Reporter: Irma Wahyuni

FST Building, UIN Online - Nanotechnology is the field of technology related to the size of matters below 100 nm. Many entrepreneurs are eyeing on this technology as a very promising business in the future.

Nanotechnology is a technology that will be leading in the future, because with the help of nanotechnology, the quality of goods or equipment will be very satisfying. Even in 2010, according to estimates its development will become evident, and will culminate in a highly sought technological assistance of nanotechnology by 2020, "said Chairman of Indonesian Nanotechnology Society, Dr Nurul Taufiqu Rahman as a speaker in the Stadium that was held BEMJ General Physics Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) themed Benefit sand effects of the use of Nanotech, in Theater Room, Thursday(26/11).

In the year 2010, the use of nanotechnology will be seen in electronic goods, health, fertilizers and clothing. This is because the technology is simple and economical. And even if people are using this nanotechnology, its social impact of human civilization will be four times greater than the industrial revolution of civilization.

The ability to know the character of nanoparticles for example, each field can be directed to achieve an efficient technological progress, efficient, and environmentally friendly.

Nurul who is also senior researcher at LIPI, gave the result of an finding of a research on nanoparticles steel- the field she is deeply involved with- as an example. The results of the study, lead to the use of nano metal particles technology to form a steel material that is lighter and more efficient. Nanoparticles technology ' in steel can increase the strength. In a study of steel, nanoparticles reveal that it can reduce the weight of cars to 30 percent, without reducing its strength,'' he said.

Similarly, weight reduction without reducing the strength of steel, is very beneficial as the development of constructions of buildings which continue to grow today. In fact, Nurul and other research teams, are doing research for the manufacture of concrete from the Lapindo mudflow in Sidoarjo, Central Java.

Another note that is no less interesting is that LIPI is cooperating with other countries to increase the field of science. One example is the cooperation with Japan. It is a cooperation between LIPI and Japan Society for the Promotion on Science. This cooperation is focused in the development of basic sciences by way of exchanging of researchers and research cooperation in a particular field.

Nanotechnology will wipe out the technologies that already exist because they are considered not simple and of poor quality. Mobile battery, for example, only lasted for two to three days, but if you implement nanotechnology, HP battery could last for a month. But all this is still in the research process. (Hamzah/Irma)