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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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Biopolymeroptoelectromechanical systems
Physics; Nanotechnology
Combining optics and microelectromechanical systems, and used in biological applications.
Biostasis
Physics; Nanotechnology
A condition in which an organism's cell and tissue structure are preserved, allowing later restoration by cell repair machines. Applicable to cryonics. See also "ischemic coma," "ametabolic coma," ...
Biovorous
Physics; Nanotechnology
From "biovore;" an organism capable of converting biological material into energy for sustenance.
Born-oppenheimer approximation
Physics; Nanotechnology
Permits the use of classical mechanics in modelling and thinking about molecular and atomic motions. Needless to say, this greatly simplifies the conceptual framework required for thinking about ...
Bose-einstein condensates
Physics; Nanotechnology
...aren't like the solids, liquids and gases that we learned about in school. They are not vaporous, not hard, not fluid. Indeed, there are no ordinary words to describe them because they come from ...
Bottom up
Physics; Nanotechnology
Building larger objects from smaller building blocks. Nanotechnology seeks to use atoms and molecules as those building blocks. The advantage of bottom-up design is that the covalent bonds holding ...
