Week 8 Nanotech and Art



Something that caught my eye about nanotechnology came from Lecture two where Dr. Gimzewski talked about the Buckyball (C60), which was found in the 80s by three researchers. The reason I am interested in this concept is because I find it amazing that this new form of carbon was found by looking at space (Lecture 2). Buckyballs for example can be used to make solar cells more efficient, which can transform sunlight into electricity like solar panels. (Understanding Nano).  Art can be found in buckyballs in a 2003 LACMA exhibition called “nano.” This exhibition featured a section where visitors “use their shadows to manipulate and re-shape projected images of a particular form of the carbon molecule, known as a "buckyball." (Lovgren). This exhibition is a perfect example of how art is helping people to understand nanotechnology.
"nano" exhibit at LACMA in 2004
http://www.darksideofcell.info/press/dailybruin.htm


Furthermore, Buckeyballs were one of the first foundations to nanotechnology, which is very important to almost everything we use today like in food, cosmetics, and cell phones. Some food items that contain some aspect of nanotechnology include cooking oils, flavor enhancers, and chemical removing particles. The art of this comes with the aspect that cooking and farming is a form of art that people practice. These people who work with food are starting to discover the positive aspects of nanotechnology to help improve their practices (Sozer and Kokini).


Positives of Nanotechnology in food
http://www.foodprocessing-technology.com/features/featureinside-food-issue-6
The next aspect of nanotechnology can be found within cosmetics, something that I use almost everyday and never knew that nanotech was in it. For example, anti-wrinkle creams from companies like L’Oreal use polymer nanocapusules to put retinol or vitamin A into the cream. (Nanowerk). Cosmetics are used by so many people that the use of nanotech in these products are actually helping to make the project more efficient for the consumer.



Nanotechnology in L'Oreal Revitalift product
http://www.essentialmall.com/LOreal-Plenitude-RevitaLift-Eye-Cream-15ml-0-5oz-95600>.

References

Cortado, Rhea. LACMA nano exhibit is on display now through September. Digital image. Daily Bruin. N.p., 12 Feb. 2004. Web. 25 May 2017. <http://www.darksideofcell.info/press/dailybruin.htm>.

Gimzewski, Dr. Lecture 2 "Nanotech for Artist Part 2". Web. 25 May 2016

Inside Food: Issue 6. Digital image. Food Processing-Technology. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2017. <http://www.foodprocessing-technology.com/features/featureinside-food-issue-6/>.

Lovgren, Stefan. "Can Art Make Nanotechnology Easier To Understand?" National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 23 Dec. 2003. Web. 26 May 2017.
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/12/1223_031223_nanotechnology.html>.

"Nanowerk Emerging Technology News." Nanowerk. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2017. <http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-in-cosmetics.php>.

Plenitude RevitaLift Eye Cream 15ml/0.5oz. Digital image. Essential Mall. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2017. <http://www.essentialmall.com/LOreal-Plenitude-RevitaLift-Eye-Cream-15ml-0-5oz-95600>.

Sozer, Nesli et al. “Nanotechnology and its applications in the food sector.”  Trends in Biotechnology , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , 82 – 89. 

"What Is a Buckyball (C60)." What Is a Buckyball - C60. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2017. <http://www.understandingnano.com/what-is-buckyball-c60.html>.


Comments

  1. choudrykMay 28, 2017 at 6:09 PM

    I really enjoyed your post. I also found it interesting in how the Buckyballs were able to transform sunlight into electricity. This is just like solar panels and it got me to winder whether solar panels originated from this, or if this came first. I never thought of cosmetics to be used as an example for nanotechnology, so when that was brought it up, it really made me wonder what other every day products we use that we wound't normally be considered to be examples of nanotechnology.

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