Blog Post 8: Applications

1)  Nano-Filters: Inhibits materials from entering a fluid or gas you want to keep clean (air, water, compressed air, nitrogen, etc.), Nano allows for more precise control.  Filters are able to be porous enough to allow the desired fluid through, while blocking out the rest,with extreme precision.  http://www.nano.gov/nanotech-101/special


2)  NTO Explosive: preparation and characterization

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=11&hid=14&sid=a37d0fe5-da22-459b-a7cb-181918153175%40sessionmgr15&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=24876001

3) Chemical vapor deposition: a process of nanofabrication which deposits desired materials on the surface of a substrate surface by reaction or decomposition of that substrate with the desired materials.  http://www.nano.gov/nanotech-101/what/manufacturing


4) Self cleaning glass: The sun activates nano particals in the glass cleaning the immediate surface.
http://nanogloss.com/nanotechnology/applications-of-nanotechnology/#axzz1d8c0HaUf


5) Nano Pro Technology (NPT) in tires: With NPT we've been able to insert polymers that attach the to carbon black molecules and actually cause them to space themselves somewhat homogeneously. http://autos.aol.com/article/high-tech-tires/

6) Nanoknife: A new method used to remove tumors completely curing cancer. http://www.inova.org/healthcare-services/cancer/specialty-cancer-programs/center-for-interventional-oncology/treatment-options/nanoknife


7) Nano particles deliver chemo therapy drugs directly to the cancer cells for precise cancer treatment. http://www.understandingnano.com/medicine.html


8) Nanobots for cell reparation: Nanorobots could be programmed to repair specific diseased cells. http://www.understandingnano.com/medicine.html


9) Fuel Cells: A fuel cell is a device that converts energy from a fuel into electricity. Nano can help these devices due to improved use of surface area in cells. http://americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/basics.htm

10) Light-emitting diodes: LEDs are important to nanotechnology because they take advantage of the “electron and hole” phenomena, which is when an electron flows into a “hole”, the electrons energy is reduced and the result is the release of energy in the form of a photon.  

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/led.htm