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… down into the nano world. nano. Elisa Molinari. Natl Center S3, INFM-CNR & Modena University Modena, Italy. Maddalena Scandola Lucia Covi. nano = a billionth. 1 nanometer. = 1 meter / 1 000 000 000. = 1 millimeter / 1 000 000. 100 million. 100 million.
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… down into the nano world nano Elisa Molinari Natl Center S3, INFM-CNR & Modena University Modena, Italy Maddalena Scandola Lucia Covi
nano= a billionth 1 nanometer = 1 meter / 1 000 000 000 = 1 millimeter / 1 000 000
100 million 100 million ‘There is plenty of room at the bottom’
your hair 50 000 nm
your red blood cells 1 000 nm
important ? the scale where atoms and molecules aggregate, where the properties of matter and materials emerge
nano technologies: the nano world in our lives
imagine this new world images ?
almost no images from experiments why ?
nickel 3 Angstroms = 0.3 nm a ‘scientific revolution’ driven by imaging instruments ‘seeing’ atoms for the first time by STM
a ‘scientific revolution’ driven by imaging instruments but: nanoscience research images do not reach out of the labs
a ‘scientific revolution’ driven by imaging instruments but: nanoscience research images do not reach out of the labs