nanostructure

(noun)

Any manufactured structure having a scale between molecular and microscopic.

Related Terms

  • aperture
  • diffraction

Examples of nanostructure in the following topics:

  • Limits of Resolution and Circular Aperatures

    • With green light around 500 nm, the Abbe limit is 250 nm which is large compared to most nanostructures, or biological cells with sizes on the order of 1μm and internal organelles which are much smaller.
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