NANOTECHNOLOGY

LECTURER: IVANA ČIZMIĆ

UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT
UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
 Contents

 What is nanotechnology?
 Origin of nanotechnology
 Usage of nanotechnology
 Nanobots
 What is nanotechnology?

 Nano comes from a Greek word

which means extremely small

 Nanotechnology deals with the size from

1 – 100 nm range

 Nanotechnology is the art and science of

manipulating matter at the nanosize
 Origin of nanotechnology

 First mentioned by Dr. Richard Feynman

 1986 Dr. Eric Drexler introduced the term nanotechnology

 1980’s enhancements in the field

 Usage of nanotechnology

 Electronics

 Integrated circuits
 Nano adaptor
 Quantam computer
 Nano diode
 OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes):
 don’t require a backlight to function
 consume less energy
 produce brighter colours
 flexible
 Medicine

 Targeted drug delivery

 Tissue regeneration
 Artifical retina
 Production of materials that are

 Stronger
 Lighter
 Durable
 Precise
 Nanobots

 Do not exist yet

 Molecular manufacturing
 Medical nanobots
 Self – replicating
 Resources

 www.wikipedia.org
 www.futureforall.org
 www.youtube.com