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CeNIDE, University of Duisburg-Essen: Self-ordering Bismuth nano structures on a silicon surface, each dot corresponds to a single bismuth atom |
The NanoArt screen exhibition featured art showing the ways in which materials have completely different and widely variable properties on the nano scale. In a kaleidoscope of textures and colors, NanoArt brings to life order and chaos, mountains and valleys, the heavens and hedgehogs - all invisible to the naked eye - in liquid, solid, luminescent, multi-colored atom arrangements and patterns.
The NanoArt exhibition on canvas is currently on display in the German Center for Research and Innovation www.germaninnovation.org in New York, where visitors can enjoy the beauty of approximately 60 nano pictures and – take a guess at what they are actually looking at!
Nano, meaning “dwarf” in Greek, is the prefix for a giant 21stcentury key technology. With the discovery of techniques to organize, characterize, and manipulate individual atoms the worldwide conquest of the nano scale dimension has begun.From cancer medicine to the miniaturization of semiconductor electronics to the production of nanomaterials to achieve better energy storage in lithium ion akkus - Nanotechnology is widely used and researched today.
Germany, with nearly 2000 players involved, is the European frontrunner in both nano research and commercialization. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research recently announced a new nanotechnology action plan to tap the full potential that nano scale solutions can provide to address the world's problems. Across industries, the total market volume for products that are influenced by nanotechnology is estimated to be over 1.4 trillion dollars by 2015. Nanotechnology is and will remain a powerful driver of innovation.
From Microscope to Gallery – NanoArt is provided by:
Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen ( CeNIDE ) >> http://www.uni-due.de/cenide/
Nanosystems Initiative Munich ( NIM ) >> http://www.nano-initiative-munich.de/
Center for NanoScience ( CeNS ) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München >> http://www.cens.de/
University Alliance Metroplis Ruhr >> http://www.uamr.de/index_en.htm
Leibniz Instiute for Analytical Sciences ( ISAS e.V.) >> http://www.isas.de/
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft >> http://www.mpg.de/en
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