Understanding and Expectations from INano

            My understanding of INano group is that a group of students and professors get together and learn how someday nanotechnology will one day change large problems in to a tiny reality. In class we read books, magazines, and use other tools to learn about nanotechnology. I know that nanotechnology is an elite class and I am very excited to be able to attend this class through the outreach program at UC Davis and Baytech. I hope that by the end of this course I will have a better understanding of nanotechnology and how to identify problems the world will bring up.

Opinion

Nanotechnology right now is one of the greatest advancements in science. It will one day solve all problems to large sized objects. Nanotech will turn large computer chips in to tiny objects that can only be seen with a microscope. Some day people will all have tiny microchips in their bodies that contain all their personal information such as name, date of birth, and even blood type. Nanotechnology will one day make large sized objects obsolete.

Atomic Force Microscope  

The AFM does not use a tunneling current, so the sample does not need to conduct electricity. As the metal probe in an AFM moves along the surface of a sample, the electrons in the probe are repelled by the electrons of the atoms in the sample and the AFM adjusts the height of the probe to keep the force on it constant. A sensing mechanism records the up-and-down movements of the probe and feeds the data into a computer, which creates a three-dimensional image of the surface of the sample. It can see up to 1000 times magnification.

Pete Stathakos