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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Red goo

Physics; Nanotechnology

Deliberately designed and released destructive nanotechnology, as opposed to accidentally created grey goo.

Replicator

Physics; Nanotechnology

A system able to build copies of itself when provided with raw materials and energy.

Scanning capacitance microscopy

Physics; Nanotechnology

A method for mapping the local capacitance of a surface.

Scanning force microscope (SFM)

An instrument able to image surfaces to molecular accuracy by mechanically probing their surface contours. A kind of proximal probe. .... A device in which the deflection of a sharp stylus mounted on ...

Scanning near field optical microscopy

Physics; Nanotechnology

A method for observing local optical properties of a surface that can be smaller than the wavelength of the light used.

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 ...