Ask a Scientist: What Is the Difference Between Nanoscale and Atomic Scale?

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Nano expert Oliver Brand from Georgia Tech University discusses the difference between nanoscale and atomic scale. Part of the “Ask a Scientist” series.

Media Details

Runtime: 1 minutes 10 seconds

Topic: Mathematics, Science
Subtopic: Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
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Release Year: 2016
Producer/Distributor: National Science Foundation
Series: Ask a Scientist

Person speaking. Caption: between one and one hundred nanometers.

Person speaking and standing next to a poster board with "Control of matter at the nanoscale" surrounded by logos from different organizations. Caption: of matter at the atomic and molecular level.

Person speaking. Caption: So a nanometer would be ten to the minus nine meters.

Person speaking. Caption: and work on it to manage those risks.

Person speaking. Caption: We can apply an electric field or magnetic fields to them.

Person speaking. Caption: used for both doing diagnostics as well as theranostics.

Person speaking. Caption: Nanoparticles have been used in sunscreens

Person speaking. Caption: about nanobots replicating and taking over the world.

Person speaking in front of a background showing planets and space. Caption: And he detected a set of three planets around this star.

Researcher Mark Mote, a man with short dark hair wearing a plaid shirt, talks in front of a large blue banner. A young woman is near him in the background. Caption. "And that can be as simple as telling it how to add numbers."