14-02-2012 08:12 NANOTECHNOLOGIES An adventure from small to even smaller In recent years great progress has been made in the study of small and even smaller objects. With electron and atomic force microscopes one can observe nanometer sizes ie the dimensions of a few atoms. Modern technology allows us to operate on objects of this order of magnitude and opens a new frontier of possible applications. Incredible possibilities are expected as well as new knowledge of that microscopic world bordering on the mysteries of chemical catalysts and the miracle of life. The movie presents at first the observation techniques used by the scientists in the different times to explore the matter with a progressively increasing spatial resolution, till the observation of single atoms, after the discovery of the atomic force microscope. Then the applications of nanostructured materials in different field of technology are considered, like medicine, catalysis, electronics, chemical products, structural materials with enhanced mechanical properties. In particular in medicine applications are considered concerning regenerative medicine, drug delivery systems and investigation of biomolecules like DNA, chromosomes, antibody, virues. http://www.iswaproject.eu
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