Nanometer
Patent
A government license gibing an individual or body the soll right to make,use,or,sell an invention for a set period.
Molecule
A group of atoms chemically bonded together representing the smallest fundamental unit of a compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
Nanotube
A microscope tube whose diameter is measured in nanometers.
Hexagon
A plane figure with six straight sides and angles.
Pentagon
A polygon of the angles and five sides.
Angstorm
A unit of length equal to one ten - thousand 10^-10 of a meter.
Billionth
A very small number, 10^-9
Micrometer
An instrument attached to a telescope or microscope for measuring small distances or angles.
Microscope
An optical instrument for magnifying very small objects
Nano
Extremely small,originally from Greek word nanos which means dwarf.
Hydrophilic
Having a tendency to mix with, dissolve in, or the wetted by water.
Magnification
Make appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope.
Nanotechnology
Techniques that produces or measure feature less than 100 nanometers in size.
Hydrophobic
Tending to repel or fail to mix with water.
Atom
The smallest unit of a chemical element, made up of a nucleus surrounded by electrons
Nanometer
a unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter of 10^-9
Buckyball
molecule compound of 60 carbon atoms arranged in a sphere. 32 faces = 20 hexagons 12 pentagons has 60 vertices carbon atom in each.