Nanotech pioneer speaks on state of the field in 2007
FAST-ACT powders are used in situations ranging from chemical spills to gas releases in enclosed chambers. The material grabs onto and rapidly breaks apart deadly materials such as VX nerve gas and sulfuric acid. Photo: Cliff Braverman and Trent Schindler, NSF; NanoScale Materials, Inc.; Kansas State University .
Nanotechnology is an emerging field of science which controls matter at the level of individual molecules. At scales too small to see, how can one tell what broader impact nano is making on society?
Earth & Sky’s Jorge Salazar spoke with George Whitesides, a chemist at Harvard University who’s a leading pioneer of nanotechnology. Whitesides talked about the current state of nanotechnology, and of some of its risks.
