ABOUT NANOTECHNOLOGY
"Nano" derives from the Greek word for dwarf. Use it as a prefix for any unit like a second or a liter and it means a billionth of that unit. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter, the width of six hydrogen atoms, or about 100,000th the size of a single grain of sand! Nanotechnology involves the manufacture and manipulation of molecules from 1-100 nanometers in size.

Nanotechnology research has focused primarily on molecular manufacturing -- the creation of tools, materials, and machines that will eventually enable us "to snap together the fundamental building blocks of nature easily, inexpensively and in most of the ways permitted by the laws of physics." We are still in the dawn age of nanotechnology. Theories and techniques continue to emerge -- captivating scientists, students, entrepreneurs, investors, and even the U.S. government, which is betting that nanotechnology could lead to the next industrial revolution.

The emerging fields of nanoscience and nanoengineering are leading to unprecedented understanding and control over the fundamental building blocks of all physical things. This is likely to change the way almost everything—from air purifiers to computers to automobile tires to objects not yet imagined—is designed and made. In this nanoscale territory, electrons, for one, no longer flow through electrical conductors like rivers. On this scale, an electron’s quantum mechanical nature expresses itself as a wave. This behavior makes it possible for electrons to do remarkable things, such as instantly tunnel through an insulating layer that normally would have stopped it dead. The payoff of this behavior is that electronic devices built on nanoscales not only can pack more densely on a chip but also can operate far faster—and with dramatically fewer electrons and less energy loss—than conventional transistors.

Nanotechnology and Air Oasis are pioneering the way for a new frontier in the air purification industry. The principles and application of nanotechnology in today’s markets and lifestyles is currently being featured in many magazines and touted as the opportunity for a better tomorrow.

What are the experts saying about nanotechnology?
“Nanotechnology is the way of ingeniously controlling the building of small and large structures, with intricate properties; it is the way of the future, a way of precise, controlled building, with incidentally, environmental benignness built in by design.”
– Roald Hoffmann
Cornell University

Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner Nanotechnology has given us the tools... to play WITH the ultimate toy box of nature-atoms and molecules...The POSSIBILITIES to create new things appear to be LIMITLESS."
Horst Stormer,
Columbia University

Nobel laureate.
"...four of the defining technologies of the 21st century will be nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and environmental science...the potential both for improving the quality and increasing the length of life has never been greater."
Malcom Gillis,
President
Rice University

"If I were asked for an area of science and engineering that will most likely produce the breakthroughs of tomorrow, I would point to nanoscale science and engineering." “If I were asked for an area of science and engineering that will most likely produce the breakthroughs of tomorrow, I would point to nanoscale science and engineering.”Neal Lane, Assistant to President
George Bush

Science and Technology How does this improve the Air Oasis technology?
In 2006, Air Oasis introduced the new Quad-Nano Extreme™ metal catalyst, an important enhancement over the original AHPCO technology. This catalyst has revolutionized the air purification industry standard. This patent-pending technology has taken air purification to a new level. With the catalyst metals in a nano-sized particle instead of a micron or larger sized particle we are able to insure a more even distribution of metals on the target surface. Utilizing a nano particle also increases the surface area of any given amount of metals. One gram of nano-sized particles will have up to 100 times the surface area of 1 gram of micron sized particles. This increased surface area will increase the kinetic rate of reaction. The improved dispersion of metals in the coating, applied to the target surface, will help to insure a more efficient way of breaking ozone down to safer levels. This hydrated-catalytic process, utilizing nano-sized particles, reduces ozone to the safest levels known. All AHPCO cells contain this unique and sophisticated technology.