Nanotechnology For Students

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Nanotechnology For Students

• Jim Mason, Executive Director
• Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative
• jmason_at_okstatechamber.com
• 405-272-4420
• www.oknano.com

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The next Big Thing is very, very, very small!

• Nanotechnology is an enabling technology that
  will change the nature of almost every human-made
  object in the next century. -National
  Science and Technology Council -2000
• This means anything manufactured in Oklahoma
  will be impacted by nanotechnology and it is
  happening more quickly than most people might
  think!

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WHAT IS NANOTECHNOLOGY?
1 millimeter 1,000 micrometers 1
micrometer 1,000 nanometers Source "Nanotech
The Tiny Revolution" by CMP Científica (November
2001)
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Nanotechnology

• is already making todays products
• Lighter
• Stronger
• Faster
• Smaller
• More Durable

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HOW SMALL

• Nanobatteries are 200 nm in diameter2 billion
  could fit on the surface of a nickel

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• Rice University NanoKids
• The NanoKids program is an educational program
  headed by a Rice University professor.  The Web
  site includes a story with NanoKids as the main
  characters.  It also includes fun activities for
  teachers to use in teaching nanotechnology.
  www.nanokids.rice.edu

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Nanozone

• This is a great Web site for teachers to use in
  educating children about nanotechnology.  The Web
  site has a link for teacher resources that
  includes pre-visit and post-visit activities and
  worksheets. The Web site also includes videos,
  puzzles and games.
• www.nanozone.org

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NASAs Web site

• NASAs Web site features a page that explores the
  idea of nanotechnology.  The Web site includes a
  gallery of images, diagrams, Power Point
  presentations and videos. This could possibly be
  used for middle school students, but definitely
  for high school students.  
• www.ipt.arc.nasa.gov/nanotechnology.html

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• You Tube
• ExcellentUC Berekely Excellent
  NanobotsNanomedicineRichard Feyman

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• USDA - www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/partners/21/na
  notechnology.html
• Exploring the Nanoworld National Cancer
  Institute Nanomission

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Nanotechnology for Students video

• http//www.oknano.com/video/Nanotechnology for
  Students.wmv

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Videos

• When Things Get Small
• This is a 27-minute video covering many important
  nanotechnology concepts in a humorous and
  entertaining way. www.ucsd.tv/getsmall
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• The NANO Revolution
• Educators may request a free DVD copy of this
  introductory video about nanotechnology aimed at
  middle and high school students.
  www.mrsec.virginia.edu
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More videos

• Nanotechnology What is it?
• This short 1-minute video has a young boy and
  girl who quickly introduce the concept of
  nanotechnology. http//youtube.com/watch?v2iSE6Xl
  FXhA
• "The Twinkie Guide to Nanotechnology"The Twinkie
  Guide to Nanotechnology is an entertaining new
  video featuring scientist Andrew Maynard which
  mixes the iconic American snack cake with humor
  to unlock the mysteries of nanotechnology.

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Printed Material

• "Big Things from a Tiny World" 12 page booklet
  from the National Nanotechnology InitiativeClick
  here to view publication

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Games

• Nanoquest
• A free, downloadable game where the player is
  shrunk to so small that they find themselves in a
  nanoworld., this game is aimed at getting 13-
  to 15-year-old children interested in
  nanotechnology. www.nanoquest.ie
• NanoMission
• This educational online game educates students on
  the basics of nanotechnology. You must register
  before you are allowed to download the game.
  www.nanomission.org

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Lessons for Teachers

• What is Smaller than a Pygmy Shrew?
• This lesson plan is from the University of
  Wisconsin and designed to help middle school
  students better understand the atomic world and
  the size, scale and structure of objects in it. 
  www.mrsec.wisc.edu
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• Ferrofluid Nanomedicine
• Middle school students will work together to
  explore different methods of drug delivery,
  specifically focusing on the possibilities of how
  cancer could be treated in the future. 
  www.mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/IPSE/educators

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• Giant Magnetoresistance
• Students will participate in a hands-on activity
  where the concepts of nanotechnology and GMR will
  be introduced.  This program is tailored for
  middle school students. www.mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/I
  PSE/educators
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• Nanoarchitecture Forms of Carbon
• This is a two-day activity where students will
  discover how the properties of materials change
  when atoms are connected in different ways. This
  program is also aimed at middle school students.
  www.mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/IPSE/educators 

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Economic impact of nanotechnology

• Market Size Predictions
• (within six years)
• 340B/yr Materials
• 300B/yr Electronics
• 180B/yr Pharmaceuticals
• 100B/yr Chemical manufacture
• 70B/yr Aerospace
• 20B/yr Tools
• 30B/yr Improved healthcare
• 45B/yr Sustainability
• 1 Trillion, growing to
• 2.6 Trillion by 2014
• Estimates by industry groups, source NSF and
  LUX

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So what does this have to do with me?

