Nanoscale materials, recent applications containment

Nanotechnology is the term generaly used to describe the creation and exploitation of materials with at least one dimension in the nanometer range (1-1000 nm). These include nanocrystals and clusters (quantum dots), nanowires, nanotubes, thin films and superlattices (3-Dimensional structures) [1,2]. Usually, nanostmctures have more reactive surfaces and exhibit new functions for the same chemical composition. Investigations of organization of matter at the nano-level are under way in many chemical systems with present and potential applications in nanotechnology. Recently, nanoscale stmctures were reported for the first time for actinide-containing compounds as well [3-6]. 

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