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title: "Things You Didn't Know About... Nanotechnology"  
description: "How it might kill us, how it might save us, and how it was used in the smallest ever marketing stunt, here's some of the facts about nanotech you didn't know"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-16  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1591/things-you-didn-t-know-about-nanotechnology  
category: "science and technology"  
tags: ["Nano technology", "nanotechnology", "nanotech", "facts", "Nano -tech facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Things You Didn't Know About... Nanotechnology

![Things You Didn t Know About Nanotechnology](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/37ad3235-ec0c-410f-b13e-7a3c8e1c4c67/images/36083c6e-2416-4ad3-ba1c-c30d87e37503.jpeg) ![Things You Didn t Know About Nanotechnology](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/37ad3235-ec0c-410f-b13e-7a3c8e1c4c67/images/3e7aa282-1589-4a68-a304-259d65b38ae6.jpeg) A nanometer is about the width of a strand of DNA ![Things You Didn t Know About Nanotechnology](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/37ad3235-ec0c-410f-b13e-7a3c8e1c4c67/images/17510600-6bc1-4289-8a9f-2eda3e6082dc.jpeg) At the nano scale, materials take on unusual properties. Their color, transparency, and melting point often differ significantly ![Things You Didn t Know About Nanotechnology](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/37ad3235-ec0c-410f-b13e-7a3c8e1c4c67/images/fbce13a6-d003-4c51-8337-a84e24021e2a.jpeg) Nanoscale bits of metal oxide, carbon fiber, or metal blends can detoxify hazardous waste ![Things You Didn t Know About Nanotechnology](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/37ad3235-ec0c-410f-b13e-7a3c8e1c4c67/images/fde86be5-e0a1-4e5c-82ac-a453a807bad3.jpeg) Studies show that nanoparticles can work their way into the bloodstream, penetrate cells, and get past the blood-brain barrier. ![Things You Didn t Know About Nanotechnology](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/37ad3235-ec0c-410f-b13e-7a3c8e1c4c67/images/18824e96-4a71-49c9-a7e0-0b119dcaef68.jpeg) In University of Southern California lab, nanotubes have been used to create synthetic neurons ![Things You Didn t Know About Nanotechnology](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/37ad3235-ec0c-410f-b13e-7a3c8e1c4c67/images/aae0e944-3158-4889-8519-3568f1e140d6.jpeg) In 1989, using an atomic force microscope, IBM engineer Don Eigler became the first person to move and control a single atom. ![Things You Didn t Know About Nanotechnology](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/37ad3235-ec0c-410f-b13e-7a3c8e1c4c67/images/a53b4b37-cf90-456d-9363-b29482c91638.jpeg) Eigler and his team later used 35 xenon atoms to spell out “IBM,” thus performing the world’s smallest PR stunt.

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