Two examples
The Pantheon – Rome
Then the recipe for Concrete was lost
We need bundles of nanotubes
Defects will not propagate among the straws
We need to make them meters long
Man’s greatest Enemy
2.7 million deaths this year
The embargo on DDT has condemned 2.7 million (mainly children) to death this year
Bio-Nano approaches DNA manipulation
We need to make them meters long
We need bundles of nanotubes
DNA Sequencing Genetic Fingerprinting Liquid Crystal Displays ATP synthase Haemoglobin Birth Control Pill Penicillin Anti-malaria drugs Molecular Computing Ozone Hole discovery Virus structures Platinum anti cancer drugs Nike shoes polymers Shampoo Sewage Treatment Washing up bowls Haber Process Materials defects Catalysis (35%GNP) Silicon chip Polymers Glass Pharma Industry Liquified Gases N 2 O 2 Pole vaulter pole Hip joints Bikes Skateboards
DNA Sequencing Genetic Fingerprinting Liquid Crystal Displays ATP synthase Haemoglobin Birth Control Pill Penicillin Anti-malaria drugs Molecular Computing Ozone Hole discovery Virus structures Platinum anti cancer drugs Nike shoes polymers Shampoo Sewage Treatment Washing up bowls Haber Process Materials defects Catalysis (35%GNP) Silicon chip Polymers Glass Pharma Industry Liquified Gases N 2 O 2 Pole vaulter pole Hip joints Bikes Skateboards
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DNA Sequencing Genetic Fingerprinting Liquid Crystal Displays ATP synthase Haemoglobin Birth Control Pill Penicillin Anti-malaria drugs Molecular Computing Ozone Hole discovery Virus structures Platinum anti cancer drugs Nike shoes polymers Shampoo Sewage Treatment Washing up bowls Haber Process Materials defects Catalysis (35%GNP) Silicon chip Polymers Glass Pharma Industry Liquified Gases N 2 O 2 Pole vaulter pole Hip joints
Avogadro’s Number 1Size of an atom 2Dalton – atomicity 3Balmer Series 4Bohr Atom 5Pasteur chirality 63D molecule tetrahedral molecule 7Angular momentum > spdf > Periodic Table 8X ray crystallography 9Electronic structure 10DNA measurement laser optical analogue 11Chemical shift in nmr 12The structure of benzene 13Molecular spectroscopy HCl length of chemical bond 14The potential curve 15energy of a bond H 2 16Reaction Intermediates A + B > [C] > products 17Reaction coordinate 18Polymers 19Molecular Machines Haemoglobin ATP synthase
Man’s got t’know his limitations
The limit to the strength of a particular material is the Defect and how they may be overcome