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Centro de Física Aplicada y

Tecnología Avanzada, UN

AM Juriquilla

Víctor M

. Castaño

Nanotechnology and A

LM:

challenges and opportunities

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Contents

•Introduction to U

NA

M•

Materials and A

LM•

Interfaces can be huge and dynamical

•N

anotechnology and interfaces•

What can be learn from

Mother N

ature•

Exam

ples (some) of all the above and

ongoing and future collaborative work

•C

ON

CLU

SIO

N:A

Modern V

ision of A

dvanced Materials for A

dvanced M

anufacturing

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Introduction to UN

AM

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Universidad N

acional A

utónoma de M

éxico, 1551

342, 542 students28, 018 graduates38, 793 lecturers30%

of mexican peer-review

edpublications

Cam

pus in all over the country and C

anada, USA, G

reat Britain, Spain,

China, C

osta Rica and France

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Querétaro, 1531

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UN

ES

CO

World

Heritage C

ity

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Centro de Física A

plicada y Tecnología A

vanzada, 2002

•D

epartment of N

anotechnology•

Departm

ent of Molecular E

ngineering of M

aterials

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Projects related to A

LM

•N

anomaterials

•B

iomedical E

ngineering

•B

iomaterials

•B

iomim

etic materials

•Functional m

aterials•

Recyclable m

aterials

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Materials and A

LM

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ALM

requieres suitable m

aterials

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Interfaces can be huge and dynam

ical

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Layered materials = interfaces

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How

big and dynamical an

interface is?

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Nanotechnology and interfaces

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•Control of surface area/m

ass•

Material: Au

–1 x 1 x 1 cm

cube–

V = 1 cm3

–M

ass = 19.3 g–

Surface area = 6 cm2

•10x10x10 nm

nanocubes–

No. of nanocubes = 1 x 10

18

–V = 1000 nm

3

–Surface area per nanocube = 600 nm

2

–Total surface area= 6 x 10

20nm2

= 6 000 000 cm2

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Lycurgus cup, B

ritish Museum

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Advanced natural m

aterials