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Nanotechnology is a part of science and technology about the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale - this means things that are about 100 nanometres or smaller.

Nanotechnology includes making products that use parts this small, such as electronic devices, catalysts, sensors, etc. To give you an idea of how small that is, there are more nanometres in an inch than there are inches in 400 miles.

To give a international idea of how small that is, there are as many nanometres in a centimetre, as there are centimetres in 100 kilometres.

Nanotechnology brings together scientists and engineers from many different subjects, such as applied physics, materials science, interface and colloid science, device physics, chemistry, supramolecular chemistry (which refers to the area of chemistry that focuses on the non-covalent bonding interactions of molecules), self-replicating machines and robotics, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biology, biological engineering, and electrical engineering.

Generally, when people talk about nanotechnology, they mean structures of the size 100 nanometers or smaller. There are one million nanometers in a millimeter. Nanotechnology tries to make materials or machines of that size.

People are doing many different types of work in the field of nanotechnology. Most current work looks at making nanoparticles (particles with nanometer size) that have special properties, such as the way they scatter light, absorb X-rays, transport electrical currents or heat, etc. At the more "science fiction" end of the field are attempts to make small copies of bigger machines or really new ideas for structures that make themselves. New materials are possible with nano size structures. It is even possible to work with single atoms.

There has been a lot of discussion about the future of nanotechnology and its dangers. Nanotechnology may be able to invent new materials and instruments which would be very useful, such as in medicine, computers, and making clean electricity (nanoelectromechanical systems) is helping design the next generation of solar panels, and efficient low-energy lighting). On the other hand, nanotechnology is new and there could be unknown problems. For example if the materials are bad for people's health or for nature. They may have a bad effect on the economy or even big natural systems like the Earth itself. Some groups argue that there should be rules about the use of nanotechnology.

Ideas of nanotechnology were first used in talk "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom", a talk given by the scientist Richard Feynman at an American Physical Society meeting at Caltech on December 29, 1959. Feynman described a way to move individual atoms to build smaller instruments and operate at that scale. Properties such as surface tension and Van der walls force would become very important.

Feynman's simple idea seemed possible. The word "nanotechnology" was explained by Tokyo Science University Professor Norio Taniguchi in a 1974 paper. He said that nanotechnology was the work of changing materials by one atom or by one molecule. In the 1980s this idea was studied by Dr. K. Eric Drexler, who spoke and wrote about the importance of nano-scale events . "Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology" (1986) is thought to be the first book on nanotechnology. Nanotechnology and Nano science started with two key developments: the start of cluster science and the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Soon afterwards, new molecules with carbon were discovered - first fullerenes in 1986 and carbon nanotubes a few years later. In another development, people studied how to make semiconductor nano crystals. Many metal oxide nanoparticles are now used as quantum dots (nanoparticles where the behaviour of single electrons becomes important). In 2000, the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative began to develop science in this field.

Nanotechnology has nanomaterials which can be classified into one, two and three dimensions nanoparticles. This classification is based upon different properties it holds such as scattering of light, absorbing x rays, transport electric current or heat. Nanotechnology has multidisciplinary character affecting multiple traditional technologies and different scientific disciplines. New materials which can be scaled even at atomic size can be manufactured.

At nano scale physical properties of system or particles substantially change. Physical properties such as quantum size effects where electrons move different for very small sizes of particle. Properties such as mechanical, electrical and optical changes when macroscopic system changes to microscopic one which is of utmost importance.

Nano materials and particles can act as catalyst to increase the reaction rate along with that produce better yield as compared to other catalyst. Some of the most interesting properties when particle gets converted to nano scale are substances which usually stop light become transparent (copper); it becomes possible to burn some materials (aluminum); solids turn into liquids at room temperature (gold); insulators become conductors (silicon). A material such as gold, which does not react with other chemicals at normal scales, can be a powerful chemical catalyst at nanoscales. These special properties which we can only see at the nano scale are one of the most interesting things about nanotechnology.

