Lecture by Dawn Bonnell at Chemical Heritage Foundation
The Chemical Heritage Foundation invites you to Linking Proteins, Wires, Dots & Molecules into Useful Devices, a lecture by Dawn Bonnell, Ph.D.The event will be held on December 9, 2008 at 6:00 PM at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street. Bonnell is a Trustee Professor of Materials Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where she also serves as director of the Nano/Bio Interface Center. Bonnell leads the Center’s Small Times Journal, which is ranked number one in the nation in nanotechnology research. Admission is $15; students may attend free upon presentation of a valid student ID. Doors open at 5:00 PM, the lecture begins at 6:00 PM, and the reception begins at 7:00 PM. To register, visit their website at www.chemheritage.org/purchase/event-register.asp?id=386.
Why Is Small So Big?
Nanotechnology deals with products and processes that are measured in almost unbelievably small increments called “nanometers”—one billionth of a meter.
At the nanoscale, materials differ from larger objects in their physical, chemical and biological properties; therefore, they lend themselves to new and improved materials, systems and devices. Nanotechnology is behind the development of such diverse advancements as:
- Drug Delivery
- Biofiltration and Separation sciences
- Improved coatings for medical devices
Thanks to rapid advances in this exciting new field, we now have the tools and talents to manipulate materials on the molecular scale—a technology literally changing the world as we know it.