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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.

Syllabus

  • 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
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Shana Kelley Previous Bio Prev Next Bio Next and Ted Sargent Previous Bio Prev Next Bio Next

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