Definition of "nanomaterials" []

• Plural form of nanomaterial. (noun)

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• "Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) to provide advice on the essential elements of a science-based working definition of "nanomaterials" and, specifically, to identify the most appropriate metrics to define materials at nanoscale, taking into account reported size ranges and other relevant characteristics and corresponding metrics, characteristics, physico-chemical properties and thresholds."
• "EBI research includes the use of engineered microscopic "nanomaterials" as catalysts in the fuel-making process, one of Alivisatos's research specialties and one of the reasons Chu named him to head LBNL's nanotech research facility, the Molecular Foundry, from 2001 to 2005."
• "That kind of thinking hasn't yet taken hold in other areas, such as nanomaterials, Gutowski adds, where the energy costs of manufacturing are not widely known."