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Intro to Nano

How small is small? What's a nanotube? The basics of nano can be difficult to grasp. The NISE Network has developed a number of media assets that can help you get a grip on the smallest of science.

Videos

  • Intro to Nanotechnology Video (OMSI)

    "Nanotechnology: What's the Big Deal?" is a video introduction to the Intro to Nanotechnology exhibition. Get a broad overview of the unique challenges and opportunities presented by nanoscale science, and dive into the super tiny scale of nanotechnology.

  • Intro to Nanomedicine video (MOS Boston)

    What is Nanomedicine? This is the introductory component for the Nanomedicine exhibit package. The structure includes a text panel and a narrated-and-captioned 2.5 minute video which plays on demand in either English or Spanish on a 32-inch LCD screen. The video's colorful animation and researcher commentary complements the accompanying text panel to provide a brief overview of some of the basic ideas and goals of nanomedicine.

  • Talking Nano DVD Set (MOS Boston)

    This 6-video DVD set features Don Eigler, George Whitesides, David Rejeski, Eric Mazur, and Tim Miller and provides a basic Nano 101 introduction to nanotechnology, potential applications, implications, and impacts. Designed for classroom, informal, and professional development use, the videos are tightly edited with close-ups and illustrations.

Cart and Stage Presentations

  • Intro to Nano Cart Demo (OMSI)

    This cart demonstration reviews the basics about nanotechnology. Visitors learn that nanoscale objects are very small and have surprising properties because of their size. They also learn about some of the possible technologies that may lead to. They mix chemicals, turn potatoes black, generate electricity, and see invisible light in their exploration.

  • Intro to Nano - Stage Presentation (Divine Wind, LLC)

    This is a stage presentation, designed for audiences of 11 and up, intended to give a broad overview and introduction to the subject of nanotechnology. The talk attempts to answer three basic questions about nanotech: How is It New, What Can It Do, and Do You Care?

Presentations specifically for museum staff

  • Nano 101 for Staff - Greta Zenner version (U of WI MRSEC)

    A power point presentation describing (among other things) where we find nanotechnology around us, the interdisciplinary nature of nanoscale science, and how we image nanoscale phenomena.

  • Nano 101 for Staff - Tim Miller version (Divine Wind, LLC)

    A power point presentation describing some nanoscale phenomena in the natural world, how nano might impact society, and some future directions for nanoscale technologies.

Articles

  • Intro to Nano: Think Small (Exploratorium)

    During the second half of the twentieth century, scientists and engineers learned to observe, measure, and manipulate individual atoms and molecules. The areas of research related to this activity—known as nanoscience and nanotechnology—are leading to the creation of materials, processes, and technologies that many scientists believe will dramatically change our daily lives.

  • Intro to Nano: Seeing Atoms (Exploratorium)

    The concept of the atom has been around in one form or another since the ancient Greeks. Yet at the beginning of the twentieth century, there were still some scientists who doubted the atom’s existence. To them, an atom was simply a useful fiction. It took Albert Einstein, in a 1905 paper, to explain the indirect evidence for the existence of atoms and to show that the sizes of atoms and molecules could be determined. French scientist Jean Baptiste Perrin did the experimental work that confirmed Einstein’s theory.

  • Intro to Nano: Nanomedicine (Exploratorium)

    Where nanotechnology and medicine appear in the same sentence, you’ll often hear futuristic tales of impossibly small robots that will one day voyage into our bloodstreams on search-and-destroy missions. Actually, nanomedicine is already with us, albeit somewhat less heroically, and has been for years.

Nano history and applications

 

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