BHARAT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING

AND TECHNOLOGY
Power Point presentation on

Nanotechnology and Its

Applications

By:-
T. Ajith Reddy
(Civil-A)
15E11A0110
What is nanotechnology?
Why should you know something
about Nanotechnology?

The National Science Foundation

estimates that by the year 2018
there will be a need for 2 million
workers worldwide in the fields of
nanoscience and nanotechnology.

An additional 5 million
workers will be needed in
support areas for these fields.

By 2020, nanotechnology is
expected to be a $3 trillion
“industry”
 A sheet of paper is more than 1000000nm thick.

A human hair is approximately 80000

to 1000000nm

A strand of human DNA is 2.5nm in diameter.

Our fingernails grow at a speed of 1nm per second!

There are 254000000nm in 1inch.

 Difference
 Nanoscience – where researchers learn about
the chemical and physical properties of
materials at the 1- 100 nanometer (nm) scale.
Materials at 1-100 nm are called
nanostructures. They are the smallest things
that can be made.
 Nanotechnology – where researchers develop
and apply materials at this scale to develop
new products or methods; i.e., turning
nanostructures into useable tools and
applications
Nanofabrication
Top-down nanofabrication –
start with large material and
bring it down to the
nanoscale
Bottom-up nanofabrication –
start with individual atoms
and build upwards to make
a nanostructure
Nanotechnology is not
New!
Gold nanoparticles in glass are reflected as red

Ancient stained-glass makers knew if they put finely ground gold or silver
in the glass they would get beautiful colors. They used nanosized gold and
silver particles. Optical properties change with the nanoscale.
What are some applications
of Nanotechnology?
Carbon nanotubes on a glass or
plastic sheet allow manufacturers to
make clear conductive panels for
displays that are extremely thin.
 Stain-resistance fabrics
 Anti bacterial fabrics
 Heat Resistive
 Wrinkle free texile
 This is a 2 gigabyte
hard drive. It weighs
about 70 pounds. It
was first used in the
1980s. Its cost at that
time ranged from
$80,000 to $140,000.

2 GB in 1980s
$80,000

2 GB in 1990s $200

2 GB in 2010 $5
Because of nanotechnology, the speed of
computers has increased while the price of
computing has decreased.
 Current research shows that by using
nanotechnology, 1000 GB of memory can
fit on the head of this pin. 1000 GB is 1
Terabyte.
 Nano Careers
 Design Public Service
 Development Fabrication
 National security Patent Attorney
 Technical support Environment
 Research Sales
 Management Teaching
 Packaging Testing
 Energy producer
Construction
And Many More
 Clothing design
THANK YOU