[science involved with manufacturing or engineering one atom or molecule at a time with precise atomic specifications; concerned with materials and systems whose structures and components exhibit novel and significantly improved physical, chemical and biological properties, phenomena and processes because of their small nanoscale size; includes technology to generate and use nanostructures and nanodevices; do not index on projects simply observing and describing physical characteristics at the nanoscale level. ( CSP )]
UMLS (NCI) C0872323Nanotech
nanotechnology
Relation/PAR: bioengineering
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Relation/CHD: nanomedicine