Comparison of Nanomaterials Sizes

Buckminsterfullerene C60, also known as the buckyball, is a representative member of the carbon structures known as fullerenes. Members of the fullerene family are a major subject of research falling under the nanotechnology umbrella.

Image of reconstruction on a clean Gold(100) surface, as visualized using scanning tunneling microscopy. The positions of the individual atoms composing the surface are visible.

Graphical representation of a rotaxane, useful as a molecular switch.

This DNA tetrahedron is an artificially designed nanostructure of the type made in the field of DNA nanotechnology. Each edge of the tetrahedron is a 20 base pair DNA double helix, and each vertex is a three-arm junction.

Rotating view of C60, one kind of fullerene.

This device transfers energy from nano-thin layers of quantum wells to nanocrystals above them, causing the nanocrystals to emit visible light.

Typical AFM setup. A microfabricated cantilever with a sharp tip is deflected by features on a sample surface, much like in a phonograph but on a much smaller scale. A laser beam reflects off the backside of the cantilever into a set of photodetectors, allowing the deflection to be measured and assembled into an image of the surface.

One of the major applications of nanotechnology is in the area of nanoelectronics with MOSFET's being made of small nanowires ~10 nm in length. Here is a simulation of such a nanowire.

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Citation: Nikalje AP (2015) Nanotechnology and its Applications in Medicine. Med chem 5: 081-089. doi:10.4172/2161-0444.1000247

due to presence of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic environments

[12]. Tissue damage by drug can be prevented with drug delivery, by

regulated drug release. With drug delivery systems larger clearance

of drug from body can be reduced by altering the pharmacokinetics

of the drug. Potential nano drugs will work by very specic and well-

understood mechanisms; one of the major impacts of nanotechnology

and nanoscience will be in leading development of completely new

drugs with more useful behavior and less side eects.

usnano particles are promising tools for the advancement ofdrug

delivery, asdiagnostic sensors andbio imaging. e bio-distribution of

these nanoparticles is still imperfect due to the complex host's reactions

to nano- and micro sized materials and the diculty in targeting

specic organs in the body. Eorts are made to optimize and better

understand the potential and limitations of nano particulate systems.

In the excretory system study of mice dendrimers are encapsulated

for drug deliver of positively-charged gold nano particles, which were

found to enter the kidneys while negatively-charged gold nanoparticles

remained in the important organs like spleen and liver. e positive

surface charge of the nanoparticle decreases the rate of opsonization

of nanoparticles in the liver, thus aecting the excretory pathway. Due

to small size of 5nm, nano particles can get stored in the peripheral

tissues, and therefore can get collected in the body over time. us

nano particles can be used successfully and eciently for targeting and

distribution, further research can be done on nano toxicity so that its

medical uses can be increased and improved [13].

e applications of nano particles in drug delivery

Abraxane, is albumin bound paclitaxel, a nano particle used

for treatment of breast cancer and non-small- cell lung cancer

(NSCLC). Nano particles are used to deliver the drug with enhanced

eectiveness for treatment for head and neck cancer, in mice model

study ,which was carried out at fromRice University and University

of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. e reported treatment uses

Cremophor ELwhich allows thehydrophobicpaclitaxel to be delivered

intravenously. When the toxic Cremophor is replaced with carbon

nano particles its side eects diminished and drug targeting was much

improved and needs a lower dose of the toxic paclitaxel [14].

Nano particle chain was used to deliverthe drug doxorubicin to

breast cancer cells in a mice study at Case Western Reserve University.

e scientists prepared a 100 nm long nano particle chain by chemically

linking three magnetic,iron-oxidenano spheres, to one doxorubicin-

loaded liposome. Aer penetration of the nano chains inside the

tumor magnetic nanoparticles were made to vibrate by generating,

radiofrequency eld which resulted in the rupture of the liposome,

thereby dispersing the drug in its free form throughout the tumor.

Tumor growth was halted more eectively by nanotechnology than the

standard treatment with doxorubicin and is less harmful to healthy cells

as very less doses of doxorubicin were used [15,16].

