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TECHNOLOGIE ECHELLE NANOMETRIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
  • Engineering
DEF

... a branch of nanotechnology in which standard size tools are used to manufacture simple structures and devices with dimensions on the order of a few nanometers or less, where one nanometer (1 nm) is equal to a billionth of a meter (10-9 m).

OBS

Nanoscale technology encompasses all of nanotechnology except molecular manufacturing, which involves the use of nanoscale (extremely small) tools to build structures, devices, and systems at the molecular level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
  • Ingénierie
CONT

[...] 50 % [des projets] concernent les nanotechnologies (26 % concernent les nanostructures et nanomatériaux et 24 % les technologies nanométriques).

OBS

Il s'agit d'un sous-ensemble de la nanotechnologie qui exclut la fabrication moléculaire.

Spanish

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