Nanotechnology: The Big World of Small Things

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NanotechnologyThe Big World of Small Things
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• Linda K. Molnar, Ph. D.
• Principal Investigator, Center for Advanced
  Materials and Nanotechnology, Applied Sciences
  Division, SAIC
• Presented at WIT Emerging Technologies Seminar
• May 26, 2005

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What is Nano?
10-9 m 101 m 109 m
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The Need for Nanotechnology
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The Evolution of Transistor Technology and
Moores Law
MIT OpenCourseWare
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The Critical Gap
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Computing/Lithography
Subatomic Physics
1960
Moores Law
Critical gap
2005
10-7 m
10-10 m
10-9 m
10-8 m
10-11 m
10-12 m
10-4 m
Chemistry- small molecules, polymers
Biology- proteins, viruses, cells, DNA, etc.
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The Goal of Nanotechnology
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• -Make almost any structure consistent with the
  laws of physics that we can specify in molecular
  detail
• -Get essentially every atom in the right place
• -Have manufacturing costs not greatly exceeding
  the cost of the required raw materials and energy
  

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U. S. Federal Government Funding for
Nanotechnology Research
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• 1997 116 M
• 2001 464 M
• 2004 961 M
• 2005 982 M

Percent of research funding directed to
universities 65
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VC Funding in Nanotechnology Applications
(1998-2004)
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• Total 1998 through 2004 1.1 billion
• Electronics and semiconductors (41)
• Biotechnology and Health (40)
• Chemicals and Materials (14)
• Equipment Instrumentation (5)

Source Lux Research
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Nanotechnology Grows Up
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www.technologyreview.com
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The Market for Nanotechnology
www.technologyreview.com
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How will nanotechnology affect me (and my career)?
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..in the case of nanotechnology, it is so
universally impacting on the socio-economic-techno
logical fabric of the human experience that
demands for better tools will grow in an
unprecedented manner (Vic Peña, nanoTITAN)
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The Critical Gap
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Computing/Lithography
Subatomic Physics
1960
Moores Law
Critical gap
2005
10-7 m
10-10 m
10-9 m
10-8 m
10-11 m
10-12 m
10-4 m
Chemistry- small molecules, polymers
Biology- proteins, viruses, cells, DNA, etc.
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Opportunities in Nanotechnology
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• Utilization of biotechnology (i.e., genetically
  engineered viruses, proteins, etc.) to construct
  new materials in the nanoscale range
• Development of tools to study materials in the
  nanoscale range- cancer research, other
  nanoscience
• Integration of technologies from academia,
  industry, and government labs that bridge the
  length scales from nano- to micro- to macroscale
  (team science, big science)
• Realization of valuable products with large
  markets

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SAICs Center for Advanced Materials and
Nanotechnology
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• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• - Cancer Nanotechnology Plan- Strategic
  Initiative to Transform Clinical Oncology and
  Basic Research Through the Directed Application
  of Nanotechnology,
• - Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
  (http//ncl.cancer.gov), SAIC-Frederick
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
  
• - Biomimetic research (Very High Efficiency
  Solar Cell, Engineered Bio-Molecular
  Nano-Devices/Systems)
• - Protein Design Processes, Signaling Pathways

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