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Nanoscale vs Nanomaterial - What's the difference?

nanoscale | nanomaterial |

As nouns the difference between nanoscale and nanomaterial

is that nanoscale is a measuring tool with gradations in nanometers while nanomaterial is any material having a structure that has been designed at the nanoscale.

As an adjective nanoscale

is on a scale measured in nanometers.

nanoscale

English

Adjective

(-)
  • On a scale measured in nanometers

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measuring tool with gradations in nanometers.
  • *2005 , Jürgen Schulte, Nanotechnology: Global Strategies, Industry Trends and Applications [http://books.google.com/books?id=F37DbBpoZCQC], ISBN 0470854006, page 167:
  • *:The nanoscales under development will have 10 000 to 40 000 graduations per 1 mm distance.
  • The scale of nanotechnology.
  • *2006 , Jessica Elzea Kogel, Industrial Minerals & Rocks: Commodities, Markets, and Use [http://books.google.com/books?id=zNicdkuulE4C], ISBN 0873352335, page 1441:
  • *:As opposed to the microscale, the nanoscale is not just another step toward miniaturization: it results in a qualitatively new material.

    • nanomaterial

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any material having a structure that has been designed at the nanoscale