todays agenda nano size me –how big is a nanometer? why size matters –nanomaterials are...
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Today’s Agenda• Nano Size Me
– How big is a nanometer?
• Why Size Matters– Nanomaterials are different
• Nano Sunscreen– Ultraviolet light and nanoparticles
• Hands on activities for each
STEM ED/CHM Nanotechnology 2007
Nano Size Me
IBM chip UMass Logo TI mirror array
The Nano Scale
Nano materials are typically 1 to 100 nanometers in size
1 nanometer = 1/1,000,000,000 meters
How do such materials fit into the overall scale of objects in nature?
And how big is a nanometer in terms of something basic?
We’ll use powers of ten
• Handy way to express very large or very small numbers.
• Easier than writing lots of zeros!
106 • reads 'ten to the 6' • is 1 followed by 6 zeros, 1,000,000 • is 1.0 with the point moved right by 6 places
Negative powers of 10
10-6
• reads 'ten to the minus 6'
• is 1 divided by 106 , 1/1,000,000
• is 1.0 with the point moved left by six places, 0.000,001
How big is a meter?
~ 1 meter
~2 metersWidth?
Height?
101 meters = 10 meters
Adapted from http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/Microcosm/P10/english/welcome.html
100 meter = 1 meter
10-1 meters = 0.1 meters
fly
10-2 meters = 0.01m
1 centimeter = 1 cm
10-3 meters = 0.001 meters
Fly’s eye
1 millimeter = 1 mm
10-4 meters = 0.0001 meters
Fly’s eye as seen with electron microscope
10-5 meters = 0.00001 meters
Red blood cells
10-6 meters = 0.000,001 meters
Bacteria
10-7 meters = 0.000,000,1 meters
Computer Chip details
10-7 meters
10-8 meters = 0.000,000,01 meters
“Quantum corral” of iron atoms on a copper surface
10-9 meters = 0.000,000,001 meters(1 nanometer = 1 nm)
DNA
3 nanometers
10-10 meters = 0.000,000,000,1 meters
Carbon atom, with 6 electrons and a nucleus
10-14 meters = 0.000,000,000,000,01 meters
Carbon nucleus,
made up of 6 protons and 6 neutrons
10-15 meters = 0.000,000,000,000,001 meters
Proton (or neutron) composed of 3 quarks
1 femtometer = 1 fm
So how big is a nanometer?
Carbon atom diameter ~ 10-10 m
10 x 10-10 m = 10-9 m
1 nanometer ~ 10 atoms wide
Nano films are a 1-100 x 10 atoms in thickness
Nano particles are 1 to 100 x 10 atoms in diameter
The Size Me Challenge
• Each team has an envelope containing– A 3 page list of powers of ten– 24 picture cards
• Place each card next to the appropriate power of ten– Size matches will be approximate – Some matches will be easy, some will be
hard!
That’s if for now …
1. Thickness of a penny
1 mm = 10-3 m
2. Oxygen atom nucleus
1 femtometer =
10-15 m
3. Red blood cell diameter
10 microns = 10-5 m
4. Height of a 5 year old child
1 m
Approximate sizes
5. Proteinase enzyme
10-8 m = 10 nm
(~ 100 atomic diameters)
6. Dust mite 10-4 m (0.1 mm)
7. Wedding ring width
1 cm = 10-2 m
8. Length of amoeba 10-44 m
Approximate sizes, 2
9. Width of electrical outlet cover
10-2 m = 10 cm
10. Diameter of a ribosome
10-8 m (10 nm)
11. Thickness of sewing thread
10-3 m = 1 mm
12. Width of a water molecule
10-9 m = 1 nm
Approximate sizes, 3
13. Width of a bacterium
10-6 m = 1 micron
14. Length of an apple seed
10-2 m = 1 cm
15. Diameter of a virus
10-7 m = 100 nm
16. Length of a business envelope
10-1 m = 10 cm
Approximate sizes, 4
17. Diameter of a quarter
10-2 m = 1 cm
18. Length of human muscle cell
10-4 m = 100 microns
19. Diameter of a carbon nanotube
10-8 m = 10 nm
20. Length of a phone book
10-1 m = 10 cm
Approximate sizes, 5
21. Height of an NBA player
100 m = 1 m
22. Diameter of nitrogen atom
10-10 m
23. Thickness of a staple
10-3 m = 1 mm
24. Wavelength of visible light
10-7 m = 100 nm
(Actually, 400 – 700)
Approximate sizes, 6