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Electronic Engineering 25
DETAILED COMPREHENSION
14. Reread the text and mark the following statements as “true”, “false” or “no information”:
| True | False | NI |
1. “Nanotechnology” is defined as utilizing technology less than one thousand
| nanometers | in size. | ||||||||||
| 2. | Molecular electronics as well as one-dimensional nanotubes are being developed and | ||||||||||
| will be used for manufacturing very soon. | |||||||||||
| 3. | Nanofabrication can be used to construct parallel arrays of nanowires instead of | ||||||||||
| synthesizing them individually. | |||||||||||
| 4. | Nanocircuits are more sensitive to temperature changes and electromagnetic | ||||||||||
| interference than conventional ICs. | |||||||||||
| 5. | Nanolithography is one of the most promising research area. | ||||||||||
6. Molecular electronics encompass several broad fields, such as physics, chemistry, materials technology.
7. Nanocomputing uses new forms of nanolithography and nanowires for making low power integrated circuits.
8. A bio-nano generator is a nanoscale mechanical device, drawing power from blood glucose in a living body.
9. Using conventional planar silicon solar cells it will be possible to create cheaper and more efficient solar cells.
10. A nanosensor is a nanoelectronic device that could detect the concentrations of biomolecules in real time for use in basic biological research.
SPECIALIST READING B: Nanotech: Optics & Computers
15. Read the text and decide whether these points are discussed in it.
| Yes No | Yes No | ||||||||
| Nanoscale processor chipsets application | |||||||||
| Light bulbs manufacturing techniques | |||||||||
| Light emitting diodes advantages | Carbon nanotube transistor downsides | ||||||||
| OLEDs shortcomings | Data-storing nanodots structure | ||||||||
| The chemical structure of carbon nanotubes | Nanodots storage capacity | ||||||||
| Quantum dot OLED lightning | Nanodots compatibility advance | ||||||||
