nanometer
Noun
Meaning
a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
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The coming nanometer age can, therefore, also be called the age of interdisciplinarity.
Nanotechnology is the idea that we can create devices and machines all the way down to the nanometer scale, which is a billionth of a meter, about half the width of a human DNA molecule.
As silicon is fabricated into single nanometer transistors, short-channel effects adversely change desired material properties of silicon as a functional transistor.
Desert varnish is usually around one micrometer thick and represents nanometer -scale layering.
Examples include aircraft design, the plasma processing of nanometer features on semiconductor wafers, VLSI circuit design, radar detection systems, ion transport through biological channels, and much more".
Nanoparticles Nanoparticles are 1-1000 nanometer (nm) sized particles that can promote tumor selectivity and aid in delivering low- solubility drugs.