Seminar about Nanotechnology at King Abdulaziz University
There was a seminar today about Nanotechnology and its applications given by professor of Illunois University. The seminar was organized by Industrial Engineering Department of King Abdulaziz University after a conference at the Conference Hall on 9th January, 2007.
Many students from Engineering College (mostly from Industrial Engineering Department) participated and asked very good questions. I will not go in to detail about the seminar. However, I will mention the most important part which seemed very interesting to me. This point was raised by one of the panelists. It was very short but interesting idea.
It is about the Damascus Swords or Damascus Steel. As we know from the history, the Damascus Swords are very famous with sharpness and hardness as well as flexibility. We also know that Salahaddin Ayyubi won the battle against crusading Christian knights who were reclaiming Jerusalem from the Muslims. These damascus swords were containing nanotubes or nanotechnology according to the claim in seminar. I have made a quick search and found interesting articles about these Damascus Swords using Nanotechnology.
I hope you will find the compilation of articles useful. You can read from Nanotechnology used in Damascus Swords
