The field of nanotechnology is a new and exciting branch of study that has become the most prominent focus of science in our modern society. In today’s lectures, we were exposed to a new aspect of nanotechnology regarding quantum dots. These tiny dots are composed of gold and release fluorescent light as they jump from one wavelength to another. They can be made up of five through as many as thirty-one atoms. This energy is dependent on the radius of the quantum dot. The smaller the dot, the more effective the emission rate. What I found most interesting about the topic of quantum dots is the ease it lends to biological labeling. The concept of these dots helped my group in developing our project idea. Because of the knowledge we obtained, we brainstormed a way to manipulate these mysterious objects in order to advance modern entertainment. I look forward to doing extensive research pertaining to my project with the hopes that I may learn more about nanotechnology as well as create a project that will become a feasible advancement for the future.
I found today’s lecture regarding nanomedicine and nanotoxicology to be more interesting than the previous ones because I aspire to become a pediatrician someday. All of the proposals under these two broad categories concern exciting advancements that can only improve the future of medicine. I hope that by using micro-scale biobots, with the creation of new drugs, and the implementation of a lab on a single computer chip, doctors and researchers will be able to provide universal healthcare and better treatment in general.
http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/214658/12/none/none/Dept/Are-quantum-nanodots-%27the-missing-link%27
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/nanotech-02a.html
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_New_Class_of_Drugs_Promising_for_BRCA-Related_Cancers.asp
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16002369
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