Unit 8: NanoTech + Art

Nanotechnology takes the idiom "more than meet your eye" to another step. Nanotechnology is technology at the individual atoms and molecules level. Our understanding of molecules and atoms is relatively new. It was only in 1897 that J.J. Thompson discovered the electron, which led him to create a "raisin pudding" model for the atom. 

Nanoscale devices are one hundred to ten thousand times smaller than human cells

Even though our understand of NanoTech is new, nano particles of various sizes are found in many products, from personal care to food. We have been using nano particles throughout history. For example, in stained glass. Artist discovered that adding small amounts of gold or silver into the glass could produce red or yellow colored glass

Medieval Stain Glass uses NanoTech

Nano particles are invisible to the naked eye. Yet it is the cutting edge of modern science. It is being used in everything from medicine to fashion. The possibilities are endless and exciting. Nanotech with its size can revolutionize our wold.   

Hydrophobic shirts are possible due to NanoTech

Sources:
"Nanoethics.org - The Ethics and Societal Impact of Nanotechnology." Nanoethics.org - The Ethics and Societal Impact of Nanotechnology. Web. 24 May 2015.

McCalley, Chris. "Age of Nanotechnology." National Cancer Institute. Web. 24 May 2015.

Gimzewski, Jim. "Nanotech Jim Pt. 1." YouTube. YouTube. Web. 24 May 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=111&v=4OWc8nmHJmY>.

Gimzewski, Jim. "Nanotech Jim Pt. 5." YouTube. YouTube. Web. 24 May 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=111&v=4OWc8nmHJmY>.

Gimzewski, Jim, and Victoria Vesna. "The Nanomeme Syndrome: Blurring of Fact & Fiction in the Construction of a New Science." Web. 24 May. 2015. <http://vv.arts.ucla.edu/publications/publications/02-03/JV_nano/JV_nano_artF5VG.htm>.