NANO ENGR MATERIALS

A report for CHEM01

What is Nanomaterials \n

any organic, inorganic, or organometallic material that present chemical, physical, and/or electrical properties that change as a function of the size and shape of the material

Term of Nanomaterials

prefix nano, which means ‘dwarf’ in Greek

Nanomaterials’ behavior is often observe in what size range?

between 1 nm up to a few to several tens of nanometers in at least one dimension

What does “nano” depict?

something very small and depicts one thousand millionth of a meter (10−9 m)

What is Nanotechnology, according to the National Nanotechnology Initiative?

science, engineering and technology conducted at the nanoscale

What is Nanoscience?

study of structures and molecules on the scales of nanometers

What is the ability of Nanotechnology?

ability to observe, measure, manipulate, assemble, control, and manufacture matter at the nanometer scale

What does Nanotechnology utilizes?

practical applications across all the other science fields, such as chemistry, biology, physics, materials science, and engineering

How small is Nanotechnology?

One nanometer is a billionth of a meter, or 10-9 of a meter.

Nanometers in an inch?

25,400,000 nanometers

Thickness of sheet of newspaper?

100,000 nanometers

If a marble were a nanometer, then one meter would be?

the size of the Earth

A single human hair is how thick?

60,000 nm thickness

DNA double helix has a radius of?

1 nm