NANOMATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ?

• Nanoscale materials are defined as a set of substances where at least one

dimension is less than approximately 100 nanometres.
• Nanotechnology is the design,fabrication and application of nanomaterials
and the fundamental understanding of the relationships between physical
properties or phenomena and material dimensions.
HISTORY

• The first ever concept was presented in 1959 by physicist Dr. Richard P.
Feynman.
• Invention of the scanning tunneling microscope in 1981 and the discovery of
fullerene in 1985 led to the emergence of nanotechnology.
• The term nanotechnology has been termed by Norio Taniguchi in 1974.
HOW SMALL IS NANO
 Why Small is
good

More Energy Can get into Shows

Faster Lighter Cheaper Efficient Small Space Different
Properties
 Factors Affecting
Properties of
Nanomaterial

Large S/V Ratio Quantum Effect Reduced

imperfection
 Classification
of
Nanomaterial

Zero Dimension One Dimension Two Dimension Three

Dimension
 Synthesis of
Nanomaterials

Bottom- Up Top- Down

Approach Approach
 Source of
Nanomaterials

Naturally Incidental Engineering

Occurring Man-Made Man-Made
Creation creation
 Properties that
Changes at
nanoscale

Physical Chemical Optical Electrical Magnetic Mechanical

Property Property Property Property Property Property
OPTICAL PROPERTY

• The optical properties of nanomaterials depend

on parameters such as:
-Feature Size
-Shape
-Surface Characteristics
- Doping Level
- Interaction with the Surrounding Environment
MAGNETIC PROPERTY