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Nanotechnology Applications in the Sectors of Renewable Energy Sources
Published in Cherry Bhargava, Amit Sachdeva, Pardeep Kumar Sharma, Smart Nanotechnology with Applications, 2020
Apart from these applications, nanotechnology is finding importance in other fields also, e.g. nanomedicine, nanofabrication, nanotechnology in memory and storage, nanotechnology for flexible electronics, and some industrial applications of nanotechnology such as textile and military. One of the medical field applications of nanotechnology is known as nanomedicine. Basically, the nanomedicine branch deals with the medical applications of nanomaterials along with nanoelectronic biosensors and also some of the upcoming applications of molecular nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is now being used in treating cancer through molecular imaging and therapy. Nanofabrication is another significant field of nanotechnology which deals with energy. Nanofabrication involves a process, which deals with the designing and implementation of the devices based on the nanoscale. Development of such type of nanodevices, having dimensions smaller than 100 nm help to seize, store, and transfer energy in a better form. In fact, nanomaterials play a very crucial role for the designing and implementation of flexible electronics. Flexible electronics components can also be developed and designed by changing the nanoscale structure of particles. Figure 5.9 illustrates the role of nanomaterials in numerous applications.
Modular Systems for Energy Conservation and Efficiency
Published in Yatish T. Shah, Modular Systems for Energy Usage Management, 2020
An important subfield of nanotechnology related to energy is nanofabrication. Nanofabrication is the process of designing and creating devices on the nanoscale. Creating devices smaller than 100 nm opens many doors for the development of new ways to capture, store, and transfer energy. The inherent level of control that nanofabrication could give scientists and engineers would be critical in providing the capability of solving many of the problems that the world is facing today related to the current generation of energy technologies [1]. Researchers have already begun developing ways of utilizing nanotechnology for the development of consumer products. Benefits already observed from the design of these products are an increased efficiency of lighting and heating, increased electrical storage capacity, and a decrease in the amount of pollution from the use of energy. Recently, previously established and entirely new companies such as BetaBatt, Inc. and Oxane Materials are focusing on nanomaterials as a way to develop and improve upon older methods for the capture, transfer, and storage of energy for the development of consumer products [66, 72–76].
System-Level Design and Simulation of Nanomemories and Nanoprocessors
Published in Sergey Edward Lyshevski, Nano and Molecular Electronics Handbook, 2018
Shamik Das, Carl A. Picconatto, Garrett S. Rose, Matthew M. Ziegler, James C. Ellenbogen
The simulations described here are intended to illustrate in a very specific manner the types of issues that will be encountered in building and operating a nanocomputer. It is significant that these simulations can be and have been conducted well before an entire system of this type actually is fabricated and integrated on the molecular scale. As the research community attempts to move forward with detailed designs for an entire nanocomputer, system simulation can illuminate the detailed consequences of both the architecture-level design choices and the a priori device-level constraints. Still further, the results of the simulation serve to provide focus for nanodevice and nanofabrication research, showing where it may be necessary to push back on the limits of these technologies, and where such efforts can have the most benefit for the ultimate objective of building a nanocomputer.
Parametric investigations on laser-induced forward transfer based micro-3D printing of NiTi alloy
Published in Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 2022
Anshu Sahu, I. A. Palani, Vipul Singh
Micro/nanofabrication gained its attention due to the increasing demand for miniaturizing and customization in the field of electronics, micro-electromechanical system (MEMS), and biotechnology. The conventional manufacturing techniques for micro/nanofabrication are film deposition, etching, bonding, and molecular self-assembly.[1] However, the application of the above techniques is limited by the complexity (due to multiple steps), limited aspect ratio, time consumption, and cost. With the advancement in manufacturing technologies, various additive manufacturing technologies are used for microfabrication, such as micro-stereolithography, two-photon polymerization, selective laser sintering, and inkjet printing to build complicated micro-3D structures.[2,3] The above processes suffer from various limitations such as material constraints, nozzle clogging, minimum resolution, etc. In this view, laser induced forward transfer (LIFT) is an alternative technique that can be incorporated as a micro-3D printing for developing high-resolution microdevices.[4] Many functional devices such as organic light-emitting diode,[5] sensors,[6] and biomedical sensors[7] are successfully fabricated using this approach. With LIFT as the approach, micro-3D printing can be performed by continuous deposition of multiple pixels for micro-3D structures.