Big Thinking: The Power of Nanoscience

Science at the Theater, June 6th, 2011: Berkeley Lab scientists reveal how nanoscience will bring us cleaner energy, faster computers, and improved medicine.

Alex Weber-Bargioni: How can we see things at the nanoscale? Alex is pioneering new methods that provide unprecedented insight into nanoscale materials and molecular interactions. The goal is to create rules for building nanoscale materials.

Babak Sanii: Nature is an expert at making nanoscale devices such as proteins. Babak is developing ways to see these biological widgets, which could help scientists develop synthetic devices that mimic the best that nature has to offer.

Ting Xu: How are we going to make nanoscale devices? A future in which materials and devices are able to assemble themselves may not be that far down the road. Ting is finding ways to induce a wide range of nanoscopic building blocks to assemble into complex structures.

Delia Milliron: The dividends of nanoscience could reshape the way we live, from smart windows and solar cells to artificial photosynthesis and improved medical diagnosis. Delia is at the forefront of converting fundamental research into nanotechnology.

Moderated by Jim DeYoreo, interim director of the Molecular Foundry, a facility located at Berkeley Lab where scientists from around the world address the myriad challenges in nanoscience.

http://www.lbl.gov/LBL-PID/fobl/

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Science & Technology

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• nanoscience
• nanotech
• nano
• invisibility cloak
• Berkeley Lab
• Lawrence Berkeley
• DOE
• energy
• science
• WANDA
• Delia Milliron
• Ting Xu
• Babak Sanii
• Alex Weber-Bargioni
• Jim DeYoreo
• materials science
• materials
• tiny
• microscopic
• semiconductor
• Molecular Foundry
• molecular
• foundry
• smart windows
• windows

[royaparsay1]

very interesting and educational....best wishes for the researchers

[electrodacus]

Great presentation.