ChemMatters: Episode 1 – Nanotechnology’s Big Impact

In the first ChemMatters video, we find about why the very smallest machines, known as nanotechnology, hold very big promise. Nanotechnology may help create tiny devices that bring medicine exactly where it needs to go in your body, powerful computers the size of a grain of sand or vital new sources of energy. ChemMatters, the award-winning magazine for high school chemistry, demystifies chemistry at work in our everyday lives. For more ChemMatters and Bytesize Science videos, subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: ax.itunes.apple.com

Scientists and engineers are collaborating across disciplines to develop and network miniaturized intelligent nanosensors that can rapidly and remotely detect change in their surroundings. These sensors have a wide range of potential applications: environmental, medical, military and transportation. This workshop will focus on revealing the chemistry and physics behind the creation and application of these sensors. Series: “Molecules for the Media” [9/2006] [Science] [Show ID: 11842]
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