Nanotechnology at NIH
What is Nanotechnology?
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Nanotechnology is defined as the understanding and control of
matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers, a scale at
which unique properties of materials emerge that can be used to
develop novel technologies and products. At the nanoscale, the
physical, chemical, and biological properties of materials differ
from the properties of matter either at smaller scales, such as
atoms, or at larger scales that we use in everyday life such as
millimeters or inches. Nanotechnology involves imaging, measuring,
modeling, and manipulating matter only a few nanometers in size.
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