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The power of nanoscience

firsT parTicipaTive nanoficTion comic

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Direction and coordination: Amaia Arregi and Itziar Otegui.

script: Amaia Arregi, Hodei Iparraguirre and Itziar Otegui.

Drawings: Hodei Iparraguirre

Design and layout: BIT&MINA

printing house: Gráficas Juaristi

Legal Deposit: SS 1693-2016

partners: Marc Armspach (Marko), Irune Arnaez, Jon Ander Arregi, Irati Kortabitarte, Katixa Peigneguy and José Carlos Torre.

Ixabel AlkainAmai Altuna Oier ApaolazaHaritz ApezetxeaClaudia AraujoDavid Aritza Endika ArizmendiOlaia Arrieta Aimar ArruarteKristina ArtolaMiguel AzconaGustavo BarbosaAizpea BelaskoJeanne BertrandAndoni Bikandi Martin Bikandi Paula BikandiLaura BiurrunUnai BlancoUdane CarreraIrati CerezoAnaïs ChapinJuan Cruz Maitane Dorronsoro Maddi EceizaAmada EcheverriaJorge ElizondoLeire Enrique

Jon Erauskin Nery EspinozaJorge EstevezJonan EtxeberriaMattin EtxegaraiErik García Unai Garcia Araia GarmendiaNaiara Goikoetxea Laura GomezMalen GurrutxagaBittor Hernandez Gabriela HernándezDayanne Huayhua Destiny Imoh Koldo IntxaustiIraia IrazustaNerea IrurzuAlaitz Iturzaeta Andrea JauregiJokin JauregiDani JimenezAinhoa LarrañagaIñigo Larrarte Irati LarreategiBeñat LaskurainAmandine LaudebatValentin Laudebat

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The great scientific advances of the last century have made nanoscience a reality. Thanks to quantum mechanics, we now understand the properties and phenomena relating to matter at the nanoscale, and large microscopes manipulate atoms one by one. The possibilities opened up by this new field of science are endless and will have great repercussions in various sectors ranging from medicine to construction, generating important changes in our lifestyle.

Conscious of this reality, in 2016 the research centers CIC nanoGUNE and the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) launched the nanoKOMIK project for the creation of the first participative nanofiction comic. This is a science outreach initiative of a participatory, multidisciplinary, and international nature that seeks to make society aware of the advances that are being made in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology, in this way awakening the creativity of the younger generation.

This book is the end result of the nanoKOMIK project. For its creation, the nanoKOMIK challenge was launched in early 2016, and has involved more than 190 youngsters between the ages of 12 and 18 in a free creative process. This has meant giving life to their own comic superheroine or superhero, endowing them with nanopowers thanks to the surprising properties that matter acquires through nanotechnology. In response to the challenge, more than 100 pieces of work have been presented in Basque, Spanish, and French.

Based on the best ideas from the comics presented in response to the challenge, the comic has taken shape as Dayanne and Murillo. The power of nanoscience. The book is available in Basque, Spanish, French, and English on the website www.nanokomik.com

The nanoKOMIK project is co-funded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology - Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.

Dr. Murillo!I missed you during

the coffeebreak!

HEY DAYANNE!Science's mysteries

have me pretty busyright now.

I call themgecko gloves. This

is going to berevolutionary!

Look!Look! Yeah

I know.

I'm a genius.

- 4 -

sTucK

Autumn K. (2006) American Scientist Vol. 94, N. 2, pg. 124.

My little buddy Lizardinspired me. He is a wonderful climber who

defies gravity thanks to his ability to stick toany surface. He has nanotechnological feet.

Did you know that?

Let me see that glove!

Calm down, envy isn't goodfor you... you know?

Hey! What haveyou done? How

am I going to getit down now?

You'll figureit out. You're the

genius here,aren't you?

You don't knowwho you're up against,

little Murillo.When you see what I've

got going, you'll reallybe surprised.

Lizard's feet are equipped with millions of very thin hairs. Everyhair has hundreds of branches with tiny mushroom‐shapedstructures on their ends that only measure 100‐200nanometers. Because of Van der Waals Forces, the littlemushroom‐shaped bodies can bear the weight of an ant and,when millions of these little hairs are combined, geckos canhang from the roof and hold up to 130 kg.

- 5 - www.nanokomik.com

Dr. Murillo!I missed you during

the coffeebreak!

HEY DAYANNE!Science's mysteries

have me pretty busyright now.

I call themgecko gloves. This

is going to berevolutionary!

Look!Look! Yeah

I know.

I'm a genius.

DAYANNE and MURILLOThe power of nanoscience

Why would she ask meto come here?

