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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A device or structure larger than the nanoscale (10^-9 m) and smaller than the megascale; the exact size depends heavily on the context and usually ranges between very large nanodevices (10^-7 m) and ...

Monomolecular computing

Physics; Nanotechnology

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

Nanarchist

Physics; Nanotechnology

Someone who circumvents government control to use nanotechnology, or someone who advocates this.

Nanarchy

Physics; Nanotechnology

The use of automatic law-enforcement by nanomachines or robots, without any human control - see blue goo .

Nanites

Physics; Nanotechnology

-- 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 utilise 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 ...