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Nanotechnology
Pronunciation
The interactions of cellular and molecular components and engineered materials — typically clusters of atoms, molecules, and molecular fragments — at the most elemental level of biology. Such nanoscale objects — typically, though not exclusively, with dimensions smaller than 100 nanometers — can be useful by themselves or as part of larger devices containing multiple nanoscale objects.
Source: National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
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