Encyclopedia Nanotech

Interdisciplinary nanotechnology requires thoroughly defined and re-defined terms. This encyclopedia serves the function of defining terms and then expanding upon how these words are used in nanotechnology. Click the word to view its encyclopedia entry. To see more words, click on a letter below to see the words that begin with that letter.

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Biomimetic
Imitating, copying, or learning from biological systems.

Biomolecular Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology existing in living systems and resulting from our ability to use biomolecules as components for molecular nanotechnology.

Bottom-Up
Building (or designing) larger, more complex objects by integration of smaller building blocks or components.

Breakdown
The failing of a physical principle or unit of measurement as the scale is changed.

Buckminsterfullerene
A fullerene with the chemical formula (C₆₀).

Buckyball
Round (convex) fullerenes ranging in size from 20 to over 500 carbon atoms.