Abstract
A nanometre (nm) is one thousand millionth of a metre. to put this into context a simple human hair is about 80 000nm wide. A red blood cell is approximately 7 000nm wide, while a water molecule is almost 0.3nm across. Scientists researching on the nanoscale (which they consider to range from 100nm down to the size of atoms which are less than 0.2nm) do so to investigate the properties of materials which they have discovered can be very different at that scale than they are at a larger scale.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Stella Iuris |
| Subtitle of host publication | Celebrating 100 years of teaching law in Pietermaritzburg |
| Editors | Michael Kidd, Shannon Vaughn Hoctor |
| Place of Publication | South Africa |
| Publisher | Claremont |
| Pages | 233-246 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780702185472 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |