Definition of "nanorods" []

• Plural form of nanorod. (noun)

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• ""Potential applications range from fast prototyping for CMOS nanoelectronics to creating prototype optical components and meta-materials, from fabricating 3D nanoparticles to shape-matching templates for the self-assembly of nanoscale objects such as nanorods or nanotubes.""
• ""Previously developed nanostructures such as nanorods were like chopsticks on the nanoscale," Zhang says."
• "The nanorods are assembled into a “carpet” and embedded into a transparent polymer to make flexible solar cells that use only 1% of the material needed to make conventional silicon cells."