Nanocrystal

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material.

    "Dr. Berger and his colleagues created their multisize nanocrystals with one enzyme, in water at room temperature."

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"Dr. Berger and his colleagues created their multisize nanocrystals with one enzyme, in water at room temperature."

Etymology

From nano- + crystal.

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