She knows I don't likethe swimming pool...

- 6 -Li Wen, L., et al. (2014) Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 1656-1666.

BaTheD in waTer



With my new suit,I can swim fast like

lightning and I don'teven get wet.

Incredible,isn't it?

A nanostructured fabric with superhydrophobic properties imitates the skin of a shark,reducing friction in the water and increasing the swimming speed.

Artificial fabric Shark skin

Hey!Why don't

we calla truce?

Come on,I'll treat you to

a coke!

3!

AhHH!

1

2

and...

In the Deposition Laboratory.

- 8 -Kauffman, G., and Mayo, I. (1993), Chem Matters, Oct 4-7.

BacK To The oriGins



Hey!Why don't

we calla truce?

Come on,I'll treat you to

a coke!

3!

AhHH!

1

2

and...

In the Deposition Laboratory.What do you thinkabout my new little

invention?

And, when you push here,the electric current heats

it up and...

...it goes back to itsoriginal shape.

What's with all thosebags and cans on the floor?

I think the prototypestill needs a little

adjusting...

Here ya' go!

Some malleable alloyslike nitinol –a mixtureof nickel and titanium–have shape memory:they easily undergodeformation but theygo back to theiroriginal shape whenthey heat up thanksto atomic shifts thatalter theirnanostructure.

Original shape

Deformation

Back to the original shape

You had this stuckto your back.

Haha.

In the Computer Centersupercomputers processdata and more data.

In the cleanroom, the environmental parameters (particles in theair, moisture, light, etc.) are strictly controlled so that samplesare not contaminated.

Excuseme.

- 10 -Teyssier, J., et al. (2015) Nature Communications 6:6368.

GymKhana



You had this stuckto your back.

Haha.

In the Computer Centersupercomputers processdata and more data.

In the cleanroom, the environmental parameters (particles in theair, moisture, light, etc.) are strictly controlled so that samplesare not contaminated.

Excuseme.

ThreatenedCalm

Where on earthhave you gone,

Dayanne?

hA hA hA hA!

Did you like mychameleon trick?

Pull yourselftogether, big guy!It wasn't that bad!

I'd say she must havemeant the laser...

The suit has a network of nanocrystals that changes its density to imitatethe cells of a chameleon's skin. This allows it to control how much light isreflected and, in turn, to change its color, blending in with the surroundings.

In the Nanooptics lab scientists work with high‐power lasers todevelop optoelectronic devices.

Nanoparticles can break down a virus's structure thanks to a verycurious component on their surface. The component is melittin, theactive ingredient in a bee's venom, which attacks the virus withoutharming other cells.

What's up, Murillo?You sounded upset on

the phone.

It'sLizard... He's got a deadly

virus. He hasn'tmoved for hours...

I think thenanoparticles that

Ramírez is working oncould save him, but youknow how Ramírez is...

I need your help!

Hi...Dr. Ramírez

Don't worry!We'll borrow a bit of the

antidote without him findingout.

You again?I've already told youthat my invention is

mine and mine alone.I am not going towaste it... especiallY

not on thatdisgusting

vermin.

- 12 -Hood JL, et al. (2003) Antiviral Therapy. Vol. 19: 95 – 103.

smaLL BuT DeaDLy



This is solelythe result ofmy ingenuity.

If you likeyour little pest somuch, buy anotherone and give it the

same name.

You won't evenbe able to tell

the difference...

What was itsname? Lisa?HAHAHA

Ok, ok... I won'tbother you again.

Let's get out ofhere before he

notices!

I hopethis

works...

Who loves you?My sweet little guy...

Eh? Who loves you more than me?

Nobody!

Everyoneshould have acape like this.

I'd like tointroduce you to...

suuuuper‐murillo!!!! And hisextraordinarycape made ofhigh‐quality

graphene!

Well, just waituntil I improve it.

Graphene is pure carbon –like diamonds– but its atoms are hexagonallyarranged in a layer which is only one atom thick. This is the thinnest cape inexistence and it is about 100 times stronger than steel, flexible, superlight, transparent, an excellent conductor, and it even provides protectionfrom ionizing radiation.

Ahem...

In the Scanning TunnelingMicroscopy Laboratory.

You wanna' getdown from there?You're going to

kill yourself!

- 14 -Yanwu Zhu et al. (2010) Adv. Mater. 22, 3906–3924

DiamonD in The rouGh



Everyoneshould have acape like this.

I'd like tointroduce you to...

suuuuper‐murillo!!!! And hisextraordinarycape made ofhigh‐quality

graphene!

Well, just waituntil I improve it.

