drugs with poor solubility into a soluble suspensions, and as a result of that, there will be no need for toxic organic solvents. Studies have shown that nanoparticles have longer circulation time compared to large particles that are over 200 nm without regard of any surface modifications present. Another feature of nanoparticles is that they come in a variety of shapes, including spheres, discs, hemispheres,
Have you ever drove home from work, having a feeling you were forgetting to do something important? It’s 7 o’clock in the evening, you just realized that you were supposed to pay a bill before the bank closed. The money is there in the account but, how is the bank supposed to receive it? Well, luckily you pull out an iphone 6 to transfer the money into the account to pay the bill by using e-banking. Simple as that, you go home with a clear conscience knowing only that your bill is paid. Of course, people only care for the end results of a situation, but it’s sometimes good to consider what goes on in the transition. Crucial data such as financial record and pin number need to be under tight security. Only highly advanced technology that was
Ricardo Morales on the synthesis and characterization of bimetallic magnetic nanoparticles for further application in cancer treatment, I gained the skill sets needed to come up with research ideas and implement them as well as how to resolve issues that arise within any research. My experience as a teaching assistant in organic and general chemistry at the University of La Verne Chemistry Department taught me the importance of lab safety and the joys of connecting what is learned in lecture to lab and helping students make that connection in a lab setting while creating a safe environment. My experience as an Academic Success Center tutor in chemistry course from general chemistry to advance organic chemistry taught me the joys of helping students to truly understand material and not memorize it but have that knowledge become a part of them that they can use whether in a research setting or to explain those concepts to their peers. These experiences in undergrad allowed me to determine that academia was the right fit for me; graduate school will give the skills needed to fulfill this
The article, Nanotechnology in the Military by Will Soutter, discusses the many ways in which the government is investing in nanotechnology research for military use. The article points out that nanotechnology is something that many countries are starting to spend large amounts of money to fund research on ways to use nanotechnology for military advancement. The main focus for military advancement through nanotechnology would be better medical care and better clothing for protection and to communicate. In the article the Ministry of Defense predicts that nano-bots could soon be used to help with medical care. In addition, communication devices could be nano-enhanced by 2030. Researchers are looking for ways to use nanotechnology to improve
These forms can be classified into nanospheres and nanocapsules. Nanospheres are solid, monolithic spheres made of dense polymer matrix, wherein the active ingredient is dispersed, while nano-capsules creating reservoirs, made of polymer membrane contiguous the drug in solid or liquid form (Bucolo and Salomone, 2012). The drug absorption mechanism from nano-spheres or nano-capsules after their application to conjunctival sac includes dispersion of the drug and degradation of the polymer (Rathore, and Nema, 2009). The advantages of nanoparticles as an ophthalmic dosage form, rise corneal infiltration and a larger dissolution area, which enhances of the drug bioavailability when compared to conventional eye drops (Bucolo, and Salomone,
The physicochemical properties of nanoparticles that have been identified as important factors in uptake and toxicity include crystal structure, size, surface charge, surface energy, and chemical composition [14].
Nanotechnology is a novel technology what generally deals with structures and systems with a size less than 100nm. [1] Due to its unique tiny size, the properties are quite different from bulk properties include physical properties, chemistry properties, biological properties. For example, gold in bulk form is inert, but in nano scale, it tends to be very active. Moreover, different sizes, structures, and surface areas of gold nanoparticles make it exhibit different colors.
