Nano Technology and Design- Rita Blaik- Edward Kil

Weekly blog 2 This weeks in Nanotechnology something that has caught my attention was the self assembly block that was scaled into a big structure. This in particular helped me understand the fundamental concept to how self assembly was constructed into a larger model. The image above shows us the larger scale of self assembly. Skylar Tibbits has created this structure to illustrate what exactly goes on in the molecular stages of micro self assembly. I wanted to start off by mentioning how self assembly can be used in pretty much anything we can perceive today. The possibility this application has is without a doubt infinite. From self assembling from a small scale to self assembling to bigger scales, scientist are constantly finding new ideas to implement “self assembly” in our everyday lives. Today, What I want to talk about is self assembly through bigger objects that can one day serve as a bridge, or building, or even our home. This would be a breakthrough for th...

During my first week in Nanotechnology and Design, there were many fascinating inventions. The invention that stood out to me the most was technology that enhanced solar panels through the usage of nano structuring. A short recap of how the conventional technology enhanced the performance of solar panels is due to it molecular structure of a villi formation. Similar to how our intestines track is constructed. The idea of having a microscopic tubular structure is to increase the surface area. This is return allows more light to be contained inside a solar cell. However, there is a big problem with the contemporary solar panels. From the research Northwestern University has claimed, conventional solar panels only absorb 14% of energy contained in a sunlight. “Most solar panels on people's houses, for example, are fairly inefficient. Less than 14% of the energy that reaches them will be converted to electricity.”. This raises the problem of effectively enhancing our current da...