Nanotechnology Josh Kim St John's School Floor Location: J27E

My research project is on Nanotechnology, a very underrated type of engineering. By definition, Nanotechnology means the science of small things. This includes tiny toys, miniscule robots, clock parts, bacteria, and even atom and molecules. "Nano" derives from the word "dwarf" or "midget" in Greek. Nanotechnology even has its own scale. 1 Nanometre is 6 carbon atoms linked side by side!

Many people and proffesional scientists have claimed that it was utterly impossible to see atoms and molecules, they're just too small. However, technology has changed all of this. IBM worker and Nobel Prize Laureate, Gerd Binnig invented an extremely powerful microscope that, in fact lets us see, move, and construct atoms and molecules at our own will. These microscopes uses a massive beam of electrons instead of light, magnifying the atoms even bigger. Luckily, Gerd Binnig also invented an extremely minute probe that's made out of tungsten. When this special probe is charged with electricity and is put near an atom or molecule, it attracts or is pushed by the charge, therefore allowing scientists to manipulate them. Because of this newfound manipulation, scientists have found out they could do many things. Nantechnologists all over the world discovered new types of molecules by simply using the probe and attaching random atoms together. Using the microscope, many scientists have found nanomaterials or substances that have immensely powerful characteristics. Nanotechnology is a new born science and is still developing. There will much more discoveries stored for us in the future.

I got the idea of Nanotechnology, from watching a movie called "GI:Joe, the Rise of The Cobra." In the movie, they talked about tiny, destructive "nanobots" that the villians were planning to use on a city. This really got me interested, so I searched it up, and found it that it was very fascinating, so i proceeded this as science fair topic. I gladly look forward to meeting new friends and talking about Nanotechnology to the judges in the oncoming science fair regionals!