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Ananostructure is astructure of intermediate size betweenmicroscopic andmolecularstructures. Nanostructural detail ismicrostructure atnanoscale.
In describing nanostructures, it is necessary to differentiate between the number of dimensions in the volume of an object which are on thenanoscale.Nanotextured surfaces haveone dimension on the nanoscale, i.e., only the thickness of the surface of an object is between 0.1 and 100 nm. Nanotubes havetwo dimensions on the nanoscale, i.e., the diameter of the tube is between 0.1 and 100 nm; its length can be far more. Finally, sphericalnanoparticles havethree dimensions on the nanoscale, i.e., the particle is between 0.1 and 100 nm in each spatial dimension. The terms nanoparticles andultrafine particles (UFP) are often used synonymously although UFP can reach into the micrometre range. The termnanostructure is often used when referring to magnetic technology.
Nanoscale structure in biology is often calledultrastructure.
Properties of nanoscale objects and ensembles of these objects are widely studied in physics.[2]
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