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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molecular electronics (ME)

Physics; Nanotechnology

Any system with atomically precise electronic devices of nanometer dimensions, especially if made of discrete molecular parts rather than the continuous materials found in today's semiconductor ...

molecular integrated microsystems (MIMS)

Physics; Nanotechnology

microsystems in which functions found in biological and nanoscale systems are combined with manufacturable materials. See Molecular Integrated Microsystems

molecular medicine

Physics; Nanotechnology

Studying molecules as they relate to health and disease, and manipulating those molecules to improve the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of disease.

molecular nanogenerator

Physics; Nanotechnology

see Molecular Nanogenerator Developed That Can Target Cancer Cells and Destroy Them

femtometer

Physics; Nanotechnology

a unit suitable to express the size of atomic nuclei. One quadrillionth (10 to minus 15) of a meter.

femtosecond

Physics; Nanotechnology

Is one quadrillionth of a second, and is to a second what a second is to 32,700,000 years. At 186,000 miles per second, in one femtosecond light travels only far enough to traverse about 1,000 ...

femtotechnology

Physics; Nanotechnology

The art of manipulating materials on the scale of elementary particles (leptons, hadrons, and quarks). The next step smaller after picotechnology, which is the next step smaller after ...