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) nano particles carrying payload

of antibioticsat its core were used to target bacterial infection more

precisely inside the body, as reported by scientists of MIT. e nano

delivery of particles, containing a sub-layer ofpH sensitive chains of

theamino acidhistidine, is used to destroy bacteria that have developed

resistance to antibiotics because of the targeted high dose and prolonged

release of the drug. Nanotechnology can be eciently used to treat

various infectious diseases [17,18].

Researchers in the Harvard UniversityWyss Institute have used

the biomimeticstrategy in a mouse model .Drug coated nano particles

were used to dissolve blood clots by selectively binding to the narrowed

regions in the blood vessels as theplateletsdo [19]. Biodegradable nano

particle aggregates were coated withtissue plasminogen activator, tPA,

were injectedintravenously which bind and degrade the blood clots.

Due to shear stresses in the vessel narrowing region dissociation of the

aggregates occurs and releases the tPA-coated nano particles. e nano

therapeutics can be applied greatly to reduce the bleeding, commonly

found in standardthrombosis treatment.

e researchers in the University of Kentucky have created

X-shapedRNAnano particles, which can carr y four functional modules.

ese chemically and thermodynamically stable RNA molecules are

able of remaining intact in the mouse body for more than 8 hours and to

resist degradation byRNAsin the blood stream. ese X-shaped RNA

can be eectively performing therapeutic and diagnostic functions.

ey regulate gene expression and cellular function, and are capable of

binding to cancer cells with precision, due to its design [20,21].

Minicell nano particle are used in early phase clinical trial for

drug delivery for treatment of patients with advanced and untreatable

cancer. e minicells are built from the membranes of mutant bacteria

and were loaded withpaclitaxeland coated withcetuximab, antibodies

and used for treatment of a variety of cancers. e tumor cells engulf

the minicells. Once inside the tumor, the anti-cancer drug destroys the

tumor cells. e larger size of minicells plays a better prole in side-

eects. e minicell drug delivery system uses lower dose of drug and

has less side-eects can be used to treat a number of dierent cancers

with dierent anti-cancer drugs [22,23].

Nano sponges are important tools [24] in drug delivery, due to

their small size and porous nature they can bind poorly-soluble drugs

within their matrix and improve their bioavailability. ey can be made

to carry drugs to specic sites, thus help to prevent drug and protein

degradation and can prolong drug release in a controlled manner.

Proteins and Peptide Delivery

Protein and peptides are macromolecules and are called

biopharmaceuticals. ese have been identied for treatment of

various diseases and disorders as they exert multiple biological actions

in human body. Nano materials like nano particles and dendrimers

are called as nano biopharmaceuticals , are used for targeted and/or

controlled delivery.

Applications

Nano particles were found useful in delivering the myelin antigens,

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Imagine a world where microscopic medical implants patrol our arteries, diagnosing ailments and fighting disease; where military battle-suits deflect explosions; where computer chips are no bigger than specks of dust; and where clouds of miniature space probes transmit data from the atmospheres of Mars or Titan.

Many incredible claims have been made about the futures nanotechnological applications, but what exactly does nano mean, and why has controversy plagued this emerging technology?

Nanotechnology is science and engineering at the scale of atoms and molecules. It is the manipulation and use of materials and devices so tiny that nothing can be built any smaller.

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Nanomaterials are typically between 0.1 and 100 nanometres (nm) in size with 1 nm being equivalent to one billionth of a metre (10-9 m).

This is the scale at which the basic functions of the biological world operate and materials of this size display unusual physical and chemical properties. These profoundly different properties are due to an increase in surface area compared to volume as particles get smaller and also the grip of weird quantum effects at the atomic scale.

If 1 nanometre was roughly the width of a pinhead, then 1 metre on this scale would stretch the entire distance from Washington, DC to Atlanta around 1000 kilometres. But a pinhead is actually one million nanometres wide. Most atoms are 0.1 to 0.2 nm wide, strands of DNA around 2 nm wide, red blood cells are around 7000 nm in diameter, while human hairs are typically 80,000 nm across.

