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Understanding Nanotechnology's Impact

Unit 4 discusses nanotechnology, defined as the manipulation of matter at a scale of 1 to 100 nanometers, and its applications in various fields such as ICT, solar energy, agriculture, food, and environmental purification. The document highlights the efforts of the DOST-ITDI in the Philippines to promote local industries through nanotechnology projects. It emphasizes the importance of considering social, ethical, and environmental concerns in the advancement of this field.

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Understanding Nanotechnology's Impact

Unit 4 discusses nanotechnology, defined as the manipulation of matter at a scale of 1 to 100 nanometers, and its applications in various fields such as ICT, solar energy, agriculture, food, and environmental purification. The document highlights the efforts of the DOST-ITDI in the Philippines to promote local industries through nanotechnology projects. It emphasizes the importance of considering social, ethical, and environmental concerns in the advancement of this field.

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Unit 4: The Nano World

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to critique the issue on its costs and benefits
to society.

Nano as a unit of measurement of length, is an analogous entity like meter. How small is a
Nano? Just divide a meter into one billion to visualize how small nano is. The nanoscale usually
refers to the length of around 0.1 nm to 100nm. The nanomaterials or nanostructures are in the
form of nanoscale.

The first definition of “nanotechnology” came from Norio Taniguchi, a professor of Tokyo
Science University. He coined the term at the International conference on industrial production in
1974 to describe work on semiconductor processes such as thin film deposition and ion beam on
the order of nanometer without naming it as such.

Nanotechnology is the study and manipulation of matter at a scale of about 1 to 100


nanometers. It involves characterization, design, and production of structures, devices, and
systems with unique properties by fine-tuning the physical, chemical, mechanical, and optical
properties of materials at the nanoscale.

Nanotechnology in the Philippines through the effort of DOST-Industrial Technology


Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) provides opportunities and technical services to local industries
by Nano Lab. There are five nanotechnology projects that are being worked out to encourage local
community to rely on what are abundant, unexploited, and natural organic or inorganic
nanomaterials.

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and semiconductors such as nanowires


to ultrafast ICT with small power consumption.
• Solar cells such as dye sensitized-based solar cell (DSSC) which are low-cost solar cell
belonging to the group of thin film solar cells.
• Agriculture as exemplified in the facility of gene transformation and expression of animal
and plant cell

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• Food as in the process of making biodegradable food packaging as well as food for animals
which can directly be absorbed by cells maximizing nutrients for faster growth and
development.
• Environment where in water purification can be done with the use of nanofilters for treating
heavy metal contaminated water

Nanotechnology is a field that needs to be explored, not only by known experts but also
neophytes, in order to advance our knowledge of science and technology, and more importantly
to help improve our quality of life. But before engaging in nanotechnology, we need to take into
account the social, ethical, and environmental concerns of using such nanomaterials.

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