Quantum Dots

kpk27_at_drexel.edu
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: 1 Dec 2004 03:59:42 GMT

Hi guys,
even i'm a new member of this group and love reading the stuff ull put out
whenever possible.I have been enamored by nanotechnology a lot especially
quantum dots and the possible applications it could have in the medical or
scientific field.could someone who has a better undersatnding than me set me
off on the right foot.

Karan Kampani.

----- Original Message -----
From: Rory McLean <rory@romsys.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:19 pm
Subject: [Sci.nanotech] Re: Everyday Nanotechnology

>
> In article <cogj2c03d5@enews3.newsguy.com>, Denis Loubet
> <URL:')" >dloubet@io.com> wrote:
> >
> > "Brandon" <contact@everydaynano.com> wrote in message
> > news:coeb1t01q94@enews1.newsguy.com...
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > I am new to this group and thought I would start a discussion
> > > concerning "everyday nanotechnology." I have been thinking
> about this
> > > topic for some time and have even started developing a website
> > > (everydaynano.com) about the topic. How do you think
> nanotechnology> > will impact our regular or everyday lifestyles?
> >
> > It depends on how far it goes. Since its everyday impact could
> be anything
> > from Extending the life of your tires to uploading yourself into
> utility fog
> > you need to set some kind of limits for discussion. ;-)
>
> If you assume that the diamondoid assembler is possible, but the
> general-purpose assembler is a lot further off, does that get you
> anywhere?
>
> Or, that nanobots can be constructed, but needs vacuum and very
> low temperatures in a factory, rather than a laser printer-sized
> nanofab, being sufficient to make them?
>
> If you assume that no self-assembly is possible in a room
> temperature, shirt-sleeve, environment?
>
>
> The first assumption gives you objects with great strength at low
> cost, and probably doesn't do the international diamond market
> any good.
>
> The second allows 'nanotech in a can', which could be used for a
> really wide range of things, which don't need self-assembly. This
> would likely avoid the smart nanotech-saturated environment
> beloved of some SF authors, which is likely best avoided until we
> really, really, know what the interactions between humans (and
> the environment we currently depend on) and nanotech are.
>
>
> Is that the sort of starting point you might be looking for?
>
>
> I'm of the opinion that we will get interesting and useful things
> out of nanotech and MNT, but the general-purpose assembler, or
> nanotech with self-assembly or not in a 'human' environment, may
> be a lot further off, if possible at all. So, it may well be
> worth talking about impact from earlier developments.
>
> --
> Rory McLean
> rory@romsys.demon.co.uk
>
>
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