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Nanotechnology for Kids by a 11 year old when made

Nanotechnology is a type of special technology. This technology is a very important technology. In this article you'll learn all the facts about nanotech a kid should know about. In this article you're going to learn about what is nanotechnology, tons of history about nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, current uses of nanotech, and finally nanotech uses that are confirmed to be in the future.

What is nanotech?

If you are wondering what nanotechnology is you'll find this out only in this article! To Begin with, the very complex terms to define nanotech is creating items at the scale of the supramolecular, molecular, and finally atomic scale.If this is a very hard definition to remember to make it easier the definition is that when you are engineering when using nanotechnology you are doing it at the nanoscale. The nanoscale is a scale between 1 and a 100 nanometers. For some people if you don't know what the nanometer is that its equal to 1e-9 meters,but one meter is equal to billion nanometer! If both of these are super hard,and this your first time hearing this word, and are what in the world does this mean just say it basically making things tiny. When you are in the field of nanotech when working in it you use the trio of fields of engineering, technology, and science.

Nanotech in History

Nanotechnology is very unknown on who invented it. People believe that Richard Feynman had the idea about engineering at the atomic scale. Scientists have recently found out that back in the ancient ages during 600 B.C India used carbon nano tubes in woodz steel, a dangerous steel used during the medieval ages which was after the ancient times. So its possible Richard recovered it or thought it by himself.

The timeline 9th to 17th century= Europe used metallic nanoparticles in vibrant, colored, and stained glass windows 13th to 18th century= saber blades were made that contained carbon nanotubes and nanowires made of cement 1875= Micheal Faraday discovered a specific gold. This gold was a nano structured gold called ruby gold that during specific lighting conditions it changed its color 1959= As you know Richard Feynman gave the same lecture as mentioned earlier at California Institute of Technology 1974= At Tokyo Science University Norio Taniguchi is the first known person to use the term nanotechnology 1990= the first nanotech companies are born 1996= 3 scientists invent Buckyball and because of this get the Nobel prize. 2000= The N.N.I or the National Nanotechnology Initiative is born 2005= The Nanotechnology Panel of the American Chemistry Council or the NPACC is formed 2012= the USA realizes on how important nanotechnology is and invests 2 billion dollars in it 2015= $1,000,000,000,000 are globally spent just on nanotechnology which includes using nanotech to solve the worlds problems 2020= for people reading this in 2018-2019 there is a prediction for there to be 6 million jobs about nanotechnology while 1/3 of these will be in the USA

Nanomaterials

1.Carbon Nano tubes= nano sized tubes made of carbon 2.Nanofibrils= nano sized biological materials 3. Nano wires= wires that are nanosized 4.Ruby Gold= a nano structured gold that changes color when light that's special is used mostly infrared light 5. Nano-fibers= a fiber that nano sized 6. Nano-particle= a 3 dimensional particle that is nano sized 7.Self fluid liquid metal= a metal like mercury that is man-made and uses gallium (a material used in cans), iridium (a type of platinum), tin, sodium hydroxide (an inorganic compound that blasts out like a volcano when used, and Brine(a high concentrated salt used in cooking).                                 8.Nanopatches= a nanosized patch that once attached kills all the bad cells. This doesn't hurt, and with improvements can cure cancer too.                                  9. Water filter coating=  a coating that is 1 nanometer thick but can prevent oil spills. This is because it has lotus leaves that repel water and hydrophobic materials(materials that repel water)                                  10. Nano-conductor= a conductor that has chemicals that are filled with Anode atoms and Cathode atoms                                  11. Nano-sponge= a nano sized sponge that absorbs kinetic energy by being piezoelectric or generates electricity during mechanical strain. 12. Quantum dots= very tiny particles 13. Buckyball= a molecule that has nanoparticles

Current uses of Nanotechnology Energy

1.Nanobatteries= These are batteries that can be reused by recharging. These use silicon nanowires. 2.Environmental Friendly energy systems= These systems will stop global warming these use nanotubes, inorganic chemistry nano sized or alanates, and zeolites (micro sized holes) 3. Better Energy Production= these include solar cells and are better because it increases light conversion and gives 100% better optical absorption. Medical 1.Liposomes= these are items that have nanocarriers and these can deliver drugs to cure many present day incurable diseases. These only work if they are hydrated. 2.Dendrimers= a tree like structure that has a global structure and kills cavities easily. Electronics 1. Windmills= using nanocarbon tubes we can make longer, stronger

Sports 1. Lightweight Golf Clubs= these are useful because they help for more aim. These use nanoparticles. 2. Better shoes= These shoes have both comfort and stability. These use both hard for better stability and soft for comfort and speed. 3. Better Racing Cars= These have nanoparticles. These surfaces allow smoother wheels for the cars to drive on. 4. Better swim wear= These allow to glide more easily in the water. These uses nanopolymers, and doesn't allow sweat.

Future uses

1. Nanobots= these bots are our future doctors. These bots will go inside the body and cure bad cells. 2.