A new technological feat has been achieved by European scientists: the displacement of a drop visible to the naked eye by the momentum of a machine 80,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Although there is still much that can move large objects thanks to nanotechnology, this new achievement will help the achievement of certain technical diagnostic microchips and chemical reactions to produce tiny scale without test tubes. Also lead to new drugs, smart materials and artificial muscles. By Marta Morales.

Researchers from the universities of Edinburgh (UK), Groningen (Netherlands) and Bologna (Italy) have made the first synthetic molecular machine, 80,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, able to move an object visible to the naked eye: with a laser pointer, droplets moved diiodometano or methylene iodide on a flat surface, even getting to climb down a slope.

The results of his work have been published in the latest edition of the journal Nature Materials , in which they explain that their technique could find applications in computer chips, in the execution of chemical reactions on a microscopic scale and without reactor and also in drugs , smart materials and artificial muscles. (more…)

The solar energy is one of the most important and used forms of renewable energy . Despite the abundance of sunshine we have in the planet’s solar panels are not yet able to convert all the sunlight they receive into usable energy , as part of it “escapes” to the absorptive capacity of the panel. In addition, the sunlight comes in a variety of colors and solar cells can not achieve that spectrum of light in the same way and are generally more efficient in the blue range of the red.

The use of nanotechnology seeks to remedy both shortcomings of solar panels . A new research by Kylie Catchpole and Albert Polman has found a glimmer of a solution by creating a little condition called ” surface plasmon “or surface plasmons. plasmons play an important role in the optical properties of metal.

Sketch of a surface plasmon in a nanoparticle. The electrons move together with respect to its positive origin. (Via | ipcms ) (more…)

Many of our readers believe that the only technologies that affect them are computer science and telecommunications. Both fields are being radically affected by the emergence of new advances in nanotechnology that will change substantially in markets. Little by little, we want to be introducing this topic for which we’d love to have the largest number of comments.

The definition given Nanotech-Now the meaning of disruptive technologies is “one that, significantly cheaper than the current one, or many more benefits is often more convenient to use.” One that will revolutionize the world markets to make existing technology obsolete. The connotation of “paradigm shift” is already very trite. Although the term may sound negative is mainly neutral. The downside is that organizations are not ready for change, do not fit or stay behind and, finally, disappear. The results are not simply an evolution, mean a revolution.

Let’s see what will affect industries in a few years nanotechnology and analyze the 7 that represent more business. The selection of 30 affected industries, allows us to analyze: (more…)

Nanotechnology

The advancement of science through technology is superb, as more and are more explanations and solutions to problems and diseases to which man faces today.

One of the clear advances in science by technology is nanotechnology, which is basically the control and manipulation of matter at scales as small as a micrometer, is working with thick particles of atoms or molecules.

Nanotechnology is the technology of the future as many predict and wider field of development is in medicine, but has many applications for other subjects.

Technology to your daily life

With the development of applications based on nanotechnology, daily life will improve, that is our quality of life will be better in years when the development of this new technology is in an advanced stage.

Anyway there will be a long wait, and that progress is beginning to dislumbrar and for a period longer than six years, it is expected that nanotechnology is much more advanced.