Unwittingly, people have made use of some unusual properties of materials at the nanoscale for centuries. Tiny particles of gold for example, can appear red or green a property that has been used to colour stained glass windows for over 1000 years.

Nanotechnology is found elsewhere today in products ranging from nanometre-thick films on self-cleaning windows to pigments in sunscreens and lipsticks.

The idea of nanotechnology was born in 1959 when physicist Richard Feynman gave a lecture exploring the idea of building things at the atomic and molecular scale. He imagined the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica written on the head of a pin.

However, experimental nanotechnology did not come into its own until 1981, when IBM scientists in Zurich, Switzerland, built the first scanning tunnelling microscope (STM). This allows us to see single atoms by scanning a tiny probe over the surface of a silicon crystal. In 1990, IBM scientists discovered how to use an STM to move single xenon atoms around on a nickel surface in an iconic experiment, with an inspired eye for marketing, they moved 35 atoms to spell out IBM.

Further techniques have since been developed to capture images at the atomic scale, these include the atomic force microscope (AFM), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the even a kind of modified light microscope.

Other significant advances were made in 1985, when chemists discovered how to create a soccer-ball-shaped molecule of 60 carbon atoms, which they called buckminsterfullerene (also known as C60 or buckyballs). And in 1991, tiny, super-strong rolls of carbon atoms known as carbon nanotubes were created. These are six times lighter, yet 100 times stronger than steel.

Both materials have important applications as nanoscale building blocks. Nanotubes have been made into fibres, long threads and fabrics, and used to create tough plastics, computer chips, toxic gas detectors, and numerous other novel materials. The far future might even see the unique properties of nanotubes harnessed to build a space elevator.

More recently, scientists working on the nanoscale have created a multitude of other nanoscale components and devices, including:

Tiny transistors, superconducting quantum dots, nanodiodes, nanosensors, molecular pistons, supercapacitors, biomolecular motors, chemical motors, a nano train set, nanoscale elevators, a DNA nanowalking robot, nanothermometers, nano containers, the beginnings of a miniature chemistry set, nano-Velcro, nanotweezers, nano weighing scales, a nano abacus, a nano guitar, a nanoscale fountain pen, and even a nanosized soldering iron.

Engineering at the nanoscale is no simple feat, and scientists are having to come up with completely different solutions to build from the bottom-up rather than using traditional top-down manufacturing techniques.

Some nanomaterials, such as nanowires and other simple devices have been shown to assemble themselves given the right conditions, and other experiments at larger scales are striving to demonstrate the principles of self-assembly. Microelectronic devices might be persuaded to grow from the ground-up, rather like trees.

Researchers are also finding ways to put proteins, DNA, viruses and bacteria and other micro-organisms to work in building nanomaterials, and also taking other inspiration from the natural world.

Some problems have arisen due to a lack of consistency in measuring distances at the nanoscale, but an atomic lattice nanoruler could improve accuracy.

In the short term, the greatest advances through nanotechnology will come in the form of novel medical devices and processes, new catalysts for industry and smaller components for computers.

In medicine, we are already seeing research on: New ways to deliver drugs with contact lenses; the directing of drugs to tumours with tiny smart bombs; gold nano-bullets that seek-and-destroy tumours; starving cancer with nanoparticles; diagnosing diseases such as Alzheimers, monitoring health and fighting sickness with tiny probes; and growing new organs from scratch.

And biochemists are hoping to deploy viruses as nanocameras to get a clearer picture of what is going on inside cells.

In computing nanoscience may lead to smaller or more powerful microchips with increased capacity and dramatic reductions in the size of hard discs. Some experiments have even shown that it might be possible to manufacture tiny parts for computers inside bacteria. Quantum computing and quantum cryptography also rely on advances in nanotechnology. In fact, existing computer chips are already manufactured taking advantage of techniques at the nanoscale.

