Nanoscale science [electronic resource] : activities for grades 6-12 / M. Gail Jones ... [et al.].
Publication details: Arlington, VA : NSTA Press, c2007.Description: xv, 155 p. : ill. ; 28 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 620/.5 22
- QC176.8.N35 N35577 2007eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index.
Size and scale -- That's huge! -- One in a billion -- Nano shapes -- Biological nanomachines -- Tools and techniques -- What's in your bag? -- Nanomagnets -- Scanning probe microscopy -- Unique properties and behaviors -- It's a small world after all -- Biomimicry -- How nature builds itself -- Physics changes with scale -- Shrinking cups-- Limits to size -- Nanotechnology applications -- Nanomaterials -- Nanotech, Inc. -- Nanomedicine -- Building small -- Societal implications -- Too little privacy -- Promise or peril -- Appendix.
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