North Dakota State College of Science and Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Moorhead will enter the emerging nanoscience technology arena beginning fall semester 2006. The proper nanoscience training allows individuals working in the field to apply basic sciences, chemistry, physics and biology to the nanotechnology industry.
What is nanoscience?
Nanoscience is a field of scientific study involving the areas of chemistry, biology, engineering and physics. It studies the composition, structure, properties and behavior of material at the molecular and atomic level. Research, observation, measurement and manipulation occur at the nanometer range - a nanometer is one billionth of a meter. Visualize approximately 80,000 nanometers being the diameter of a human hair.
What is nanotechnology?
Nanotechnology is the purposeful design, manufacture and production of a product at the nanoscale, which has useful applications in our world. Nanostructures can fit together into larger structures to produce things such as microelectronics, microsensors and micromachines.
