Flashcards: Nanotechnology

The hydrodynamic radius of a macromolecule or colloid particle is .

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure.

See the Nanomaterials category for an exhaustive list of articles related to this subject.

Photolithography, also termed optical lithography or UV lithography, is a process used in microfabrication to pattern parts of a thin film or the bulk of a substrate.

A fluorescence microscope is an optical microscope that uses fluorescence and phosphorescence instead of, or in addition to, reflection and absorption to study properties of organic or inorganic substances.

A memristor (/ˈmɛmrᵻstər/; a portmanteau of memory resistor) is a hypothetical non-linear passive two-terminal electrical component relating electric charge and magnetic flux linkage.

Graphene (/ˈɡræf.iːn/) is an allotrope of carbon in the form of a two-dimensional, atomic-scale, honey-comb lattice in which one atom forms each vertex.

Drug delivery refers to approaches, formulations, technologies, and systems for transporting a pharmaceutical compound in the body as needed to safely achieve its desired therapeutic effect.

Self-replication is any behavior of a dynamical system that yields construction of an identical copy of itself.

The lotus effect refers to self-cleaning properties that are a result of ultrahydrophobicity as exhibited by the leaves of Nelumbo or "lotus flower".

Quantum dots (QD) are very small semiconductor particles, only several nanometres in size, so small that their optical and electronic properties differ from those of larger particles.

The Nokia Morph is a concept mobile phone created by Finnish company Nokia.

9,10-Dithioanthracene (DTA) is an organic molecule and a derivative of anthracene with two thiol groups.

Nanoengineering is the practice of engineering on the nanoscale.

NanoPutians are a series of organic molecules whose structural formulae resemble human forms.

The nanocar is a molecule designed in 2005 at Rice University by a group headed by Professor James Tour.

Micromachines are mechanical objects that are fabricated in the same general manner as integrated circuits.

The societal impact of nanotechnology are the potential benefits and challenges that the introduction of novel nanotechnological devices and materials may hold for society and human interaction.