Introduction to Nanotechnology: The New Science of Small

Get an in-depth explanation of a groundbreaking, interdisciplinary science that operates at the level of atoms and molecules in this engrossing course by two nanotechnology experts.

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• 01: The Crossroads of 21st-Century Science
• 02: The Fundamental Importance of Being Nano
• 03: From Micro to Nano—Scaling in a Digital World
• 04: Leveraging the Nanometer in Computing
• 05: Leveraging the Nanometer in Communications
• 06: Sensing the World through Nanoengineering
• 07: Nanomedicine—DNA and Gold Nanoparticles
• 08: Nano and Proteins—Enzymes to Cholesterol
• 09: Nanoparticles Detect Cancer in Living Organisms
• 10: Detecting Only a Few Molecules of a Disease
• 11: Nanomaterials That Seek and Destroy Disease
• 12: How Nanomaterials Improve Drug Delivery
• 13: Delivering Drugs with "Smart" Nanocapsules
• 14: Nanoscale Surgical Tools
• 15: Nanomaterials for Artificial Tissue
• 16: How Nano Research Gets Done
• 17: Nanomotifs—Building Blocks, Complex Structures
• 18: Using Nanotechnology to Capture Sunlight
• 19: Photons to Electricity—Nano-Based Solar Cells
• 20: Nanotechnology for Storing Energy
• 21: Nanotechnology for Releasing Energy
• 22: Energy's Holy Grail—Artificial Photosynthesis
• 23: Nanorobots and Nature’s Nanomachines
• 24: On the Horizon and in the Far Future