nanocrystal

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nanocrystal (plural nanocrystals)

1. A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material.
   • 2016 May 6, Joanna Klein, “How a Mysterious Bacteria Almost Gave You a Better TV”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

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

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