Nano prefix

There is often a grey area concerning the best definition for small particulate matter. In particular, most structures are automatically referred to as nanoscale materials," fueled by the popularity of the nanotechnology revolution. However, the most precise use of the nano" prefix e.g., nanoparticles) is only for materials with architectural dimensions e.g., diameters, thicknesses, etc.) of less than 100 nm intermediate dimensions between 100 and 1,000 nm should instead be referred to as submicron." CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 84th ed., CRC Press New York, 2004. 

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Nano Prefix in the metric system that means 10 or 1 billionth. The word comes from the Greek nanos, meaning dwarf. The symbol is n. Nanoelectronics Electronic devices that include components that are less than 100 nanometers (nm) in size. 

One new material class that has fascinating properties and tremendous technological promise is the nanomaterials, which may be any one of the four basic types—metals, ceramics, polymers, or composites. However, unlike these other materials, they are not distinguished on the basis of their chemistry but rather their size the nano prefix denotes that the dimensions of these structural entities are on the order of a nanometer (10 m) —as a rule, less than 100 nanometers (nm equivalent to the diameter of approximately 500 atoms). 

Nano- The prefix on a metric unit indicating a multiple of 10-9,7 Naphthalene, 206t, 590 Naproxen, 601 Natural gas, 215,583 Natural logarithms, 645 Negative integer, 643 Neon, 32... 

Prefix deci- centi- milli- micro- nano- pico- fcmto- atto- zepto-... 

The terminology is not yet homogeneous. The use of the prefix nano spread out in the 1990s. Until then, the common term used to be mesoscopic structures, which continues to be used. According to a definition by IUPAC of 1985, the following classification applies to porous materials microporous, < 2 nm pore diameter mesoporous, 2-50 nm macroporous, > 50 nm. 

Catalysis is a nanoscale phenomenon that has been the subject of research and development for about hundred years in the chemical industry. It is normally not associated with the prefix nano , however catalysts are typical nanomaterials. 

A prefix, symbolized by p, used in submultiples of units and corresponding to a value of 10 . See also Nano- Femto-... 

Note 2 The term domain may be qualified by the adjective microscopic or nanoscopic or the prefix micro- or nano- according to the size of the linear dimensions of the domain. Note 3 The prefixes micro-, and nano- are frequently incorrectly used to qualify the term phase instead of the term domain hence, microphase domain , and nanophase domain are often used. The correct terminology that should be used is phase microdomain and phase nanodomain. 

In principle, the long-term stability can be greatly improved by replacing the internal (macro)emulsion by a wawoemulsion or, better still, a thermodynamically stable micro-emulsion. (We note that, in this context, the prefix micro denotes an entity that is smaller than nano )... 

An appropriate prefix from Table 1-3 would be nano (n), which is a multiple of I0-9 ... 

WFor very large or very small quantities, commonly used prefixes represent amounts that vary by three powers of 10, for example, milli, micro, nano, and pico (10 3,10 6,10 9, and 10 l2, respectively). 

In the recent literature the terms nanoparticles and nanosystems are used, in analogy to colloid and colloidal systems. The prefix nano indicates dimensions in the 1 to 100 nm range. This is above the atomic scale and, unless highly refined methods are used, below the resolution of a light microscope and thus also below the accuracy of optical microstructuring techniques. 

The prefix nano- comes from the Greek word for "dwarf." A nanometer (nm) is 1 billionth of a meter (10 9 m), about 1 ten thousandth (10 4) the diameter of a human hair. The term nanotechnology usually refers to the manipulation of materials in the low nanometer range, generally from about 1 to 100 nm. Many atoms and molecules have dimensions of a few nanometers or less. The diameter of a hydrogen atom, the smallest of all atoms, for example, is 0.078 nm. Most common biological molecules consist of thousands of atoms and have dimensions of a few 10s of nanometers or more. 

The terms nanoscience and nanotechnology are formed from the rather general concepts science and technology together with the prefix nano , specifying the size of objects. One nanometer corresponds to... 

Some databases use the standard prefixes of micro (u), nano (n), and pico (p) for values that would require several zeros after the decimal delimiter to indicate the correct order of magnitude. While such prefixes are correct, they can also lead to typographical mistakes (the letters m and n are beside each other on most keyboards) that may be difficult to spot. For example, an earlier version of the RTECS showed the oral rat LD50 value for tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) as 24,000 mg/kg, while the original source reported it as 24 ng/kg. At the same time, a number of zeros can also lead to mistakes by the addition or loss of a zero. An example of this can be found in the database by Wauchope et al. (1992), which gives a literature value for the solubility of the insecticide cyromazine as 13,600 mg/L, but then provides a recommended value of 136,000 mg/L. Only after comparison of these values will the erroneous recommended value become apparent. 

C For A, the prefix micro— indicates 10-6. 32 micrograms is 0.000032 g. For B, the two measurements do not have the same meaning because they differ in the number of significant figures. 26 nm is 2.6x10-8 m. The symbol "n" for nano— indicates 10-9. For C and D, unit conversions between cubic meters and liters are required. 

What exponential number best represents each of the following metric prefixes (a) deci, (b) nano, (c) centi, d) micro, (e) miUi, and (f) kilo... 

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