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Nanoengineering is the practice of engineering on the nanoscale. It derives its name from the nanometre , a unit of measurement equalling one billionth of a meter. Nanoengineering is largely a synonym for nanotechnology , but emphasizes the engineering rather than the pure science aspects of the field.
Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). At this scale, commonly known as the nanoscale, surface area and quantum mechanical effects become important in describing properties of matter.
Nanoelectronics – use of nanotechnology on electronic components, including transistors so small that inter-atomic interactions and quantum mechanical properties need to be studied extensively.
Nanobiotechnology, bionanotechnology, and nanobiology are terms that refer to the intersection of nanotechnology and biology. [1] Given that the subject is one that has only emerged very recently, bionanotechnology and nanobiotechnology serve as blanket terms for various related technologies.
Nanoelectronics refers to the use of nanotechnology in electronic components. The term covers a diverse set of devices and materials, with the common characteristic that they are so small that inter-atomic interactions and quantum mechanical properties need to be studied extensively.
Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems and Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute at University of California, Berkeley; College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at SUNY Albany; Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility (CNF) at Cornell University; Institute for Micromanufacturing at Louisiana Tech University
Molecular nanotechnology (MNT) is a technology based on the ability to build structures to complex, atomic specifications by means of mechanosynthesis. [1] This is distinct from nanoscale materials.
The history of nanotechnology traces the development of the concepts and experimental work falling under the broad category of nanotechnology.Although nanotechnology is a relatively recent development in scientific research, the development of its central concepts happened over a longer period of time.