Lesson 10 Nano Technology
Lesson 10 Nano Technology
Lesson 10
▪ Nanotechnology is administered at the nanoscale, about
1 to 100 nanometers.
y Impacts on probes.
▪ These are just a few of the various uses of nanotechnology in our society.
▪ This technology grows every minute, and the output of this technology will further enhance the
benefits humanity is experiencing.
▪ Nano Technology in The Philippines The Philippines' DOST or Department of
Science and Technology has outlined a roadmap for nanotechnology in the
Philippines for 2012-2016.
▪ The DOST roadmap outlines research and development in nanotechnology,
exploring and exploiting its high impact and life-enhancing benefits. Under the
national nanotechnology roadmap, DOST trimmed its priority projects to ICT and
semiconductors, agriculture and food, energy, medicine, and the environment. This
is due to the modest R&D fund of the department. The DOST's nanotech laboratory
was made open to the public on July 1, 2015. NanoLab has an array of sophisticated
equipment.
▪ It includes an Atomic Force Microscope, Particle Surface Area Measurement,
Scanning Electron Microscope, Dynamic Light Scattering Particle Size Analyzer,
etc. Materials like cassava, corn starch, nano clay from Bicol, and Zeolite from
Pangasinan have taken the nano research spotlight. The materials also include
silica or quartz from Camarines Sur, natural rubber and halloysite from Mindanao,
and calcium carbonate.
▪ After the required separation, consolidation, and re-development of materials by one atom or
one molecule, several innovations were developed:
▪ 1. Nanofiber from Zeolite for purifying methane gas in methane-running pipelines is ideal for
industries powered by biogas digesters and a 100 percent biodegradable food cutlery.
▪ 2. Fiber membrane/ filter for treating heavy metal contaminated water using chitosan
(chitosan is made by treating shells of shrimp and shellfishes), suitable for waste
management. DOST, together with Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging
Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD-DOST), has outputs for nanotechnology in
Food and Agriculture, Chemicals, and Semiconductors. In Food and Agriculture, the
development and optimization of Nanosensors to detect soil nutrients were made. Nano silica
has been applied in the production of Nanofluid for heat exchanger. Semiconductors have
plenty of development like Process technology for the fabrication of nanostructured solar
energy devices: scaling-up process, direct ethanol fuel cell-powered LED emergency light,
novel cathode material for direct ethanol fuel cell, Biofuel from Nano-carbon based catalysis
of biomass, nanomaterials for printed, electronic devices using carbon ink and carbon
nanotubes (CNT) - Silicon Heterojunctions for the Fabrication and Assembly of a Solar Panel.
▪ Major Impact of Nanotechnology Nanotechnology encompasses a broad range of
tools, techniques, and applications.
▪ It is widely perceived as one of the most important technologies of the 21st century.
▪ Their unique physicochemical (e.g., size, shape) and surface (e.g., reactivity,
conductivity) properties contribute to the evolution of materials with new properties
and technical solutions to challenging problems with conventional technologies.
Research outputs made these innovations possible. Although it is a promising
technology, it still has its advantages and disadvantages.
▪ Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Therapy has shared this
poster on their website to encourage precaution in using nanotech
products.
▪ These masks are guaranteed antimicrobial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral. They also
have silver nanoparticle-based organic sanitizers and different innovative
nanomaterials.
▪ How Nanotechnology Is Being Used to FIght Covid-19
▪ 1. Filters made with cellulose nanofibers can block virus size particles.
▪ 2. This was discovered by researchers at the Queensland University of Technology.
Researchers make use of gold nanoparticles to make probes that attach to
Covid-19 RNA. Testing equipment using these gold nanoparticles in probes that
they believe will produce fast turnaround testing with low error rate are being
developed.
▪ 6. Novavax has developed a coronavirus vaccine candidate using protein nanoparticles has a
promising early trial result as of July 2020.
▪ 9. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have developed a test for
Covid-19 that doesn't require reagents (which are in limited supply). The test uses silica-coated
magnetic nanoparticles of which RNA from the virus is attracted to the nanoparticles, extracted
from the sample with a magnetic field.