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| A discipline in which tools from nanotechnology are developed and applied to study biological phenomena. |
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| can be observed or measured without changing the composition of the object |
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| Can be observed when it reacts with another substance causing a chemical reaction |
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| Materials characterization |
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| The process of measuring and determining physical, chemical, mechanical and microstructural properties of materials. |
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| Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or other chemicals in an organism. |
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| the concentration of toxins in an organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals in which the toxins are more widely disbursed. |
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| Photolithography is a patterning process in which a photosensitive polymer is selectively exposed to light through a mask, leaving a latent image in the polymer that can then be selectively dissolved to provide patterned access to an underlying substrate. |
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| A cleanroom is a controlled environment where pollutants like dust, airborne microbes, and aerosol particles are filtered out in order to provide the cleanest area possible. |
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