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Revolution
Nanotechnology is revolution that will affect many aspects of our lives in the distant future from the everyday products we use to the medical treatment we undergo. Nanotechnology seems like a difficult concept to grasp at the simplest it can be defined as the study and control of particles that fall within the nanometer (nm) scale. A nanometer is equivalent to one billionth of a meter. To put a nanometer size in visual perspective let’s measure things with it. The width of a strand of hair is about 80,000 to 100,000 nm, a red blood cell is 2,500 nm a pinhead is 1 million nm.
A nanoparticle or nanomaterial is a microscopic particle with at least one dimension less than 100 nm. It is still larger than an atom or molecule. An atom is 0.1 nm, now can you imagine how tiny one nanometer is? Types of nanometerials there are classificationsfor nano materials.