Nanoscience – working small, thinking big
Useful sites
Introduction to nanoscience (Rice University, USA)
Presents a series of slides that provide a good introduction to nanoscience. Includes a definition of the field, an explanation of how small a nanometre is and why small solids look and behave differently from large-scale objects.
Nanotechnology – what is it? (The Institute of Nanotechnology, UK)
A brief overview of nanotechnology, including some history.
The Twinkie guide to nanotechnology (Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, USA)
A video demonstrating the scale of nanoscience by comparing it to a Twinkie cake.
Nanotechnology introduction pages (Nanotechnology Now)
Covers many aspects of nanotechnology such as 'Current uses', 'Ethics of nanotechnology' and 'Predictions'.
What is nanotechnology? (Institute of Physics, UK)
Addresses some of the misconceptions that have grown up around the field.
Nanohouse (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Describes a new Australian initiative to design and build a new type of ultra-energy efficient house that will exploit the new materials being developed by nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology: It's a small, small, small, small world by Ralph C. Merkle (Actionbioscience.org, USA)
Describes the advantages and potential uses of molecular manufacturing.
The future is small (The Lab, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The science of nanotechnology has some big implications and maybe a dark side too.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (transcripts)
Nanotechnology: Nature's toy box (Background Briefing, 14 November 2004)
Looks at both the remarkable possibilities and potential risks of nanotechnology.
The house that nano built (The Buzz, 31 March 2003)
An interview with the coordinator of the nano-house project at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Nanotechnology – mind the gap (The Buzz, 24 February, 2003)
Covers the social and ethnical consequences of nanotechnology.
Bachelor of nanotechnology (The Buzz, 15 October, 2001)
Discusses the nanotechnology degree being offered at the University of New South Wales.
Nanotechnology (The Science Show, 24 February, 2001)
Features comments from two scientists working with nanometre-scale electronic computers.
Nanoscience – where physics, chemistry and biology collide (Australian Academy of Science)
Proceedings of the Australian Academy of Science's 2003 annual symposium. Presentations cover biological, chemical, engineering and environmental aspects of nanoscience.
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