TINY DEVICES- NANO - THE EMERGING WORLD TECHNOLOGY

Published

25-07-2011

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58414/SCIENTIFICTEMPER.2011.02.1.02

Keywords:

Nanoparticles, Individual atoms, Hydrogen atoms, Nanoscale Materials, Atomic Force Microscope , Scanning Tunneling, Microscope, Tremendous functions.

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Authors

  • ATANU BHATTACHARYYA Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College for Women , 39 Shankar Ghosh Lane,Kolkata-700 006, India.
  • P. S. DATTA Division of Agricultural Physics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
  • ASIM BHAUMIK Department of Materials Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur,Kolkata-700 032, India.
  • SHASHIDHAR VIRAKTAMATH Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad -580005, Karnataka. India.
  • MORSHED U. CHOWDHURY School of Information Technology, Deakin University-Melbourne Campus, Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria- 3125, Australia
  • RAJENDRA KUMAR ISAAC Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, India

Abstract

The ward “nano” comes from a Greek word, í ?í ï ò, that means “dwarf”. The above ward is usually mentioned as International System of Units (SI) to consider as a factor of 10-9. If “nano” may consider as meter (m) then 1 nm (nanometer) = 10-9 meter. Anyhow , “nano” may considered a “very small” particle. Moreover, it is very known factor that individual atoms are smaller than 1 nm (1 nanometer) in diameter . If we like to select 1nm material where 10 hydrogen atoms should be present in the row. Naturally, a typical virus is about 100 nm in diameter and a bacterium is about 1000 nm in length( head to tail ) . This sophisticated nanoscale materials can observe through Atomic Force Microscope and also by Scanning Tunneling Microscope. This atom scale structure exhibits a tremendous functions in every sphere of life processes. The sophisticated phenomenon of tiny small particles will be discussed in the following text.

How to Cite

BHATTACHARYYA, A., DATTA, P. S., BHAUMIK, A., VIRAKTAMATH, S., CHOWDHURY, M. U., & ISAAC, R. K. (2011). TINY DEVICES- NANO - THE EMERGING WORLD TECHNOLOGY. The Scientific Temper, 2(1&2), 9–14. https://doi.org/10.58414/SCIENTIFICTEMPER.2011.02.1.02

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