NANOTECHNOLOGY – A REVOLUTION IN

THE MAKING

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Abstract: There is a growing

This paper mainly sense in the scientific and

includes the nuances of technical community that we

nanotechnology and how it is are about to enter a golden

going to be a break through new era. We are about to be

in all the technologies like able to build things that work

DNA ,RNA, scientific on the smallest possible

instruments etc..,. length scales, atom by atom

Specifically we have with the ultimate level of

concentrated on the finesse, which is the concept

application of of nanotechnology.

nanotechnology in IT field in An initiative,

the DESIGN OF SILICON “Nanotechnology for the

CHIP and FEW NOTES Twenty-First Century:

ON ELECTRICAL AND Leading to a New Industrial

SOFT Revolution”. The initiative

NANOTECHNOLOGIES. will support long term

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nanotechnology research and physical, chemical and

development, which will lead biological properties,

to breakthroughs in phenomena and processes

information technology, because of their small nano

advanced manufacturing, scale size. Structural features

medicine and health, in the range of about 10-9 to

environment and energy, and 10-7 m (1 to 100

national security. The impact nanometers) determine

of nanotechnology on the important changes as

health, wealth and lives of compared to the behavior of

people will be at least the isolated molecules (1

equivalent to the combined nanometer) or of bulk

influences of materials. For comparison,

microelectronics, medical 10 nanometers are 1000

imaging, computer-aided times smaller than the

engineering and man-made diameter of a human hair.

polymers developed in this

century.

1. Nanotechnology

Definition

Nanotechnology is

concerned with materials and

systems whose structures and

components exhibit novel

and significantly improved

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 We can exploit

novel properties and

phenomena of nano-based

NANOTECHNOLOGY entities as we gain control of

structures and devices at the

atomic, molecular and super

molecular levels, and as we

learn how to efficiently

manufacture and use these

devices.

2. Revolution in the

Making: driving forces

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 It was not until the An atomic-scale

1980s that miniaturization of memory chip, made by

instruments actually surfaced removing individual atoms

in developments like from a silicon wafer, has

scanning tunneling been created by a team of

microscopes, force micro scientists led by Franz

scopes and near field Himpsel, professor of

microscopes. These physics. The feat, reported in

instrument classes exploited the journal Nanotechnology,

micro fabrication technology represents a first crude step

to enable nanometer toward a practical atomic-

resolution—a wide variety of scale memory where atoms

the “eyes” and “fingers” of silicon would represent the

required for nanostructure binary 1s and 0s that

measurement and computers use to store data

manipulation simulations of

nano structures.

3. Nanotechnology Impact:

The potential benefits of

nanotechnology are SILICON CHIP

pervasive: Semiconductor
In Information Industry Association (SIA)
Technology: let us see the has developed a roadmap for
application of the continued enhancements
nanotechnology in IT FIELD in miniaturization, speed and
in designing of silicon chip. power consumption

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reduction of information ultimately shift the focus of

processing devices—sensors patient care from disease

for signal acquisition, logic treatment to early detection

devices for processing, and/or prevention.

storage devices for memory . .

and displays for Applications include:

visualization. models with (a) net-shape manufacturing

critical scale lengths in the of nanostructured metals

100+ nm range. and ceramics;

each individual’s genetics, (b) improved printing

thereby enabling a revolution brought about by nanometer-

in diagnostics and scale particles that have the

therapeutics; best properties of both dyes

and pigments;

(c) nanoscale cemented and

plated carbides and

nanocoatings for cutting

tools, electronic, chemical

DNA TEMPLATES and structural applications;

and
materials based on their (d) nanofabrication on a chip
surface nanostructure; with high levels of
(e) Sensing systems, which complexity and functionality.
will allow the detection of Aeronautics and Space
emerging disease in the Exploration. The stringent
living body, and will fuel constraints for lifting

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payloads into earth orbit and The promise of

beyond, and the desire to nanotechnology must be

send spacecraft away from realized through a

the sun (diminished solar balanced investment:

power) for extended Nanostructure

missions, compel continued Properties: develop and

reduction in size, weight and extend our understanding of

power consumption of biological, chemical,

payloads. electronic, magnetic, optical,

4. Investment and structural properties in

Opportunities: nanostructures.

Nanoscale science Synthesis and Processing:

and engineering knowledge enable the atomic and

is exploding worldwide molecular control of material

because of the availability of building blocks, and

new investigative tools and engineering that provides the

interdisciplinary synergism, means to assemble and

and is driven by emerging utilize these tailored building

technologies and their blocks for new processes and

applications. New devices in a wide variety of

experimental and modeling applications. Extend the

tools have made possible traditional approaches to

such discoveries, opening patterning and

windows of research microfabrication to include

opportunities. parallel processing with

proximal probes, stamping

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and embossing. Particular - Nanoelectronics and

attention must be given to the information technology

interface with - Multi-scale, hierarchical

bionanostructures and modeling and simulation of

bioinspired structures, nanostructures and

multifuctional and adaptive nanoprocesses

nanostructures, scaling - Development of

approaches, and affordability experimental methods and

at commercial scales. devices to measure various

Modeling and Simulation: properties and phenomena at

accelerate the application of nanoscale; Combine

high performance measurement, manipulation

computation to the prediction and manufacturing tools;

of nanostructured properties - Connection to biology

and phenomena, and (biostructures & bio-inspired

materials by design. systems)

5. An Initiative: - Synthesis, assembly and

Leading to New Industrial processing of nanostructured

Revolution Role of materials ‘by design’

Government in nano science - System architecture and

and technology: devices

Nanotechnology research is - Focus on fundamentals that

in an early stage and has are broadly enabling of many

several promising Research areas of technology and that

areas: help industry to develop new

competitive, profitable

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products that industry would

not develop on its own.

Two currently useful

nanotechnologies are

1.electrical nanotechnology

This is a polymer matrix

which is used in conductor

polymers

Partnerships:

- Among disciplines (small

MOLECULAR BEAM group research)
EPITAXY REACTOR - Among institutions & types

of institutions (e.g.,

universities, industry,

government labs)

Conclusion:
2.Soft nanotechnology Time, change and

rate of change will be the

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significant factors in shaping observer that a concentration

the future of nano science of economic and human

and technology. The effort in the fields noted offer

Information Revolution will an effective use of the

provide the paradigm shift to limited developmental

stimulate this change. The resources available over the

infrastructure that will next decade.

encourage and ultimately REFERENCES:

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of future Kentucky science TECHNOLOGIES” BY

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additional support from all SEARCH::::NANO

sectors of the economy. TECHNOLOGY

The obvious starting

point is continuous Authorised By

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