THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008

NANAOTECHNOLOGY
Introduction to the Seminar on Nanotechnology
1.Nanotechnology is defined as fabrication of devices with atomic or molecular
scale precision.
2.Devices with minimum feature sizes less than 100 nanometers (nm) are
considered to be products of nanotechnology.
3. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter (10-9 m) and is the unit of length that
is generally most appropriate for describing the size of single molecules.
4.The first revolutionary applications of nanotechnology will be in computer
science and medicine.

Nanotechnology in IT Field
1.A branch of computer science that is allowing rapid progress to be made in
nanotechnology is the computer simulation of molecular scale events.
2. Molecular simulation is able to provide and predict data about molecular
systems that would normally require enormous effort to obtain physically.
3.By organizing virtual atoms in a molecular simulation environment, one can
effectively model nanoscale systems.
4.For nanoscale systems, simulations and theory infact have provided novel
properties that has led to new designs, materials and systems for nanotechnology
applications.
EXAMPLE:carbon nanotubes applications in molecular electronics

Nanotechnology in Medical Field

Molecular medicine, bioinformatics and biomolecular nanotechnology are rapidly

increasing our ability to heal and stay healthy.

BIOTECHNOLOGY:
1. All living organisms are composed of molecules, molecular biology has become
the primary focus of biotechnology.
2.Living systems are able to live because of the vast amount of highly ordered
molecular machinery from which they are built.
3.The central dogma of molecular biology states that the information required to
build a living cell or organism is stored in the DNA.
4.This information is transferred from the DNA to the proteins by the processes
called transcription and translation.
5.Molecular biology is a field in which the study of these interactions has led to
the discovery of numerous pharmaceuticals that have been enormously effective
in curing disease.

ROLE OF NANOTECH:
1.First of all it shows the abilities of molecular scale machinery. Copying,
borrowing and learning tricks from nature is one of the primary techniques used
by nanotechnology and has been termed biomimetics.
2. Secondly, our ability to design synthetic, semi-synthetic and natural molecular
machinery gives us an enormous potential for curing disease and preserving life.

Nanotechnology in Robotics

NANOROBOTS:
Nanorobots are theoretical microscopic devices measured on the scale of
nanometers.
Nanomedicine:
1.Nanorobots are so tiny that they can easily traverse the human body. Scientists
report the exterior of a nanorobot will likely be constructed of carbon atoms in a
diamondoid structure because of its inert properties and strength.
2.Glucose or natural body sugars and oxygen might be a source for propulsion,
and the nanorobot will have other biochemical or molecular parts depending on
its task.
3.Nanorobots will possess at least rudimentary two-way communication; will
respond to acoustic signals; and will be able to receive power or
even re-programming instructions from an external source via sound waves.
4.A network of special stationary nanorobots might be strategically positioned
throughout the body, logging each active nanorobot as it passes, then reporting
those results, allowing an interface to keep track of all of the devices in the body.
5. A doctor could not only monitor a patient’s progress but change the
instructions of the nanorobots in vivo to progress to another stage of healing.
When the task is completed, the nanorobots would be flushed from the body.

RECENT DEVELOPMENT Molecular nanotechnology (MNT).

1.Robert A. Freitas Jr., nanomedicine, envisions nanorobots manufactured in
manufactories is an example of one type of medical nanorobot he has designed
that would act as a red blood cell.
2.The entire nanorobot which Freitas dubbed a respirocyte, consists of 18-billion
atoms and can hold up to 9-billion O2 and CO2 molecules, or just over 235 times
the capacity of a human red blood cell.
3.This increased capacity is made possible because of the diamond structure
supports greater pressures than a human cell.
4.Sensors on the nanorobot would trigger the molecular rotors to either release
gasses, or collect them, depending on the needs of the surrounding tissues.
5. A healthy dose of these nanorobots injected into a patient in solution, Freitas
explains, would allow someone to comfortably sit underwater near the drain of
the backyard pool for nearly four hours, or run at full speed for 15 minutes before
taking a breath.

ADVANTAGE:-
1.Raw material for making the nanorobots would be nearly cost-free, and the
process virtually pollution-free, making nanorobots an extremely affordable and
highly attractive technology.
2.nanorobots applied to medicine hold a wealth of promise from eradicating
disease to reversing the aging process (wrinkles, loss of bone mass and age-
related conditions are all treatable at the cellular level.
3.In great swarms they might clean the air of carbon dioxide, repair the hole in
the ozone, scrub the water of pollutants, and restore our ecosystems.

Nanotechnology in Electronics
1.As transistors such as the Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
(MOSFET ) one of the primary components used in integrated circuits) is made
smaller, both its properties and manufacturing expense change with the scale.
2.Currently, Ultraviolet light is used to create the silicon circuits with a lateral
resolution around 200 nm (the wavelength of ultraviolet light).
3.As the circuits shrink below 100 nm new fabrication methods must be created,
resulting in increasing costs.
4.Furthermore, once the circuit size reaches only a few nanometers, quantum
effects such as tunneling begin to become important, which drastically changes
the ability for the computers to function normally.
5. Thus, novel methods for computer chip fabrication have been and are being
intensely sought by microchip manufactures.

Nano Mirrors

1.The objective is to quantify aerial image in terms of important parameters such

as normalized image log slope, contrast, and spots/min feature size, to come up
with the most robust method of gray-scaled pattern generation using analog
modulation of micromirrors.

Nanosprings (Belts)

1.The objective is to quantify aerial image in terms of important parameters such

as normalized image log slope, contrast, and spots/min feature size, to come up
with the most robust method of gray-scaled pattern generation using analog
modulation of micromirrors.

Nanotubes & Nanobearings

1.This is a computer-rendered model of a partially telescoped nanotube with a

Leonardo DaVinci manuscript as the background.
2.In the manuscript, DaVinci considers the construction of bearings, and also the
frictional forces that might be encountered in bearings and sliding surfaces.
3. He also has a drawing of a constant force spring (a mass hanging from a cord
over a pulley).
4. A nanotube bearing may be the ultimate realization of some of DaVinci's
dreams:
Here is the same model without the DaVinci manuscript in the background

NANOMOTOR

1. The small Nanomotor is half the size of a match stick.

2.It can lift six times of its own mass. The dynamic force of this Nanomotor is so
high that even imprints in diamond surfaces can be produced.
3.Special versions of the Nanomotor can operate in ultra high vacuum, in liquid
helium, even under water or as non-magnetic drives.