M Wautelet and D Duvivier 2007 Eur. J. Phys. 28 953 doi:10.1088/0143-0807/28/5/018
M Wautelet and D Duvivier
Show affiliationsNanoscience is defined as the study of phenomena and manipulation of materials at atomic, molecular and macromolecular scales, where properties differ significantly from those at larger scale. It is the aim of this paper to examine the characteristic dimensions for which the properties of nanosystems differ significantly from those at a larger scale. This is studied for geometric, cohesive, thermal and electronic properties. It turns out that the characteristic dimensions are generally in the 10 nm range.
65.80.+n Thermal properties of small particles, nanocrystals, nanotubes
Issue 5 (September 2007)
Received 5 June 2007
Published 30 July 2007
M Wautelet and D Duvivier 2007 Eur. J. Phys. 28 953
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