AWARENSS OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY AMONG SCIENCE TEACHERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA, NIGERIA

This study seeks to explore the awareness of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology among science teachers in science and technical schools. A survey lookup layout was adopted for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses were defined to direct the examination. The populace comprised of 224 science educators and this likewise fills in as the example size for the examination. Instrument titled “Awareness of Science Teachers about Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Questionnaire)” with a reliability coefficient of 0.96 was used. Simple percentage and frequency counts were utilized to respond to the examination questions while Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was utilized to test the hypotheses. The findings from this investigation uncovered that science educators in science and technical schools are not aware of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NSNT). Similarly, the study additionally uncovered that science instructors in science and technical schools are not aware of the fundamental ideas upon which Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NSNT) are based upon. Hence both hypotheses were rejected. In the light of this, it was recommended among others that the government, ministry of education, board of science and technical schools, stakeholders and policymakers in the education sector should organize programs like the K-12 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology project to train science teachers in secondary schools and science and technical colleges on NSNT and how to teach NSNT and its fundamental ideas in the classroom

Chiral Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

The paper reviews nanoscale science and technology of chiral molecules/macromolecules-under twosubtopics-chiral nanotechnology and nano-chiral technology. Chiral nanotechnology discusses thenanotechnology, where molecular chirality plays a role in the properties of materials, including molecularswitches, molecular motors, and other molecular devices; chiral supramolecules and self-assembled nanotubesand their functions are also highlighted. Nano-chiral technology  describes the nanoscale approaches to chiraltechnology such as asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, chiral separation and detection, and enantiomericanalysis. Chiral sensors have also been included. The state-of-the-art chiral research at DMSRDE,Kanpur isalso presented.Defence Science Journal, 2008, 58(5), pp.626-635, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.58.168

What is Nanoscience?\u27 - A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Nanoscience Researchers\u27 Experiences

Nanoscience and nanotechnology have been described as a research area that integrates many scientific and engineering disciplines. However, the integration of disciplines is so complex that the disciplinarity of nanoscience and nanotechnology remains undefined. As a result, the nanoscience and nanotechnology area is viewed as multidisciplinary, or interdisciplinary science, or even as a separate discipline and there is no consensus regarding its disciplinarity. The previous studies conducted in order to describe the disciplinarity associated with this area have focused mainly on political, institutional and external factors while the cognitive aspects of disciplinarity of nanoscience and nanotechnology are still less understood. As a consequence, what is needed from the curricula and training programmes to ensure the growth of this area is not fully understood. When there are strong predictions about the need for an extensive workforce in the nanoscience and nanotechnology area but the disciplinarity associated with it is less understood, it can have an adverse effect on the future of this area. This research fills the gap by aiming to achieve a greater understanding of the nanoscience and nanotechnology area and its associated disciplinarity. This research focused on examining postgraduate researchers’ experiences of nanoscience and nanotechnology research to explore the disciplinarity, knowledge, skills and competences associated with nanoscience research so that a deeper understanding of this area can be achieved. This research was conducted using hermeneutic interpretive phenomenological methodology to collect and interpret data from twenty five individual semi-structured interviews with postgraduate researchers working in the nanoscience and iii nanotechnology area. The research methodology was influenced by Max van Manen’s ideas of hermeneutic interpretive phenomenology and it was reshaped to best suit the research context and purpose. Examining the researchers’ experiences of nanoscience research made it possible to understand how postgraduate researchers perceive, understand and conduct nanoscience research. Further, the examination portrayed what knowledge, skills and competences the postgraduate researchers have applied when working in this area. The findings from this interpretive study revealed that the postgraduate researchers experienced the nanoscience and nanotechnology area essentially as a ‘boundary spanning’ experience which described their skills of crossing the disciplinary boundaries in order to understand nanoscience research. Furthermore, the researchers experienced mapping, i.e. their research was evaluated and judged by the researchers from other disciplines. The findings also indicated that the nanoscience and nanotechnology research displayed characteristics of both multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity and therefore they suggested that promoting any one particular approach and aiming to develop the researchers for either a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary platform would not be appropriate for this area. The postgraduate researchers needed the skills to work together with researchers from other disciplines and become good at boundary spanning in the nanoscience area. The interpretive findings were taken back to the postgraduate researchers through a quantitative survey and their agreement with the interpretations further enhanced the credibility of this hermeneutic phenomenological study. The hermeneutic phenomenological research gave a new way to explore the complex nanoscience area by examining the postgraduate researchers’ experiences and this research provided an enhanced understanding of the nanoscience and nanotechnology area and its disciplinarity

Nanoscience and nanotechnology activities in Catalonia

This article aims to give an overview of the activities being carried out in Catalonia in the fields of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. These activities were initiated within the framework of the III Research Plan of Catalonia

Dr. Talat Rhaman Lecture

Dr. Talat Rahman will give a public lecture entitled Promises of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Fact or Fiction

Biopolymers – Application in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

In order to reduce the use of non-renewable resources and to minimize the environmental pollution caused by synthetic materials, the quest for utilizing biomaterials is on a rise. Biopolymers in nature are produced by a range of microorganisms and plants. Biopolymers produced by microorganisms require specific nutrients and controlled environmental conditions. This chapter discusses the recent developments and trends of biopolymers especially in the field of nanotechnology. A basic introduction regarding biopolymers is included at the beginning of the chapter. A detailed discussion on various characterization techniques used for characterizing biopolymers and various frequently used biopolymers is also included. Applications of biopolymers in various fields, especially in the field related to nanoscience and nanotechnology, is elaborated at the end of the chapter. Biopolymers together with nanotechnology have already found many applications in various fields including water treatment, biomedical application, energy sector, and food industry. This chapter is intended to give an overview on the importance of biopolymers in nanotechnology-based applications

Guest Editorial: Selected Papers from the INFN-LNF Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

This PDF file contains the editorial "Guest Editorial: Selected Papers from the INFN-LNF Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" for JNP Vol. 3 Issue 0

The delineation of nanoscience and nanotechnology in terms of journals and patents: a most recent update

The journal set which provides a representation of nanoscience and nanotechnology at the interfaces among applied physics, chemistry, and the life sciences is developing rapidly because of the introduction of new journals. The relevant contributions of nations can be expected to change according to the representations of the relevant interfaces among journal sets. In the 2005 set the position of the USA decreased more than in the 2004-set, while the EU-27 gained in terms of its percentage of world share of citations. The tag "Y01N" which was newly added to the EU classification system for patents, allows for the visualization of national profiles of nanotechnology in terms of relevant patents and patent classes