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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Redox Group
A part of a molecule that undergoes changes in its electronic properties.

Replication
The process of copying or duplicating a physical object.

Reproducibility
A property of an experiment or process where one receives consistent results by following a specific procedure.

Resist
A material or coating that can protect a surface from chemical reactions.

Resolution
The minimum distance between two features that can be distinguished in microscopy or fabricated with lithography.