In environmental science nanotechnology is providing ways to detect and filter bacteria and toxins out of water supplies and clear up heavy metal and organic chemical pollution.

Nanoscience has already benefited the environment with the development of the catalytic converter which detoxifies engine fumes the world over. Further innovations are leading to smaller, more efficient batteries, advanced solar power and fuel cells and catalytic diesel additives that improve fuel efficiency.

In addition, new and powerful light-emitting diodes (LEDs) may soon replace conventional light bulbs, offering huge energy savings. LEDs are built with semiconductors, increasingly developed at the nanoscale.

In military technology governments are splashing cash on developing new, lightweight equipment and weapons, bullet-proof battle-suits that can morph to provide camouflage or even stiffen to provide splints for broken limbs, and nanosensors that might detect chemical or biological perils.

Nanoparticles are currently in use in 120 millimetre tank rounds and may soon be used in other types of munitions their larger surface area to volume ratio makes them especially reactive.

Despite the fact that it still has relatively few commercial applications, nanotechnology has generated criticism from environmental groups and others such as the UKs Prince Charles who fear as-yet-unknown risks to human health and the environment.

Critics have called for a moratorium on research, arguing that we know little about the toxicological effects of nanoparticles, and that there are no regulations to control them nanotechnology advocates simply call this scaremongering, and fail to understand what all the fuss is about.

Futurist K Eric Drexler credited with coining the term nanotechnology dreamed up one possible nightmare scenario in his1986 book Engines of Creation. Though he now deems it an unlikely scenario, Drexler stirred fears about nanotechnology by painting a future where tiny, self-replicating nanobots run amok, digesting life on earth and reducing everything to a grey goo.

The few experimental studies to date into the health impact of nanoparticles reveal that high concentrations of nanotubes could damage the lungs of rats and mice. One 2004 study hinted that buckyballs can accumulate and cause brain damage in fish.

A report, independently commissioned in 2003 by the environmental group Greenpeace, acknowledged that while there could be risks from nanotechnology the field could generate significant innovations to benefit the environment. A 2004 report, commissioned by the UK government, argued that most nanotechnology presents few novel risks, but recommended more research, along with new regulations to control the technology.

An open public debate on the development and future of nanotechnology may be the best way to stop it becoming embroiled in the same kind of furore that has surrounded GM organisms.

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UNC-Chapel Hill is one of the leaders in research devoted to nanotechnology. Currently, there is limited occupational safety information on nanoparticles and nanomaterials in the university research environment. The Department of Environment, Health & Safety wants to ensure that employees using nanotechnology are aware of the potential hazards and risks involved and the control measures that should be utilized to limit exposures. The UNC-CH Nanotechnology Safety Policy proactively addresses the safety issues in the emerging field of nanotechnology and ensures that University employees performing nanotechnology research are aware of the potential hazards and risks involved and the control measures that should be utilized to limit exposures.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have published a pamphlet on Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace. If you perform nanotechnology research please review and discuss with your principal investigator and colleagues. The pamphlet will inevitably generate additional questions regarding proper engineering controls and personal protective equipment (PPE) specific to the nanotechnology research your laboratory performs. The Department of Environment, Health & Safety has generated aSummary of Recommended Nanomaterial Risk Levels that will help when addressing these issues and performing a risk assessment on your specific research.

Several additional nanotechnology safety resources are also listed below. If you have further questions or would like a workplace nanotechnology safety evaluation please contact Chemical Safety at chemsafety@office.unc.edu.

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Solar technology is approaching a new future thanks to pioneering steps in nanotechnology. One such development is Nextgen Nanos patented Polypower, which uses biopolymers in solar cells, and is part of the next generation of solar technology.

The nanotechnology solution is not only better for the planet due to the use of biopolymers in manufacturing, but it is also very inexpensive compared to other types of solar technology.

This combination of low resource and carbon cost with low economic cost does not get in the way of efficiency. Emerging organic photovoltaic technology such as Polypower is rapidly advancing in terms of conversion efficiency, with some research solar cell efficiencies being as high as 17.4%.

