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The Small Giant – Nanotechnology

By On October 3, 2008 · 1 Comment

Nanotechnology or Nanoscience is the science of the extremely small – objects smaller than 100 nanometres (0.00001 cm). At these scales, the properties of materials change dramatically. Factors such as Brownian motion, surface stickiness and quantum effects become important.

Nanotechnologies are based on a range of [...]

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