Nanotechnology Demystified Cont’d

Nanotechnology is an exploration of the world that is a billionth of a meter and a millionth of millimeter. Imagine that! You can’t right? It’s too small, we’ll let me help you with this analogy. Comparing a nanoparticle to a marble is like comparing the globe to a ball.

You hair grows one nanometer every second just like your fingernail; these changes are so tiny it is unnoticeable; that’s how minute the nanotechnological world is. Hence, electron microscopes, scanning tunneling microscopes and other such like instruments are utilized to view these materials. Red blood cells are quite gigantic when compared to carbon nanotubes or fullerenes.

Nanoparticles such as quantum dots, and materials at this scale manifest strange behavior in their reactivity, magnetism and elasticity. Particles at the nanoscale may be much stronger than in the macro-scope and can therefore be exploited to create fascinating materials which demonstrate spectacular characteristics.

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