• The real winners in nanotechnology will be the
  companies who adopt nano processes to improve
  their existing and emerging products.
• In 2006, the Oklahoma legislature decided to
  leapfrog over other states and help Oklahoma
  companies be among the first to gain this
  competitive advantage by creating the Oklahoma
  Nanotechnology Sharing Incentive Act.
• In two years, Oklahoma has grown from 6 companies
  involved in applications of nanotechnology to
  nearly 50 companies who are planning to utilize
  nanotechnology for their products.

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ONI VISION

• Oklahoma companies are world leaders in
  creating new and improved products thorough
  applications of Nanotechnology.
• Since 2006 we have grown from six identified
  companies involved in nanotechnology to nearly 50
  companies

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The Nanotech Report

• Nanotechnology was incorporated into more than
  30 billion worth of manufactured goods in 2005,
  and this figure is projected to grow
  exponentially to more than 2.6 trillion in
  global manufactured goods by 2014.
• There are more than 1,000 nanotechnology products
  currently on the market aimed at improving
  consumers lives and another 400 products that
  include nano instruments and test devices.

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• Nano shirt, slacks, tie, tennis racket,
  odor/ bacteria eliminating socks, nano car wax,
  and 2004 Chevy Impala with nano enhanced side
  panels.

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Products Anticipated

• 2004-7 burn and wound dressings, water
  filtration devices, paints, cosmetics, coatings,
  lubricants, textiles, memory/storage devices
• 2008-10 medical diagnostics, displays, sensors,
  drug delivery, composite materials, solid state
  lighting, bio-materials, nano arrays, more
  powerful computers, protective armor, chem-bio
  suits, and chem-bio sensors
• 2011-15 -- nanobiomaterials, microprocessors,
  new catalysts, portable energy cells, solar
  cells, tissue/organ regeneration, smart implants
• 2016 and beyond molecular circuitry, quantum
  computing, new materials, fast chemical analyses

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Oklahoma Nano Legislation

• The 2006 Oklahoma Nanotechnology Sharing
  Incentive Act established the Oklahoma
  Nanotechnology Applications Project (ONAP) which
  provides 2 million to OCAST to be used to
  promote and provide incentives to further
  applications of nanotechnology.
• 26 Oklahoma companies shared ideas through white
  papers on how they would seek to incorporate
  nanotechnology into their existing or emerging
  products. The first five winners were

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Access Optics

• Access Optics makes the lens for endoscopes and
  other medical devices.
• The ONAP program allowed them to develop a much
  better glass-to-metal seal using nanotechnology.
  
• They are the only company in the world who solved
  this problem and will soon make the entire
  medical device.

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Martin Bionics/OrthoCare Innovations

• Martin Bionics was funded to develop a dry
  prosthetic device using a super-hydrophobic
  powder exclusively licensed from Oak Ridge
  National Labs They are the only prosthetic
  company who may have solved this industry
  problem.

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Rupture Pin Technologies
Rupture Pin Technologies, manufacturers oil
andgas pressure relief valves and is solving an
o-ring blow-out problem using a new o-ring
design and Carbon nanotubes to provide
strength and flexibility. This will allow them
to become a world leader in this industry.
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High Quality, High Volume Carbon Nanotubes

• Southwest Nano-Technologies is fast becoming the
  world leader in high quality, high volume, lower
  cost carbon nanotubes using an patented scalable
  process that will allow them to produce kilotons
  rather than kilograms of high quality carbon
  nanotubes.

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Carbon Nanotubes

• A single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) is unique
  among solid state materials in that every atom is
  on the surface.

• Structurally, carbon nanotubes are 100 times
  stronger than steel and can conduct electricity
  better than copper.

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Carbon Nanotube Composites

• Nano Ridge Materials has developed a carbon
  nanotube strengthened composite that is 70
  stronger than metal and 40 the weight.

• This very strong composite has potential for
  aircraft replacement parts.

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XetaComp

• XetaComp (Lawton) manufactures nanoparticles of
  titanium dioxide that enables the production of a
  clear, non-greasy, non-oily sunscreen called
  SunVex.
• Their nanoparticles may soon be in many other
  skin care products.

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2008 ONAP Awardees

• Four companies and four proof-of-concept awarded
  a total of 1.5 million this month
• XetaComp Technologies new personal care
  products
• IMTEC - Dental Implant research
• EKIPS Nano laser for Breathmeter
• Charlesson Optic treatments with nano-
• particles

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Aerogel the worlds lightest solidAerogel is
an ultra-low density solid, a gel in which the
liquid component has been replaced with gas.
Nicknamed frozen smoke, aerogel has a content
of just 5 solid and 95 air, and is said to be
the lightest weight solid in the world. Despite
its lightness, aerogel can support over 2,000
times its own weight. One of thecurrent
applications is as insulation for space suits.
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Insulation

• Nanoscale materials hold great promise as
  insulators because of their extremely high
  surface-to-volume ratio. This gives them the
  ability to trap still air within a material layer
  of minimal thickness. Insulating nanomaterials
  may be sandwiched between rigid panels, applied
  as thin films, or painted on as coatings.
• Pioneer Builders (of Drumright) now offers
  Nanosulate spray-on insulation with an equivalent
  r-value of 50.

