Meanings
nounnanosheet (plural nanosheets)
plural nanosheets
- A nanoscale sheet, especially one of many making up a nanostructure.
1 more example
The nanosheet of gold forms when a confinement chemical is added to chloroauric acid containing gold and water. […] Because the nanosheets are so thin, just about every gold atom plays a part in the catalysis,” said Stephen Evans, study author and head of the University of Leeds’ Molecular and Nanoscale Research group.
2019 August 6, Ashley Strickland, “Scientists just created the world’s thinnest gold and it’s two atoms thick”, in CNN
Origin
- Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
- Latinnānus
- Englishnano-
- Englishsheet
- Englishnanosheet
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APA
nanosheet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanosheet
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“nanosheet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanosheet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nanosheet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanosheet.
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