The solar, energy and nanotechnology industries will surely look to the biopolymer solar cell efficiencies (resources, economics and energy transfer) achieved by Nextgen Nano as they continually seek effective ways of producing the energy that society needs without destroying the planet.

Nextgen Nano is a UK-based nanotechnology company with a core mission to decentralize energy distribution to produce a deliberate positive environmental impact.

The company is strategically positioned to exploit developments in nanotechnology and biopolymer research for the ongoing and vital progression of renewables such as solar technology.

This technology strategy is led by inventor and CTO Dr Franky So, with Chairman Matthew Stone providing commercialization expertise.

Dr Franky So is the current Walter and Ida Freeman Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State Universitys Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He holds 80 patents, is editor-in-chief of Materials Science and Engineering Reports, and serves as an editor and lecturer with IEEE.

Matthew Stone founded Nextgen Nano and is the companys chief financial backer. His extensive networks in research and industry, and specialist experience in bringing new technology to the market, ensure that Nextgen Nanos impact can be felt in the energy industry and beyond.

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As well as biopolymer-based solar cells with Polypower, Nextgen Nano have also developed a range of OLEDs (organic LEDs) called Newfusion. With both projects, Nextgen Nano pushes the envelope in biopolymers and organic materials, using cutting-edge nanotechnology to create innovative solutions to some of societys most pressing problems.

Polypower combines advanced nanotechnology and biopolymer materials to produce an efficient solar cell.

To create solar cells, Nextgen Nano uses biopolymers, which are organically grown materials with polymer properties such as a crystalline structure and covalent bonds in a pattern.

With an industry-leading nanotechnology-based manufacturing process, Nextgen Nano applies the biopolymer-based photovoltaic material in a thin layer to produce flexible and durable solar cells.

Traditional silicon solar cells tend to be brittle, static, expensive and highly resource-intensive in the manufacturing process.

Polypowers thin film application makes the product much more rugged and dynamic. Its use of organically grown biopolymers (a nanotechnology process referred to as bottom-up manufacturing) instead of finite and polluting resources such as silicon effectively minimizes damage to the environment during production.

This next-generation solar technology has been referred to as organic photovoltaics (OPV). To begin to see real cost benefits in the solar technology industry, OPV technology such as Polypower is one of the most promising steps towards carbon neutrality and widespread applicability for solar.

As well as producing next-generation solar technology with high energy conversion efficiency, low costs, and minimal use of polluting and rare resources, Polypower supports Nextgen Nanos mission of decentralizing energy supply and putting power into the hands of the individual.

The company believes that future energy supply must move past the century-old model of large, central power generators sending consumers electricity over vast electric grids. There are significant efficiency, autonomy and cost gains to be made if energy can be produced on small scales and used at source.

This type of technology allows individual users to collect their own energy in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way. Traditional solar cells are too large, brittle and static for this kind of purpose.

Using nanotechnology to make solar-powered phones and reduce waste

Due to thin film nanotechnology, Polypower can be applied to virtually any surface, including roofs and vehicles. Widespread adoption of this kind of energy supply would drastically reduce wastage in energy transfer and distribution.

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The next generation of solar technology being pioneered by Nextgen Nano is vital to the energy industry.

It is essential that renewable energy solutions such as solar are cost and resource-effective to slow the dangerous release of carbon into the planets atmosphere. This is one necessary step to avoiding the climate crisis that the earth currently faces.

The Polypower project is an exciting development in OPVs and solar technology in general.

The combination of biopolymers with nanotechnology processes will be noted around the world by any industry with interest in reducing energy costs (economic and environmental) and decentralizing networks of technology that require electric power to work.

Nextgen Nano will be seeking to bring Polypower to market and commercialize it with the benefit of their research-to-industry project experience.

When this type of next-generation solar technology is widely adopted, the future of decentralized energy that Nextgen Nano is working towards can be realized.

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