"Nanotechnology tools and instruments" are the hardware software and supplies used to measure and manipulate structures on the nanoscale They include microscopes probes lithography systems manipulation and fabrication systems software and other Learn more

Nanotechnology involves the miniaturization of devices beyond microengineering At nanoscale materials can have quite different properties as different physical principles like van der Wall's forces and quantum effects become more dominant Learn more

Nanotubes cylinders of carbon atoms with diameters ranging from less than 1 nm to 300 nm are some of the strongest stiffest materials known Furthermore these materials are either conductors or semiconductors depending on their structure and Learn more