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Nanomaterial

Definition:

Material with one or more external dimensions, or an internal structure, at nanoscale and which could exhibit novel characteristics compared to the same material at a larger scale.

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Examples of nanomaterials include nanotubes, which are long, thin, cylinder-shaped structures of a few nanometres in diameter but with a length of up to several micrometres.

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nanotube
Diode formed by joining two nanoscale carbon tubes

Source & ©: Wikipedia Louie nanotube 

Related words:

Nanometre - Nanoparticle - Nanoscale - Nanoscience - Nanostructure - Nanotechnology


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14-2-2008