Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology

Of or pertaining to the manipulation of matter on an atomic or molecular scale. More specifically, it is the science and technology of matter manipulation from 1 to 100 nanometers.

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-- machines with atomic sized components. As to their weight, a popular question: "Do you 'feel' heavier after you drink a mouthful of water? A mouthful of water, roughly 5 cm^3, would have the same ...

nanoarray

Physics; Nanotechnology

an ultra-sensitve, ultra-miniaturized array for biomolecular analysis. BioForce Nanosciences' Nanoarrays utilize approximately 1/10,000th of the surface area occupied by a conventional microarray, ...

nanoassembler

Physics; Nanotechnology

the Holy Grail of nanotechnology; once a perfected nanoassembler is availble, building anything becomes possible, with physics and the imagination the only limitation (of course each item would have ...

molecular-scale manufacturing

Physics; Nanotechnology

Manufacturing using molecular machinery, giving molecule-by-molecule control of products and by-products via positional chemical synthesis.

monomer

Physics; Nanotechnology

The units from which a polymer is constructed.

monomolecular computing

Physics; Nanotechnology

the implantation inside a single molecule of ALL the functional groups or circuits to realize a calculation, without any help from external artifices such as re-configuration, calculation sharing ...