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The characteristic dimensions of the nanoworld

M Wautelet and D Duvivier

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Nanoscience 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.


PACS

61.46.Df Structure of nanocrystals and nanoparticles ("colloidal" quantum dots but not gate-isolated embedded quantum dots)

65.80.+n Thermal properties of small particles, nanocrystals, nanotubes

73.23.Hk Coulomb blockade; single-electron tunneling

Subjects

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Nanoscale science and low-D systems

Dates

Issue 5 (September 2007)

Received 5 June 2007

Published 30 July 2007



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