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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Insulator
A substance, object or material that does not allow energy to flow through it.

Interface
In physical terms, an interface is the boundry between two phases, for instance between a solid and liquid or between a liquid and gas.

Intermolecular
Between more than one molecule.

Intramolecular
Within a single molecule.