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nanomaterial

American

[na-noh-muh-teer-ee-uhl] / ˈnæ noʊ məˌtɪər i əl /

noun

Engineering. any material that is made using nanotechnology or whose individual units are nanoscale in size.

nanomaterial British

/ ˈnænəʊməˌtɪərɪəl /

noun

any material that has an average particle size of between 1 and 100 nanometres

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Derived Forms

non-nanomaterial

noun

Inflected Forms

noun

nanomaterials

plural

Example Sentences

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"Being able to observe these structures is a fundamental breakthrough in materials science, and it gives us greater control over nanomaterial engineering."

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Soon, the Johnsons and Gianneschi were discussing the possibility of the UW-Madison lab providing mouse model brain cells needed to test Gianneschi's protein-like nanomaterial.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Noah Stocek, a PhD student collaborating with Western University physicist Giovanni Fanchini, has developed a new nanomaterial that demonstrates the opposite of this phenomenon.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

"With this new nanomaterial, this would no longer be the case."

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

She makes a sharp left into a lab where her nanomaterial collection bags are already stacked on her lab table.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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