Graphene is pure carbon –like diamonds– but its atoms are hexagonallyarranged in a layer which is only one atom thick. This is the thinnest cape inexistence and it is about 100 times stronger than steel, flexible, superlight, transparent, an excellent conductor, and it even provides protectionfrom ionizing radiation.

Ahem...

In the Scanning TunnelingMicroscopy Laboratory.

You wanna' getdown from there?You're going to

kill yourself!

I thinkso...

And that'swhy I've

brought allthese things.

Ready?

Now we haveto test its

durability andeffectivenesS.

ta‐daHHHHHHHH!!!!

Here goesnothing!!!

Wow!!! Ididn't feel a

thing!

I'm...

super‐dayanne!!!

Pffft!Whatever...

Just in timefor the

conference...We're sure toblow them

away!

Ah!New York!

¿Dafne?

That explainsthe mask but...

Why do I have to wearour inventions?

That thing you made meput on my nose

is tickling me.

After the party,we are going to goto Central Park totry them out. Justthinking about it ismaking the punchgo to my head.

That explains thestench...

I love costumeparties!We're at a party for once

and we can't miss out on it!

Dayanne?Come back to

earth!

At a nanotechnology conference in...

The nanosensor that Dayanne is wearing on her nose detects all types of substances.It is equipped with millions of ultra‐sensitive detectors that are able to recognizeindividual molecules in the air.

- 16 -M. Zougagh et al. (2009), Analyst, 134, 1274–1290.

LeThaL punch



Ah!New York!

¿Dafne?

That explainsthe mask but...

Why do I have to wearour inventions?

That thing you made meput on my nose

is tickling me.

After the party,we are going to goto Central Park totry them out. Justthinking about it ismaking the punchgo to my head.

That explains thestench...

I love costumeparties!We're at a party for once

and we can't miss out on it!

Dayanne?Come back to

earth!

At a nanotechnology conference in...

The nanosensor that Dayanne is wearing on her nose detects all types of substances.It is equipped with millions of ultra‐sensitive detectors that are able to recognizeindividual molecules in the air.

It's coming from thatcatering truck.

Hey!WHERE ARE YOU

GOING?

Yeah... First,poison the punch with

arsenic... Done!Sandy?

Next,steal all

thecomputersfrom theselittle nerds.

Right?Sandy?

Ok, Richy,let's go over

the boss'splan once

more.

uh oh...

They're planningto poison us all during the

toast. We have to callthe police.

Our villain will come alone. I'llfinally see the face of that damn

swine who made swiss cheese out ofmy brother with bullet holes.

Welcometo what will be your

last nanotechnologyconference. Everyone

look at the screen!

Ladies andgentlemen.

Withoutknowing who is behind

all this? No way!I have a better idea.

Thecops?

This is a mission forsomeone like... the lone

ranger.

What's that?You're starting to scare

me...

Focus,for the love of Planck!You don't even have a

brother!

Allow me tointroduce myself.

My name is ProfessorJules von Lavern.

Magneticnanoparticles made

of iron oxide suspendedin a solution can attachto arsenic and later be

removed using a magnet.They use them in India

and Bangladesh todecontaminatepoisoned wells.

We'll use them withthe punch.

- 18 -Cafer T. Yavuz, et al. (2006) Science 314 (5801).



They're planningto poison us all during the

toast. We have to callthe police.

Our villain will come alone. I'llfinally see the face of that damn

swine who made swiss cheese out ofmy brother with bullet holes.

Welcometo what will be your

last nanotechnologyconference. Everyone

look at the screen!

Ladies andgentlemen.

Withoutknowing who is behind

all this? No way!I have a better idea.

Thecops?

This is a mission forsomeone like... the lone

ranger.

What's that?You're starting to scare

me...

Focus,for the love of Planck!You don't even have a

brother!

Allow me tointroduce myself.

My name is ProfessorJules von Lavern.

Magneticnanoparticles made

of iron oxide suspendedin a solution can attachto arsenic and later be

removed using a magnet.They use them in India

and Bangladesh todecontaminatepoisoned wells.

We'll use them withthe punch.

Ever sincethe scientific community

labeled all my research aslies, I've only been

searching for one thing...revenge!

I'd fight to the deathwith all of you in a duel,

but I haven't got time so...I've opted for poisoningthe punch and, while I wasat it, I thought I'd steal

all your inventions beforethey got published.

I regret to informyou that...

It's time for youto pray! If any of you

believe in life after death,that is. HAHAHAHA!

But... you shouldalready be dead... Why aren't

you dead?

This time, you got offby the skin of your teeth...

But if you feel like dancing to the music,I have the perfect instrument of torture...

Your inventions!

www.nanokomik.com

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