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Nanoscale science [electronic resource] : activities for grades 6-12 / M. Gail Jones ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Jones, M. Gail, 1955- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Arlington, VA : NSTA Press, c2007Description: xv, 155 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Subject(s): Nanoscience | Nanostructures | Nanotechnology | Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Activity programs | Technology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Activity programsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 620/.5 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Size and scale -- That's huge! -- One in a billion -- Nano shapes -- Biological nanomachines -- Tools and techniques -- What's in your bag? -- Nanomagnets -- Scanning probe microscopy -- Unique properties and behaviors -- It's a small world after all -- Biomimicry -- How nature builds itself -- Physics changes with scale -- Shrinking cups-- Limits to size -- Nanotechnology applications -- Nanomaterials -- Nanotech, Inc. -- Nanomedicine -- Building small -- Societal implications -- Too little privacy -- Promise or peril -- Appendix.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index.

Size and scale -- That's huge! -- One in a billion -- Nano shapes -- Biological nanomachines -- Tools and techniques -- What's in your bag? -- Nanomagnets -- Scanning probe microscopy -- Unique properties and behaviors -- It's a small world after all -- Biomimicry -- How nature builds itself -- Physics changes with scale -- Shrinking cups-- Limits to size -- Nanotechnology applications -- Nanomaterials -- Nanotech, Inc. -- Nanomedicine -- Building small -- Societal implications -- Too little privacy -- Promise or peril -- Appendix.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.