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NANOTECHNOLOGY—BIG THINGS FROM A LITTLE WORLD
1. The introduction to this article lists seven ways that nanotechnology can help to address
the world’s biggest problems.
a. List the seven applications below:
b. Choose the application form above that you think is the most
interesting/important and state why in a few sentences
NANOWHAT?
2. Define nanotechnology
3. What is so special about the nanoscale?
4. How many nanometers thick is a piece of paper?
5. The diameter of a raindrop is how many times greater than the diameter of DNA (show
how you got your answer)
6. The width of a house is how many times greater than the width of a carbon nanotube
(Show how you obtained your answer)?
PUTTING TECHNOLOGY TO USE
1.
List three examples of products or processes using nanoscale materials:
2. What is meant by the “bottom up” approach to making things?
THE SKINNY ON NANOSCALE
1. How does gold behave differently on the nanoscale than at the bulk scale?
2. How are carbon nanotubes used today?
NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATION:
1. Choose any one of the applications discussed in the last five pages and write a one
paragraph summary