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Effect on Magnetic Properties
· Magnetic moment: In nano-materials as large number of atoms are present in the surface, they…
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Effect on Optical Properties
· Change in colour: In semiconductors, bandgap changes with particle size; bandgap is the energy needed…
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Effect on Electronic Properties
There are three categories of materials based on their electrical properties: 1. Conductors, 2. Semiconductors…
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Length Scales involved and effect on properties: Mechanical, Electronic, Optical, Magnetic and Thermal properties
· Nanoscience is the science of objects with typical sizes of 1-100 nm. If matter is…
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Multilayered materials
Multi-layered materials are heterostructures composed of many alternating layers that are generally stacked in a…
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Ultra-thin films
Systems confined in one dimension, or quasi-2D systems, include discs or platelets, ultrathin films on…
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Nano wires
Systems confined in two dimensions, or quasi-1D systems, include nanowires, nano rods, nanofilaments and nanotubes:…
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Classifications of nanostructured materials
A reduction in the spatial dimension or confinement of particles or quasi particles in a…
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Implication for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Engineering
Living systems are governed by molecular behaviour at the nanometre scale, where chemistry, physics, biology,…
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Introduction
· The study of objects and phenomena at a very small scale, roughly 1-100 nanometres (nm)is…