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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.