Week 8: NanoTech +Art

As mentioned earlier in the lecture videos, Nanotechnology is the branch of technology that deals with dimensions of less than 100 nano-meters, especially atoms and molecules. The Nanotechnology has the potential to change the world and it is actually changing the world, nowadays.



[Scales in nanotechnology]
uconlineprogram. “Nanotech Jim pt1.” YouTube, YouTube, 21 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=647&v=q7jM6-iqzzE.

Scanning Tunneling Microscope is invented by Gerd Binning and Heinrich Rohrer. It is rastering to form an image of atoms so that it can actually form picture of structures of atom. Diamond and graphite are pure carbon atoms but they are totally different. The reason they are so different can be explained by looking at the structures of them with the scanning tunneling microscope.


[Pictures of Gerd and Heini with Scanning Tunneling Microscope]
uconlineprogram. “Nanotech Jim pt2.” YouTube, YouTube, 21 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=547&v=HEp6t0v-v9c.



Graphite
Diamond












As we can see in these pictures the structures of two materials are totally different which is the reason why they have totally different characteristics in terms of hardness, look, price and etc... even though they both are consisted of pure carbon.

 [Pictures of structure of Graphite and Diamond]
uconlineprogram. “Nanotech Jim pt2.” YouTube, YouTube, 21 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=547&v=HEp6t0v-v9c.



One of the most interesting facts during this weeks lecture was the enlarged image of Gecko Lizzard's feet which makes them able to climb over the walls. This made me think of Spider Man.


One of the most interesting examples with industries is the lotus leaf effect. The lotus leaf effect refers to self-cleaning properties that the lotus leaf can keep themselves clean with the their own unique structures, Ultra-hydrophobic which makes the leaf is extremely difficult to wet.




[Pictures of Gecko Feet and Lotus leaf]
uconlineprogram. “Nanotech Jim pt3.” YouTube, YouTube, 21 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=540&v=X0HCNiU_108.



This characteristic is used in the industry, nowadays to create self cleaning fabrics and self cleaning glass. The nanotechnology is developed and able to copy the structure of lotus leaf on fabrics and glass so that the fabric and glass are not able to wet and the water will be able to clean the surface of them as the water drops.


[Pictures of Self cleaning fabrics and glass]
uconlineprogram. “Nanotech Jim pt3.” YouTube, YouTube, 21 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=540&v=X0HCNiU_108.


During this weeks' lecture, the development in the Nanotechnology + Art will be able to improve the industries, world. This weeks' lecture was pretty vivid to recognize the strong connection between the art and science.


Work Cited

 Lotus Effect, ice.chem.wisc.edu/Oil/On_The_Surface,_Its_All_About_Nano/Lotus_Effect.html.

“Gecko.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 28 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko.

 “How Can Graphite and Diamond Be so Different If They Are Both Composed of Pure Carbon?” Scientific American, www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-can-graphite-and-diam/.

 “How Do Self-Cleaning Windows Work?” Explain That Stuff, 18 Oct. 2017, www.explainthatstuff.com/how-self-cleaning-windows-work.html.

 Victoria , Vesna. “The Nanomeme Syndrome: Blurring of Fact & Fiction in the Construction of a New Science .” The Nanomeme Syndrome: Blurring of Fact & Fiction in the Construction of a New Science, vv.arts.ucla.edu/publications/publications/02-03/JV_nano/JV_nano_artF5VG.htm.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Extra Credit Event 1: Weak or No Signal: MFA Design Media Arts Thesis Show

Image
The event " Weak or N o Signal"  was really visual and sound concentrated exhibition by the graduating class of 2018 at UCLA. They provided monitor and head sets for pretty much every crafts that they exhibited. According to the explanation of the exhibition articulated contemporary subject matters, from hyper-mediated social relationships to artificial intelligence, technological utopianism, and the increasing fallibility of the image. Since I am an Electrical Engineering major and considering artificial intelligence and machine learning as my future career, I was really interested in this topic. As soon as I enter the entrance, I could see this picture on the left it is called "(b)Latant Space: Facile Substance". As the first time looking at this art craft, I did not really capture the purpose of this piece. However, It was enough to grab my attention. I looked at the thing on the right, which made me think of biotech and neuroscience lectures since it looked ...
Read more

Week 2: Math + Art

Image
Fibonacci's Spiral Since  I am an engineering major, I am familiar with mathematics. However, I have never thought that mathematics is related to art before the lecture. The most interesting fact in this lecture was Mathematics' contribution on evolution of art. As I was watching the lecture video by Professor Victoria Vesna, there was a mention about Fibonacci's sequence. When I was taking Discrete Mathematics in UCLA, I learned about the Fibonacci's sequence. The sequence has the pattern that the next number is the sum of the previous number and current number. (1,1,2,3,4,8,13,21...) I did not actually think of any correlation between the sequence and art. However, as I researched more about it, I could catch the correlation easily. This is called the Fibonacci's spiral which is the imagery of the sequence. It is often called Golden Ratio which is used in the composition of picture for perfect balancing.  Robert Greenham's Tango Final of British Champi...
Read more