Definition of nanoscale
:having dimensions measured in nanometers
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But as Daniel Akst reports for The Wall Street Journal, a group of scientists has a possible solution: Take that e-waste, freeze it and smash it into nanoscale pieces.
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The group previously worked in research areas like quantum dots, nanoscale structures now used in television displays to produce precise colors, and optoelectronics, a field that explores the use of lasers in electronic circuits.
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By reinforcing the rigid crystalline structures in an elastic polyurethane with thin, flat, nanoscale clay platelets, researchers produced a material that is 20 times as stiff, 4 times as tough, and can handle temperatures more than twice as high.
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First Known Use of nanoscale
1986
Medical Dictionary
nanoscale
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adjective
nano·scale
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medical Definition of nanoscale
:having dimensions measured in nanometers
- nanoscale macromolecular structures
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