nano-device
Tiny engineered machine
A nano-device is any machine, tool, or functional structure engineered at the nanometer scale—typically between 1 and 100 nanometers, where a nanometer is one billionth of a meter.
At this scale, materials often exhibit unique properties exploited for applications in medicine, electronics, and materials science.
Medical nano-devices might deliver drugs to specific cells or detect diseases at molecular levels.
Researchers developed a nano-device capable of targeting cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue.
Semiconductor signal switch
- nanocircuitryCircuits at nanometer scale
- nanowireNanoscale conductive filament
- nanoelectronicsCircuitry at billionth-meter dimensions
- nanotubeNanoscale carbon cylinder
Nanoscale carbon cylinder
- grapheneMonolayer carbon hexagonal lattice
- nanocompositeHybrid with nanometer-scale phase
- fullereneCage-shaped carbon allotrope
- nanowireNanoscale conductive filament
Device placed inside tissue
- biosensorBiological chemical detection device
- drug-deliveryAdministering medicine to body
- stentImplanted tube for blockages
- neurostimulatorImplanted nerve-signaling device
pacemaker · diagnostic · nanoprobe · biocompatible · injectable · cellular · antibacterial · point-of-care
Creating nanometer-scale structures
- self-assemblySpontaneous structural organization
- bottom-upStarting from fundamentals
- top-downDirected from highest level
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
deposition · cleanroom · precision · miniaturization · MEMS
Of tiny particles
- atomicOf elemental particles
- microscopicToo small for eyes
- angstromSubatomic length unit
- miniatureReduced-scale representation
subatomic · invisible · precise · ultrafine · measurable · dimensional
transistor
Semiconductor signal switch
- nanocircuitryCircuits at nanometer scale
- nanowireNanoscale conductive filament
- nanoelectronicsCircuitry at billionth-meter dimensions
nanotube
Nanoscale carbon cylinder
- grapheneMonolayer carbon hexagonal lattice
- nanocompositeHybrid with nanometer-scale phase
- fullereneCage-shaped carbon allotrope
implant
Device placed inside tissue
- biosensorBiological chemical detection device
- drug-deliveryAdministering medicine to body
- stentImplanted tube for blockages
neurostimulator · pacemaker · diagnostic · nanoprobe · biocompatible · injectable · cellular · antibacterial · point-of-care
nanofabrication
Creating nanometer-scale structures
- self-assemblySpontaneous structural organization
- bottom-upStarting from fundamentals
- top-downDirected from highest level
etching · deposition · cleanroom · precision · miniaturization · MEMS
molecular
Of tiny particles
- atomicOf elemental particles
- microscopicToo small for eyes
- angstromSubatomic length unit
miniature · subatomic · invisible · precise · ultrafine · measurable · dimensional
nano-deviceheavy machinery
Large powered industrial apparatus
industrial equipment · megastructure · industrial machine · heavy equipment · mega-structure
nano, device, nanotechnology, nanometer, nanoscale, nanoparticle, nanosecond, devices, devised