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Nanotechnology:
a small matter with a huge impact on business
Nanotechnology is already revolutionizing basic products and
materials like golfballs, fabrics and paints and, overtime,
will impact virtually every industry by creating renewed products
made from nanomaterials.
Nano - from the Greek word for dwarf - is not a single industry but an enabling
technology involving matter between 1 and 100 nanometers. A nonometer is a billionth
of a meter - barely the size of 10 hydrogen atoms in a row.
In this tiny world, researchers have discovered that matter at the molecular
size behaves quite differently. For instance, breaking down a chunk of material
into nanoparticles vastly increases its surface areas, often by a factor of millions.
This makes the material dramatically more reactive, quicker to ignite or melt,
and able to absorb faster.
In the nano world, familiar materials such as gold and carbon soot are displaying
new and useful properties. Some of these include transmitting light or electricity,
becoming harder than diamonds, and transforming chemistry and the nature of things
into potent catalyst for the development of superefficient, fortiefied and hypersentitive
materials.
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Nano in Action
'Fore' No More?
Nanotechnology helps golf balls fly straighter. Nanotechnology is helping golf
balls correct their own flight path so they fly straighter than conventional
golf balls. Exciting nanotechnology advances better channel the power from
the club head to reduce slices and fades.
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