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Nanotechnology in Sports

About

Introduction

What's Nanotechnolgy?

Overall Info:

Nanotechnology is defined as an engineering and technology conducted at the nanoscale (from 1 to 100 nanometers) that studies the appreciation of minute things

Overall Info:

Nanotechnology is a branch of research that has gained much momentum in recent years due to its wide application of its principles and products.

Within the niche of sports, nanotechnology has proven to very useful, and has the potential to improve a broad range of aspects of the sports world

Advantages of using nanotechnology

The Connection to Chem

An Atomic

Idea

Why couldn't Nanotechnology be its OWN thing?

The Tree of Chemistry

Analytical

Organic Chemistry

Biochemistry

Physical

Inorganic

Ammonia and titanium dioxide are used as vital parts in making the nylon and fibers used to make moisture wick (or dri-fit) for athletes, or aid in reducing the fabric weight so swimmers do not experience drag. Another way that nanotechnology in sports associates with inorganic chemistry is the smell in sports equipment due to fungi and bacteria. Silver has properties to kill fungi and bacteria, so scientist used silver nanoparticles that could bound with nylon, cotton, and plastic of sports equipment like socks to reduce the smell.

Physical and Inorganic Chem & Nanotech

Interview with Richard Eisenberg

Physical

Inorganic

Ammonia and titanium are used in the dri-fit for athletes. Silver nanoparticles kill bacteria and fungi in socks

The way nanoparticles are put together to make certain surfaces stronger and tighter, or how certain surfaces with nanoparticles like carbon nanotubes in them release heat

Explain Your

Topic

The

Science

Now what does Nanotechnology have to do with sports equipment?

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Swimming

How does Nanotechnology benefit??

  • Special googles that prevent them from fogging up
  • The swim suits are almost completely waterproof & trap air so the swimmer is buoyant
  • Reduce drag(25% of drag is caused by the water) by weaving nylon&spandex into fabric=compression effect. They cut through the water like a torpedo

Michael Phelps wearing a LRZ suit at '08 Beijing Olympics

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Tennis

  • Graphene nanoparticles make the entire raquet lighter but smoother swing
  • Carbon nanotubes in tennis strings are less likely to break & are more elastic = stronger return
  • Tennis company Wilson coats balls with nanoparticles to make them bounce longer

Graphene- One of the strongest materials on the planet

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Track & Field

  • Nanoplate is attached to the bottom of the shoe- easier to lift off the ground=going faster
  • Nanopolymer (tiny chain of nanoparticles) are add to soft nanopolymer to increase support and flexibility
  • Nike- Using nanofibers woven into the material of the shoes to make them more comfortable

Soccer ball

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A Soccer Ball is a perfect model for a molecule called Fullerene. Fullerenes are all-carbon molecules and an important component of nanotechnology.

Golf

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Disinfectant

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One of the biggest and most universal problems in the sports world is that of smelly gym clothes and sports equipment.

It developed silver nano-particles that can mesh with the cotton, plastic or nylon material in shoes, pads, jerseys, helmets, socks or other pieces of sports equipment.

Using nanotechnology

Using

Advantages

Advantages :

- Precautions are being taken to asses potential ecological and health risks, both short and long term (Sinervo et al, 2008)

- Carbon nanotubes have high bonding capacity, which makes them likely to bond to heavy metals like uranium (Shaer Levitt, n.d.)

Potential risks and downsides :

Potential risks and downsides

- The FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ) has restricted the use of nanotubes and nanofiber composites in F1 racing (Verma, 2013)

- Not much other data is available or research been conducted to confirm other environmental hazards produced by nanotechnology production and applications (Sinervo et al, 2008)

- Starts to create a division between success due to athletic prowess and succeeding thanks to the enhancements

Connect

SOURCES

Contact

Info

The following helped make th...

The following helped make this presentation be pretty cool:

"Super Gear: Nanotechnology and Sports Team Up" Jennifer Swanson- Experiment & info about the sports

https://www.sokanu.com/careers/nanotechnology-engineer/salary/ -Info about salary of nanotechnologist

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/careers/college-to-career/areas-of-chemistry/inorganic-chemistry.html - Interview with Richard Eisenberg & info about Inorganic Chem

http://www.nanobusiness.org/ - Nanotech definition and info on Richard Feynman

http://trinitynews.ie/wonders-of-nanotechnology-and-material-science/ - Info about Nikio Taniguchi

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/careers/college-to-career/areas-of-chemistry/physical-chemistry.html- Info about Physical Chem

http://metamodern.com/about-the-author/- Info about Eric Drexler

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