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ARC Outdoors Broken Arrow

• ARC Outdoors utilizes nano silver in making cloth
  for special purposes and currently has a line of
  anti-microbial clothing for hunters because the
  nano silver cloth eliminates odor/scent. These
  clothes are sold through Bass Pro Shops, Cabalas
  and some Wal-Mart stores.
• ARC is working on developing a line of hospital
  uniforms that also will be anti-microbial.

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Nano Cable

• Nano Ridge Material and Boeing (Long beach) are
  partners on a 5.75 million Advanced Technology
  Program to develop Nano Cable by 2010. Nano
  Cable is a lightweight, highly conductive,
  electrical wire and cable that could bring
  significant gains in fuel savings, energy
  efficiency and operating costs.

• The technology is based on carbon nanotubes which
  conduct greater amounts of electric current than
  copper while having only 1/6th the weight.

• By 2010, the market for conductive polymer cable
  is expected to be 465 million lbs per year, worth
  1.4 billion annually.

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Nano Coatings

• Self-cleaning
• Scratch-resistant
• Anti-icing and anti-fogging
• Antimicrobial
• UV protection
• Corrosion-resistant
• Waterproofing

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Anti Stain Coatings

• In 2002, Eddie Bauer apparel became the first
  brand to employ Nano-Tex stain resistance
  technology in its designs. Nano-Tex has now
  expanded to bring stain resistance to fabrics and
  other interior finishes. Nano-Tex uses a process
  that bonds to each fiber, making textiles
  last longer, retain their natural feel and
  breathe normally.

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Behr Paints Offers NanoGuard

• Behrs best line of paint uses nanoparticles to
  provide a long lasting, anti-fade, more durable
  house paint that also prevents mildew.

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Automotive Paint Mercedes-Benz

• The 2007 Mercedes-Benz SL series cars sport a
  protective coating of nanoparticles that provides
  a three-fold improvement in the scratch
  resistance of the paintwork.

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Nanolight of Norman

• Nanolight, Inc.- Nanolight, Inc. is a high-tech
  company whose mission is to research and develop
  semiconductor nanofabrication techniques for
  implementation in cutting-edge infrared laser and
  detector systems. The company also assists others
  with product development efforts by providing
  epitaxial-related services and acting as a
  distributor for nanofabrication equipment.

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Self Healing Composites

• Polymeric and composite materials are subject to
  weakening due to fatigue cracking. A self-healing
  composite has the potential to defend against
  material failure due to fatigue and to greatly
  improve product safety and reliability. Patent
  6858659 - Office of Technology Management
  University of Illinois Urbana Champian

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Study of 200 Commercial Nano Products in
medical and health fields

• Show enhanced platforms for drug development and
  delivery
• Nanoparticles such as colloidal gold, Quantum
  dots, liposomes, dendrimers and fullerenes are
  being used in pharmaceutical drug discovery and
  formulations for encapsulating drugs for drug
  delivery
• Other biophase materials offer promise for tissue
  engineering products

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Nanomedicine

• NanoBioMagnetics is an Edmond, Oklahoma company
  that has demonstrated the ability to move
  nanoparticles through the body to specific cells.
  In the future, companies like NanoBioMagnetics
  anticipate being able to attach a drug to the
  nanoparticle and then deliver it reliably to the
  site of a cancerous cell and kill it.

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Nano Workforce Trends

• Before 2010, the market for nanotechnology
  products and services is estimated to reach 1
  trillion in the U.S. economy.
• This market will require anywhere from 800,000 to
  two million new jobs.
• Most of these workers will require at least two
  year postsecondary degrees.

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Nano Technician Training

• OSU- Okmulgee has developed a Nano
  Instrumentation program that is included as an
  additional certification to their Electrical
  Engineering Associates program.
• Tulsa Community College is offering electronic
  courses for Nanotechnology and MEMS (Micro
  Electrical Mechanical Systems).
• Oklahoma City Community College offers
• a Nanotechnology and MEMS program.
• The Oklahoma State Dept. of Career and
• Technology and OSU Okmulgee are
• partnering on an NSF grant to create the
• Oklahoma Nanotechnology Education
• Initiative.

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Nano Clearinghouse

• The Oklahoma Nanotechnology Website
  www.oknano.com will continue to grow as a
  one-stop clearinghouse for information with info
  on
• Grant opportunities and technologies available
• Infrastructure, resources and incentives
  available to nanotech companies
• Collaboration opportunities
• Updates on current nano activities
• Oklahoma Nanotech companies
• Researchers involved in Nanotech research
• Nano information and Activities for students and
  teachers

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Getting Kids into Nano!