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BY GABE KELLY-RAMIREZ
CLUSTER 2
7/19/2005
HOW NANOTECHNOLOGY
RELATES TO OPTICS
LIGHT IS AFFECTED BY NANOTECHNOLOGY BECAUSE
LIGHT’S WAVELENGTH IS ON THE NANOSCALE
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APPLICATIONS
HAS THE ABILITY TO CONTROL HOW TRANSPARENT
MATERIALS ARE
IS ABLE TO FOCUS LIGHT TO OBTAIN HIGH RESOLUTION
IMAGES
MAY HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPLACE ELECTRICITY
BIODEGRADE UNWANTED THINGS
HAS THE ABILITY TO CONTROL HOW TRANSLUCENT
MATERIALS ARE
NATURAL
NANOTECHNOLOGY
MOTH EYES
MOTH WINGS
EDELWEISS ALPINE FLOWER
EVERYTHING ELSE IN NATURE
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CURRENT OPTICAL
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CLEAR SUNSCREEN IN AUSTRALIA
UNIAXIAL YVO4 CRYSTALS HAS NEGATIVE INDEX
ANTIFERROMAGNETIC METAL HAS NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC
CONSTANT
NANOPARTICLES IN
DIFFERENT MEDIUMS
NANOPARTICLES ARE EASILY ADDED TO CURRENT
METHODS OF PRODUCTION
NANOPARTICLES CHANGE THE WAY DIFFERENT MEDIUMS
REFLECT LIGHT
MAKE MATERIALS CHEAPER BECAUSE MAKES USE OF
SOLAR SPECTRUM MORE EFFICIENTLY
MICROPARTICLES
NANOPARTICLES
EVANESCENT WAVES
IF REFOCUSED PROPERLY, CAN PRODUCE PERFECT IMAGE
OF AN OBJECT
DISAPPEAR EXPONENTIALLY WITH DISTANCE BUT HOLD
VALUABLE INFORMATION IF REFOCUSED
OCCUR IN TOTAL-INTERNAL REFLECTION
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EVANESCENT WAVES
CAN BE REFOCUSED WITH A LENS WITH A NEGATIVE
INDEX AND DIELECTRIC CONSTANT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE
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WORK CITED
“NANOTECHNOLOGY, BASIC SCIENCE AND EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES” BY MICK WILSON AND CO. CHAPMAN
&HALL/CRC COPYRIGHT 2002
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