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nanotechnology
[-teknol′əjē]
technology at the level of atoms, molecules, and molecular fragments, including manipulating them and creating new structures.


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The text was developed from courses on nanophysics and nanotechnology and takes a physical approach to discussing nanostructures, methods of growth and manipulation, characterization methods with a focus on optical analyzing methods and nanooptics, and nanoarchitectures and applications in optics, electronics, quantum computers, molecular nanostructures, biology, and soft matter.
The "microbot" measures just a quarter of a millimetre, or "two or three human hairs wide," said lead scientist James Friend, from the Nanophysics Laboratory at Monash University, Australia.
Developed from courses on nanophysics and nanotechnology, this textbook covers the fundamental physics of nanostructures, methods of growth and manipulation, characterization methods with a focus on optical analyzing methods and nanooptics, a discussion of nano-architectures and the latest applications in optics, electronics, quantum computers, molecular nanostructures, biology and soft matter.
 
 
 
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