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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Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO)
The highest energy molecular orbital of an atom or molecule that contains an electron.

Histone
A protein present in the eukaryotic nucleus that is bound to the DNA at regularly spaced intervals.

Human Genome Project
A research initiative that has mapped the entire human genome.

Hydrogen Bond
A bond formed between hydrogen and two other atoms.

Hydrophobic
Literally - water fearing, from the Greek hydro - "water" and phobo - "fear".