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Effect on Thermal Properties
1. Specific heat of Nanocrystalline materials (Cu, Ru, Pd) are higher than…
Effect on Optical Properties
· Change in colour: In semiconductors, bandgap changes with particle size; bandgap is…
Effect on Electronic Properties
There are three categories of materials based on their electrical properties: 1.…
Length Scales involved and effect on properties: Mechanical, Electronic, Optical, Magnetic and Thermal properties
· Nanoscience is the science of objects with typical sizes of 1-100 nm.…
Ultra-thin films
Systems confined in one dimension, or quasi-2D systems, include discs or platelets,…
Nano wires
Systems confined in two dimensions, or quasi-1D systems, include nanowires, nano rods,…
Classifications of nanostructured materials
A reduction in the spatial dimension or confinement of particles or quasi…




