STS M2 Flashcards
(49 cards)
is an emerging technology understood as control of matter at the nan-scale or one nanometer equivalent to one billionth of a meter.
Nanotechnology
_____ is an advanced interdisciplinary field that encompasses science and technology that manufactures materials of great help to the improvement of various areas of society especially health care, environment, energy, food, water, and agriculture
Nanotechnology
_________ who developed the term nanotechnology after a decade used this concept.
Professor Norio Taniguchi
The use of ____ is one important interdisciplinary area generated by advancement in science and technology.
nanoscale
The application of nanotechnology in medicine is known as ______.
nanomedicine
Refers to the use of nanotechnology in electric components.
Nanoelectronics
This refers to a variety of devices and materials on a nanoscale.
Nanoelectronics
Beneficial as it is nanoelectronics can reduce power consumption on electronic devices and allow to increase of capacity of memory chips.
Nanoelectronics
Even better, nanotechnology is also helping to make furniture less flammable; by coating the foam used in upholstered furniture with carbon nanofibers, manufacturers can reduce flammability by________
up to 35 percent.
Nanotechnology can also be used to optimize adhesives. Interestingly, most glues lose their stickiness at high temperatures, but a powerful “_______” not only withstands high temperatures – it gets stronger as the surrounding temperature increases.
“nano-glue”
We all know bird droppings can wreak havoc on car paintwork. To combat this, a company called______has produced a high-performance nanocoating that can be used to protect your car’s paintwork from bird poop. The company also makes coatings to protect car upholstery from stains and spillages.
Nanorepel
Nanotechnology helps tennis balls____________, and make tennis racquets stronger.
keep their bounce for longer
Without nanotechnology, we wouldn’t have many of the electronics we use in everyday life. Intel is undoubtedly a leader in tiny computer processors, and the latest generation of Intel’s Core processor technology is a__________.
10-nanometer chip
______ leads to the development of new products and improved materials.
Nanomanufacturing
There are two fundamental approaches to nanomanufacturing:
Bottom-up fabrication
Top-down fabrication
It manufactures products by building them up from atomic – and molecular-scale components
Bottom-up fabrication
This method is time consuming Scientist and engineers are still in search for effective ways of putting up together molecular components that self-assemble and from the bottom-up to organized structures
Bottom-up fabrication
- it trims down large pieces of materials into nanoscale this process needs larger amounts of materials and discards excess raw materials
Top-down fabrication
it is a method in which the tip of an atomatic force microscope is “dipped” into a chemical fluid and then utilized to “write” on a surface, like an old-fashioned ink pen onto paper
dip pen lithography
is an advanced interdisciplinary field that encompasses science and technology that manufactures materials of great help to the improvement of various areas of society especially health care, environment, energy, food, water, and agriculture
Nanotechnology
It is a field that needs to be explored, not only by known experts but also neophytes, in order to advance our knowledge of science and technology, and more importantly, to help improve our quality of life.
Nanotechnology
_____ is a potential method to either treat or cure genetic-related human illnesses
GENE THERAPY
is an experimental technique that uses genes to treat or prevent disease. In the future, this technique may allow doctors to treat a disorder by inserting a gene into a patient’s cells instead of using drugs or surgery.
Gene therapy
TYPES OF GENE THERAPY
Somatic CELL gene therapy
Germ line gene therapy
