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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Causality
The law of cause and effect.

Chemistry
The science (and corresponding technology) that seeks to understand (and control) the atomic and molecular structure of matter.

Cluster
A cluster, in the "nano" sense, is an aggregation of atoms or molecules.

Coherence
From quantum physics, coherence is a property exhibited by matter and energy when it remains unmeasured and is thus able to exist in more than one state simultaneously (superposition).

Conductor
A substance, material or object that allows energy to flow through it with low resistance.

Conformation
A property of a molecule that includes its shape, the way that its folded as well as interactions with other molecules.

Coupling
A connection between more than one object or energy pathway so that together they function as a single unit.

Covalent Bond
An attachment between two atoms resulting from the sharing of a pair of electrons.