meters
10 0
10 -1
10 -2
Human
Macroscale
is what can be seen
with the naked eye.
10 -3
Ant
10 -4
Hair detail
Microscale
10 -5
is too small to see
without a light microscope.
10 -6
Cell
10 -7
Virus
10 -8
Nanoscale
is smaller than a cell
and bigger than an atom.
width of DNA
10 -9
10 -10
Atom
Atomic Scale
is the size of an atom.
10 -11
10 -12
This project was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0532536.