Nanoparticles have a series of advantages, such as relatively high drug loading, stability in the body fluids and storage conditions, slow controlled release and targeting effect, and easily industrialized production,and they have thereforebecome the hot spot of brain targeted research [14, 15]. Nanoparticles could carry drugs through the BBB and act in the CNS; especially after surface modification they can avoidphagocytosis by thereticuloendothelial system to make drugs available through the BBB and significantly improve the concentration of drugs in the brain, which is becoming an important research field of the basic researchand application of drug delivery
The idea of nanotechnology was first discovered by nobel prize winner physicist Richard Feynman in 1959. In the 1980 the first SPM was developed by IBM scientist in zurich. In 1991 a new form of carbon was discovered, the nanotube which was soon later on used for one of the building block for nanomaterial and nanomachines. In 1986 a book written by Eric Drexler spared the public interest in nanotechnology since the the NNI started by president Bill Clinton invested millions which in 2020 would turn into one trillion dollars. Nanotechnology is used in many things today like sunscreen, cars, in computers, medicine and in many other things to come in the future and in today's day and
This book by Hornyak and partners brings into perspective an integrated introduction to the nanoscience and its applications. The book further presents illustrations in full color regarding nanotechnology. From these illustrations, I will be developing a detailed understanding of the fundamentals of nanotechnology. I will also be acquiring knowledge on the different aspects of nanotechnology including chemistry, physics, and biology. The authors also discuss the impacts of nanotechnology on the society, which is also an important part of my paper. I will be gathering information on industrial concerns associated with nanotechnology in manufacturing and safety. This will broaden my discussion to a better-informed approach in explaining implications of nanotechnology in the modern
Nanobots are said to be under the study of nanorobotics. “Nanorobotics is the technology of creating machines are robots close to nanometer(10^-9 meters)” (Abhilash, 2014). Since nanorobotics is under nanotechnology, it defines nanotechnology as study of very small technology. According to Abeer(2012), "Nanotechnology is a field of applied science focused on the design, synthesis, characterization and application of materials and devices on the nanoscale".
In the year 2000, the National Institute of Health (NIH) started the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) as a federal government program for facilitating and promoting the different nanoscience related research. In order to accomplish the target the NNI was launched as a broad program. The main aim behind of establishing the NNI was to coordinating and supporting the study, design, and exploration of nanomaterial. With extensive effort and support of NNI, the research related to health science was highly influenced and become revolutionized. Due to this impact the US government given the financial support to a good deal of research and development program and launched the interdisciplinary research. The new concept ‘Nanomedicine’ is also a result of merging the ‘Nanoscience and Nanotechnology’ discipline with ‘Medicine’. Similarly, the pharmaceutical scientist also adopted a terminology ‘Nanoscience’, and created the ‘Nanopharmaceuticals’ [1].
After discussing all the things that could be wrong with Nanotechnology we may as well go over what Nanotechnology could potentially help us with. As far as medicine goes we could create better pharmaceutical drugs, disease treatments and Nanomachine-assited surgery. In the environment they could be used for toxin clean up like oil spills, recycling, garbage consumption. They can also be helpful in
Nanoparticles are materials with overall dimensions less then one hundred nanometers, they are also known as zero-dimensional materials. These particles differ from other nanomaterials because all their dimensions are in nanoscale, apposed to one dimensional or two-dimensional nanomaterials which have one or two dimensions greater then a nanoscale. Nanoparticles have amazing applications in medicine pushing the boundaries of what we can accomplish in areas like medical imaging and drug and gene delivery. Nanoparticles are replacing conventional organic dyes used to dye tissue and cells for imagining with quantum dots. In drug delivery, they are using natural nano-polymers delivery methods to increase the solubility of drugs and prolong the
I first felt thrilled in pursuing scientific research, when I learned about critical aspect of materials chemistry in the elucidation of nanoparticles for drug delivery systems in organic chemistry with Prof. Sunasee. Since then, I host a passion for academic and research traing designed to prepare me for graduate studies in the development of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for healthcare. My primary research interests are in the fields of nanotechnology and materials chemistry for drug therapy and cancer biology (of the p53 and pro-apoptotic signal transduction pathways).
Nanotechnology is the development of atoms in a certain object. Nanotechnology has become very popular in the past few years. It is a way to rebuild the systems of life. To make systems move faster than ever before. Nanometer is about 10 times the size of an atom. Each of these has a huge effect on a system. Still there are questions out there that keep people wondering how important nanotechnology is to us. Many wonder how will it affect them and if we should continue this research. I myself wondered about nanotechnology. After researching this topic I have learned new and interesting facts to help me understand the entire concept.