Monday, June 7, 2010
WHAT IS NANOTECHNOLOGY?
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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Source: biotecnologica.com y euroresidentes.com
Image: scienceblogs.com
Nanotechnology is the study, design, creation, synthesis, manipulation and application of materials, devices and functional systems through control of matter at the nano scale, and the exploitation of phenomena and properties of matter at the nano scale.
When handling the matter so minuscule scale of atoms and molecules, shows entirely new phenomena and properties. Therefore, scientists use nanotechnology to create materials, devices and innovative and inexpensive systems with unique properties.
The concept of nanotechnology encompasses the fields of science and technology in those studied, are obtained and / or handled in a controlled way materials, substances and devices of very small size, generally less than one micron, that is to say, at nanoscale. In this regard, there is a great interest from a full range of scientific and technical branches of knowledge for the importance of these nanoscale materials and substances as regards their application to society. This is not only motivated by the fact that they get important new properties to reduce the geometry of many materials.
So, the field of nanotechnology, in addition to the areas of knowledge related to its origin, such in physics, chemistry, engineering or robotics, other fields that in the beginning were not considered, but for those already today is of great importance, such as biology, medicine or the environment.