nanostructure

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noun

Any manufactured or natural structure having a scale between molecular and microscopic.

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Meanings

nounnanostructure (plural nanostructures)

plural nanostructures

  1. Any manufactured or natural structure having a scale between molecular and microscopic.

    We demonstrated a chemiresistive sensor based on core-shell hybridized nanostructures of Fe 3 O 4 and PEDOT for the efficient detection of VOC biomarkers.

    2015 August 28, Tran Thanh Tung et al., “Core-shell nanostructured hybrid composites for volatile organic compound detection”, in International Journal of Nanomedicine, volume 10, →DOI
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    In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.

    2016, S. Hamed Shams Mousavi, Sajanlal R. Panikkanvalappil, Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Ali A. Eftekhar, Ali Adibi, “Large Enhancement of Circular Dichroism Using an Embossed Chiral Metamaterial”, in arXiv

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishstructure
  5. Englishnanostructure

From nano- + structure.

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