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What is a nanometre?

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A nanometre represents one billionth of a metre. Numerous nano-sized objects may be found in nature, but man has recently become capable of producing them as well...
 

Date: 2010
Duration: 4.23
Produced by: Jean-Yves Pipaud, EPSIM
Credits: SOLEIL synchrotron, Intel, Computer History Museum, Texas Instruments, Fairchild 

 

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KEYWORDS

 
Nanometre,
one billionth of a metre,
atom,
nano-sized objects,
electronic, miniaturization,
transistor, nanotechnologies
 

 

 

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