Kuya Bong

Final Examination
in
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
Yolando Guinto
Mondriaan Aura College

1. What are nanomaterials and how are they made?
Nanomaterials are types of materials that are use for making or innovating different set of objects
and these materials are small in sized just like paper. Nanomaterials are important because it can
use in some other ways and just like any materials, nanotechnology can also made by human or it
also exist by nature. Now, how nanomaterials are made? Some scientist and experts stated how
nanomaterials was made, they stated that nanomaterials and/or nanoparticles are formed through
either the breaking down of larger particles or by controlled assembly processes.
2. What are the factors that need to be considered before manufacturing materials through
nanotechnology?
Nanomanufacturing is the way in which the materials are developed and innovate more products
to make something into realistic and to help rebuild the situation in many aspects. Now, the
factors that need to be considered before manufacturing materials through nanotechnology are
the bottom-up fabrication in which manufactures products by building them up form atomic and
molecular scale. And the last one is the top-down fabrication in which it is responsible for
trimming down large pieces of materials into monoscale
3. What are the contributions of nanotechnology for the improvement and sustainability of
our environment?
Base on the context that I read, the contribution of nanotechnology in the environment are the
improvement of detection and removal of contaminants and development of benign industrial
process and materials. Yes it is simple but this thing can help to develop the environment and
especially it can make more innovations for the improvement and faster development of our
environment.
Recent innovations or advancement in nanotechnology in different countries
USA: NANOSHELL
The nanoshells are a little like Hershey’s Milk Duds. But the “candy” center is made of silica, and
the outside is a gold shell instead of chocolate. The researchers designed the shells to absorb
specific wavelengths of light, such as those in the near-infrared-light range. And they have coated
the shells with antibodies that bind to cancerous cells in culture.
The nanoshells are small enough to travel through the human bloodstream and could theoretically
be injected into a patient. Each shell is roughly 100 nanometers in diameter; a nanometer is one-
billionth of a meter.
SINGAPORE: Ink Making Spurs the Advent of New-age Devices
Behind these innovations is nanotechnology, which involves the use of small-sized membranes,
tubes, and components that can be used for a variety of purposes. Currently, its use has been
popularized within the healthcare and electronics industry. Nanotubes ensure that minute
quantities can be delivered at the designated place, in a highly specific manner.

CANADA: New Biomaterial
Catherine Hockmuth of UC San Diego reports that a new biomaterial designed for repairing
damaged human tissue doesn't wrinkle up when it is stretched. The invention from nanoengineers
at the University of California, San Diego marks a significant breakthrough in tissue engineering
because it more closely mimics the properties of native human tissue. Shaochen Chen, professor
in the Department of NanoEngineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, hopes
future tissue patches, which are used to repair damaged heart walls, blood vessels, and skin, for
example, will be more compatible with native human tissue than the patches available today.
SINGAPORE: THEMOPOWER
MIT scientists at MIT have discovered a previously unknown phenomenon that can cause powerful
waves of energy to shoot through minuscule wires known as carbon nanotubes. The discovery
could lead to a new way of producing electricity. The phenomenon, described as thermopower
waves, “opens up a new area of energy research, which is rare,” says Michael Strano, MIT’s
Charles and Hilda Roddey Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, who was the senior
author of a paper describing the new findings that appeared in Nature Materials on March 7, 2011.
The lead author was Wonjoon Choi, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering.
JAPAN: NANOBUBBLE WATER
Tadayuki Imanaka, professor of the College of Life Sciences at Ritsumeikan University, launched
on December 3, 2010, a set of demonstration experiments aimed at using a nano-bubble (NB)
generator to reduce water pollution in a natural pond at the university's Biwako-Kusatsu Campus
in Shiga Prefecture. A nano-bubble is a microscopic air bubble less than one micrometer in
diameter.

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Final Examination

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Mondriaan Aura College

either the breaking down of larger particles or by controlled assembly processes.

trimming down large pieces of materials into monoscale

improvement of detection and removal of contaminants and development of benign industrial

the shells with antibodies that bind to cancerous cells in culture.

quantities can be delivered at the designated place, in a highly specific manner.

on December 3, 2010, a set of demonstration experiments aimed at using a nano-bubble (NB)

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