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Emergence: ‘From the Beginning ’

Emergence: ‘From the Beginning ’. Intro to Nanotechnology Foothill College. Emergence – the Foundation of Nano. Emergence of everything The first three minutes Emergence of order Interconnected networks The atom as the central nanostructure Caught between physics and chemistry

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Emergence: ‘From the Beginning ’

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  1. Emergence:‘From the Beginning’ Intro to Nanotechnology Foothill College

  2. Emergence – the Foundation of Nano • Emergence of everything • The first three minutes • Emergence of order • Interconnected networks • The atom as the central nanostructure • Caught between physics and chemistry • The unit of currency in materials science

  3. Emergence of Everything • Emergence • Emergence of phenomena and properties • The First Three Minutes • Crystallizing matter and energy • Emergence of scale • Hidden Order • Emergence of interconnected networks

  4. The First Three Minutes • An enormous expansion from a singularity – called the ‘big bang’ • From ultra dense, hot energy, matter precipitated, and formed particles • Our universe is the result of this event, including the presence of ‘atoms’ • Everything present in our universe today formed during these three minutes

  5. Cooling and Expansion • Emergence of forces • Gravitational force • Strong force • Weak force • Emergence of particles • Hadrons (from quarks) • Leptons • Electrons, muons, and neutrinos

  6. Emergence of Systems • Particles from energy • Atoms and periodic table • Molecules and molecular networks • Life, organisms, ecosystems • Gaia as a complex adaptive system?

  7. Building Blocks of the Universe http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FHSST_Physics_atomic_nucleus_elementary:Quarks_and_leptons

  8. Emergence of Properties • Forces separating • Gravitational • Strong • Weak • Electromagnetic force • Quantum properties • Charge, spin, orbitals

  9. The Atom - Emerged • Quarks (six total, up / down) • Hadrons (proton and neutron) • Leptons (electrons, neutrino) • Weak forces (nuclear decay) • Electron rules – periodic table

  10. Emergence of Forces http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FHSST_Physics_atomic_nucleus:Origin_of_the_universe

  11. Complex Adaptive Systems • complex system A complex system is a system whose properties are not fully explained by an understanding of its component parts. Complex systems consist of a large number of mutually interacting and interwoven parts, entities or agents. They are woven out of many parts, the Latin complexus comes from the Greek pleko or plektos, meaning "to plait or twine." (Gell-Mann). Complex systems is also often used as a broad term addressing a research approach which includes ideas and techniques from chaos theory, artificial life, evolutionary computation and genetic algorithms. http://www.answers.com/topic/complex-system

  12. Complex Adaptive Behavior http://www.answers.com/topic/complex-system

  13. Features of Complex Systems • Emergence - more is different • Relationships are non-linear • Relationships contain feedback loops • Complex systems are open • The parts cannot contain the whole • Complex systems have a history • Complex systems are nested • Boundaries are difficult to determine • Complex networks

  14. Complex Networks • Hidden Order • Aggregation of systems • Emergence of new properties • Scale Free Networks • Fractal based information rules? • Self assembly process • Self recognition, self replication, life?

  15. Emergence of Information • Higgs boson / universe • Chaos theory, fractals, Julia sets

  16. Emergence of Disciplines • Math – operating system of the universe • Physics – the universe in motion • emergence of form, observation of rules • Chemistry – stable energy systems • Biology – molecular networks / systems • Ecology – interconnected networks, emergent systems (biosphere and Gaia)

  17. Nanoscale Emergence • We live in an ‘emergent’ universe • Billiard balls vs. fuzzy functions • Quantum rules have ‘leveled out’ • Ensembles act in Newtonian physics • In smaller networks of 1,000s of atoms • Atoms influenced by the quantum world • The trick is to tap the inner rules of nature, and design them into our world

  18. Nanoscale Emergence Emergent properties Atoms Electrons Quanta Dust Rain Rocks Fuzzy functions Billiard balls  Quantum properties Angstroms (10-8 cm) Microns / meters Concept by Robert Cormia

  19. Nanoscale Paradigm 1950 – 2000 Era of materials Miniaturization from the top down Quantum properties from the bottom up Moore’s Law 20th Century Moore’s Law 21st Century 2000 – 2050 Era of quanta Concept by Hilary Lackritz

  20. Matter Energy Information Forces Quantum states Self assembly Nanoscale Dimension Force – interaction of matter and energy Quantum states – interaction of energy and information Self assembly – interaction of matter and information Nanotechnology touches the ‘inner universe’

  21. Nanoscale Dimension Mass Forces Self-assembly Energy Information Quantum states Concept by Robert Cormia

  22. Summary • Our world is ‘emergent’ • Networks of complexity • Complex adaptive systems • Networks are ‘nested’ (disciplines) • The atom and the periodic table • Nanotechnology works in a ‘fuzzy world’ • Where quanta become particles

  23. References • The First Three Minutes • Emergence • Hidden Order • Santa Fe Institute (SFI) -http://www.santafe.edu/ • Linked • Scale free networks

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