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Nanotechnology: An Outsider’s Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorPritchard, Jessicaen
dc.contributor.editorPoquette, Benen
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-19T21:11:16Zen
dc.date.available2019-06-19T21:11:16Zen
dc.date.issued2006-09-22en
dc.description.abstractMany theorize what the future holds, complete with cliché flying cars and robotic maids, but what if those seemingly imaginary theories became real?Imagine a doctor planning your surgery using a microscopic robot to get into those hardto-reach parts of your body, or better yet—eating a hamburger or hot dog made from your daily garbage.As crazy and futuristic as it may sound, nanotechnology may hold the key to advancing society into a whole new age of technology.Like most sciences, though, there is a flip side:science at such a tiny level, 10-9 meters to be exact, has as many potential dangers as it does advantages.en
dc.format.extent2 pagesen
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dc.identifier.citationPritchard, J., 2006. Nanotechnology: An Outsider’s Perspective. Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research, 2. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/jumr.v2i0.0613en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.21061/jumr.v2i0.0613en
dc.identifier.eissn2578-9570en
dc.identifier.issn1934-7677en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/90324en
dc.identifier.volume2en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Tech Department of Materials Science and Engineeringen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderVirginia Tech Department of Materials Science and Engineeringen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectMaterials Scienceen
dc.subjectNanotechnologyen
dc.titleNanotechnology: An Outsider’s Perspectiveen
dc.title.serialJournal of Undergraduate Materials Researchen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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