Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: Nanotechnology is defined as the manipulation of materials measuring 100 nanometers or less in at least one dimension. In addition, nanomaterials must display unique properties and characteristics that are different than their bulk properties. At the 1-nanometer (nm) level, quantum mechanics rules, and at dimensions above 100 nm, classical continuum mechanics, physics, and chemistry dictate properties of matter. Between 1 and 100 nm, a hybrid exists, and interesting things can happen. Mechanical, optical, electrical, magnetic, and a variety of other properties can behave quite differently, providing the opportunity to develop materials with higher strength, greater opacity, and enhanced electrical and magnetic performances among many others.
Authors: Theodore H. Wegner, Philip S. Jones
Language: English
Subfield: Biomaterials
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2530439615