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Scale of Things 05MAR02 - Miami University
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DNA ~2-1/2 nm diameter Things Natural Things Manmade MicroElectroMechanical devices 10 -100 µm wide Red blood cells Pollen grain Fly ash ~ 10-20 µm Atoms of silicon spacing ~tenths of nm Head of a pin 1-2 mm Quantum corral of 48 iron atoms on copper surface positioned one at a time with an STM tip Corral diameter 14 nm Human hair ~ 10-50 µm wide Red blood cells with white cell ~ 2-5 µm Ant ~ 5 mm The Scale of Things -- Nanometers and More Dust mite 200 µm ATP synthase ~10 nm diameter Nanotube electrode Carbon nanotube ~2 nm diameter Nanotube transistor O O O O O O O O O O O O O O S O S O S O S O S O S O S O S P O O 21 st Century Challenge Combine nanoscale building blocks to make novel functional devices, e.g., a photosynthetic reaction center with integral semiconductor storage The Microworld 0.1 nm 1 nanometer (nm) 0.01 µ µ µm 10 nm 0.1 µ µ µm 100 nm 1 micrometer ( µ µ µm) 0.01 mm 10 µ µ µm 0.1 mm 100 µ µ µm 1 millimeter (mm) 1 cm 10 mm 10 -2 m 10 -3 m 10 -4 m 10 -5 m 10 -6 m 10 -7 m 10 -8 m 10 -9 m 10 -10 m Visible The Nanoworld 1,000 nanometers = Infrared Ultraviolet Microwave Soft x-ray 1,000,000 nanometers = Zone plate x-ray “lens” Outermost ring spacing ~35 nm Office of Basic Energy Sciences Office of Science, U.S. DOE Version 03-05-02
Transcript of Scale of Things 05MAR02 - Miami University
DNA~2-1/2 nm diameter
Things Natural Things Manmade
MicroElectroMechanical devices10 -100 µm wide
Red blood cellsPollen grain
Fly ash~ 10-20 µm
Atoms of siliconspacing ~tenths of nm
Head of a pin1-2 mm
Quantum corral of 48 iron atoms on copper surfacepositioned one at a time with an STM tip
Corral diameter 14 nm
Human hair~ 10-50 µm wide
Red blood cellswith white cell
~ 2-5 µm
Ant~ 5 mm
The Scale of Things -- Nanometers and More
Dust mite
200 µm
ATP synthase
~10 nm diameter Nanotube electrode
Carbon nanotube~2 nm diameter
Nanotube transistor
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21st Century Challenge
Combine nanoscale building blocks to make novel functional devices, e.g., a photosynthetic reaction center with integral semiconductor storage
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Office of Basic Energy SciencesOffice of Science, U.S. DOE
Version 03-05-02
