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Nanoparticles
Particles ranging from 1 to 100 nanometers in size, utilized for their unique properties in catalysis and material science.
Carbon Nanotubes
Cylindrical molecules with novel properties, used to enhance mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of materials.
Quantum Dots
Semiconductor nanocrystals that exhibit quantum mechanical properties, used in medical imaging and display technologies.
Nanofiltration
A membrane filtration process using nanometer-sized pores, employed for water treatment and selective separation of solutes.
Molecular Self-Assembly
The process by which molecules adopt a defined arrangement without guidance or management from an outside source, critical in the formation of nanoscale structures.
Nanocatalysts
Catalysts that function at the nanoscale, with enhanced catalytic activity and selectivity due to their high surface area to volume ratio.
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
A type of scanning probe microscopy with resolution on the order of fractions of a nanometer, crucial for imaging, measuring, and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.
Nanosuspensions
Submicron-sized colloidal dispersions of nanoparticles, used to enhance the solubility and bioavailability of poor water-soluble drugs.
Dendrimers
Highly branched, star-shaped macromolecules, used in drug delivery systems, cancer therapy, and as catalysts.
Nanocomposites
Materials that incorporate nanoscale materials to significantly improve properties such as mechanical strength, thermal stability, and chemical resistance.
Nanoelectronics
The use of nanotechnology in electronic components, these devices are often made from nanoscale materials and structures.
Nanoemulsions
Stable dispersions of nanoscale droplets of one liquid in another, they are used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food products.
Nanolithography
A branch of nanotechnology concerned with the engineering (etching, writing, printing) of nanometer-scale structures.
Bionanotechnology
The intersection of nanotechnology and biology, this branch focuses on the integration of biological systems with nanodevices for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes.
Superhydrophobic Coatings
Nanostructured coatings that exhibit extreme water repellency, they are used to create self-cleaning surfaces and to protect materials from water damage.
Nanopores
Tiny holes of nanometer dimensions in membranes, used in DNA sequencing and the detection of a wide range of biological molecules.
Quantum Computing
Computational technology that operates on quantum bit (qubit) level using quantum mechanical phenomena like superposition and entanglement.
Nanopore Sequencing
A technique for determining the order of nucleotides in DNA and RNA, which passes molecules through a nanopore and detects changes in ionic current.
Nanosensors
Sensors with a sensory structure on the nanometer scale, they are used for high-resolution sensing of physical, chemical, and biological phenomena.
Plasmonics
The study of plasmons, which are the quasiparticles resulting from the quantization of plasma oscillations, used in applications such as nanoscale optics and circuitry.
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