Exploring Products - Nano Fabrics

TYPE: Short Activities
AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Nanotechnology
In this activity, learners investigate the hydrophobic properties of pants made from nano fabric and ordinary fabric.
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DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Products - Nano Fabric" is a hands-on activity exploring how the application of nano-sized whiskers can protect clothing from stains. Visitors investigate the hydrophobic properties of pants made from nano fabric and ordinary fabric.

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  • Exploring Products - Nano Fabrics acitivty components including signs, guides, and mini pants coated with nano materials
  • A child dropping water on a piece of fabric for the Nano Fabrics activity
  • Exploring Products - Nano Fabrics activity components. The water dropper, nano fabric, and tray.
  • An illustration of water on a hydrophobic surface. The water forms perfect spheres.
  • A lotus leaf showing off its hydrophobic properties. Water is balled up on its surface.
  • Exploring Products - Nano Fabrics acitivty components including signs, guides, and mini pants coated with nano materials
  • A child dropping water on a piece of fabric for the Nano Fabrics activity
  • Exploring Products - Nano Fabrics activity components. The water dropper, nano fabric, and tray.
  • An illustration of water on a hydrophobic surface. The water forms perfect spheres.
  • A lotus leaf showing off its hydrophobic properties. Water is balled up on its surface.

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Products - Nano Fabric" is a hands-on activity exploring how the application of nano-sized whiskers can protect clothing from stains. Visitors investigate the hydrophobic properties of pants made from nano fabric and ordinary fabric.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

The way a material behaves on the macroscale is affected by its structure on the nanoscale.

LEARNING GOALS

  • The way a material behaves on the macroscale is affected by its structure on the nanoscale.

  • Special fabrics are coated with nanometer-sized “whiskers” that protect them from stains.

NANO CONTENT MAP

Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.

Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.

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TYPE:
Educational Resources
AUDIENCE:
Ages 4 - Adult
LANGUAGES:
English Spanish
ADDITIONAL TOPICS: Engineering and Technology Nanotechnology Physical Sciences Materials Science
KIT: Purple NanoDays logo - the Biggest Event for the Smallest Science Browse kit
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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2009
PROJECT
OWNING INSTITUTION

Science Museum of Minnesota

FUNDING

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

PERMISSIONS

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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